Celtic’s Benjamin Nygren tipped for Premier League move
Benjamin Nygren is being tipped for a move to the English Premier League with Anders Limpar naming three clubs which may be interesting in Celtic’s goalscoring Sweden international…
Former Arsenal winger Anders Limpar believes that Celtic’s goalscoring midfielder Benjamin Nygren is good enough to play in the Premier League right now and would come cheap for any club willing to take a chance on him.
Ahead of the January window opening, transfer stories are already starting to appear and as far as Celtic is concerned there’s a clear need for a goalkeeper, an other central defender and a holding midfielder.
The club don’t like to incur a net spend in the window and after missing out on a move in the summer the Swedish goalscorer may get his wish in the winter window as Celtic looks to fund any incoming signing through the sale of a prized asset.
Celtic supporters are well used to this by now with the likes of Arne Engels, Nicolas Kuhn and Matt O’Riley being recent examples. Next up could be Benjamin Nygren, who splits opinion among the supported but does have an eye for goal with six goals and four assists to his name this season after finishing last season as Celtic’s top goalscorer with 21 goals.
Nygren ready for the Premier League move says Limpar
“Benjamin Nygren is good enough to play in the Premier League, and you can see that he’s still knocking them in for Celtic for fun,” Limpar said, as reported by PariuriX.
“It would be stupid for clubs in the Premier League to not buy him. Man United at the moment are struggling. Really, really struggling. Liverpool are struggling at the moment. Everton are not struggling, but they need quality forwards like Nygren,” the former Arsenal star stated.
He added: “There are a few clubs he can actually choose from that haven’t got a good winger/forward. So, all the Premier League clubs should be looking at this guy, because he’s going to come cheap and he’s a hell of a player.”
Celtic signed Nygren in late June 2025 from Danish side FC Nordsjælland, after the midfielder scored 15 goals for the Danish side in the previous season. The fee was just under £2m but since then Nygren’s value has soared and Celtic could secure a transfer fee of around £20m.
Nygren is now into his third straight season as an established goalscoring midfielder and would relish the chance to move to play in the Premier League. His contract at Celtic runs through to June 2030 so there is no immediate rush for Celtic to part with the Swede, unless of course the valuation is met.
