Some Celtic fans have been talking about the latest news update linking them with a move to sign Lyndon Dykes recently.
The Daily Mail reports that the Hoops are showing interest in signing the Livingston man. Apart from Celtic, Championship clubs such as Stoke City, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Wigan Athletic, Blackburn Rovers and Barnsley are also interested in the player and have made enquiries for him.
The report also claims that Livingston want a fee of £2 million to part ways with their striker. The Daily Record relayed this news about Dykes on Twitter.
It attracted the attention of many Celtic fans and they made their negative opinions known.
No way are Celtic looking at him,paper filling nonsense,he’d get nowhere near a Celtic team..
— Roomathetop (@roomatthetop67) June 7, 2020
Would signing Dykes make sense for Celtic?
There's no point in signing him
Yeah, sign him up!
No thanks. Strikers live and die by their stats pic.twitter.com/mWPn0eFGIt
— Crackerman (@mostlyceltic81) June 7, 2020
Shankland and cosgrove are far better players. He’s nowhere near edouard or griff. Also how good would bayo be playing week in week out at Livi most likely have a better record. Dykes is one of the most overrated player in the spl based on one game against a 10 man Celtic.
— Declan (@cfcdeclan93) June 7, 2020
He’s a lump of wood
— Jon Monteith (@MonteithJon) June 7, 2020
A donkey who runs into folk and talks advantage of slack referring and a plastic pitch. He plays like that in a Celtic jersey and he would be off every game.
— Eddie van Coupon (@coupon_eddie) June 7, 2020
The 2019/20 season has seen Dykes make 33 appearances in all competitions for Livingston, playing a direct part in as many as 22 goals (12 goals, 10 assists). In the Premiership alone, the Australia-born striker scored nine goals and racked up eight assists (via Transfermarkt).
The report from the Daily Mail also mentions interest from Celtic’s Old Firm rivals. Some Celtic fans said the Hoops should leave the Gers to sign Dykes.
Sevco can have him?
— bomber (@bomber77oy77) June 7, 2020
Celtic added in just incase Sevco don’t get him then the laptop loyal can claimed he snubbed the “old firm”. An old trick.
— Ronnie Adidas (@_lippylipez_) June 7, 2020
These Celtic fans don’t seem too pleased by the club’s links with Dykes, despite the fact that he has a pretty healthy goal contribution record.
With Neil Lennon having confirmed that the club is in talks to hand Odsonne Edouard a new contract, the need for a striker may have to take a backseat. The club would have plenty of options, including Edouard, Leigh Griffiths and Patryk Klimala – so signing a striker like Dykes may not make too much sense.