Junior Adamu: Celtic sign striker on loan from SC Freiburg until end of the season on Deadline Day
Celtic have signed striker Junior Adamu on loan from SC Freiburg, with an option to buy included; the 24-year-old is the Scottish Premiership club's third January transfer window signing; watch Aberdeen vs Celtic on Wednesday from 7pm, live on Sky Sports; kick-off 8pm
Monday 2 February 2026 18:23, UK
Celtic have signed striker Junior Adamu on loan until the end of the season.
The Austrian international joins from Bundesliga side SC Freiburg, with an option to make the move permanent in the summer.
Adamu becomes Celtic's third signing of the January window after the loan arrivals of Julian Araujo, from Bournemouth, and Tomas Cvancara from Borussia Monchengladbach.
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He started his senior career at Liefering in Austria, before moves to RB Salzburg, St. Gallen and Freiburg, where he has scored seven goals in 67 games in all competitions.
The 24-year-old has been capped nine times by Austria but is yet to score for his country.
Celtic manager Martin O'Neill said: "We are really pleased to welcome Junior to Celtic. He has experience of high level football, firstly with RB Salzburg and of course in the German Bundesliga for the past few seasons.
"He has also been involved in European competition, so we are bringing in a talented, experienced, international forward to really enhance our attacking options."
Speaking to Celtic TV, Adamu added: "I'm very excited to be here and I can't wait to get started. I want to give my best for this club and try and win the title, also the cup, and to score a lot of goals and help the team, and I also want to improve as a player.
"I've spoken with the manager and he's given me good motivation, and I trust him, he's given me that trust, he's told me how the system is and I feel the connection is really strong.
"I'm dangerous in the box and hungry for goals. That's what the manager sees in me and I want to show that on the pitch.
"I can't wait to be in the stadium, I've seen a lot of videos and it looks amazing, and I can't wait to get started."
