Celtic will begin their 2026/27 UEFA Champions League campaign in the play-off Round, with the first leg scheduled for 18/19 August, so the Celtic Board has been under significant pressure to find a key striker in time. Ryan McDonald is now confident that they have found the right man for the job in the form of Bodo/Glimt's Kasper Hogh.
Hogh who is expected to form a striker partnership up front with Camilo Duran, who has been signed from Qarabag for £6 million, finished last season as Bodo/Glimt's top scorer with 17 league goals in 28 matches, helping them secure second place in the Norwegian Eliteserie.
He also went on to score five goals in the Champions League group/knockout stages, including a legendary first-half brace in a 3–1 upset over Manchester City and a crucial strike away to Atletico Madrid, which earned him his first senior call-up and debut for the Danish National Team in March 2026.
Having arrived in Glasgow with a massive £11 million record price tag, expectations will be at an all-time high at Celtic for the Dane to deliver. However, Ryan McDonald is confident that Hogh will be everything Celtic fans are hoping for.
