Celtic hero urges club to make £3m move for SPFL striker

Peter Grant has urged Celtic to make a £3million move for Kieron Bowie.

The Hibernian striker has found the back of the net seven times in 25 appearances this season.

Wilfried Nancy is in need of a new number nine in the January transfer window, and having watched Bowie since his early days at Raith Rovers, Grant reckons Celtic should be making moves.

Speaking on the Go Radio football show, he said: “I watched him at Raith as a young man. He was very thin. That’s the way he was. He just needed to fill out.

“The injury helped him with that because he went to Fulham, then it was Northampton he went to. He started scoring more goals.

“I watched him in Europe this season. I thought he was excellent against experienced players away from home.

“He played a fantastic match. He was bumping them. He was taking the ball in really well.

“He went off the boil. He lost a bit of form recently because he had an injury again and was coming back in and out of the team. But he kept going and scored a wonder goal the other week there. I just think he’s going to get better.

“If I was Celtic I would take him as well. There is no doubt in my mind about that because I think he’s only going to get better.

“At this moment in time, I don’t think Hibs would sell him unless you were offering them £6m.

“You would pay £3m for him. That’s what you’d pay. You’d pay £3m and if they went above that say ‘Okay, not just at this moment then’.

“You’d pay £3m and then hopefully he’s going to come and score goals for you and you’d treble your money.”

Celtic were tentatively linked with a move for Bowie towards the latter stages of the summer transfer window.

They eventually signed free agent Kelechi Iheanacho, who has scored three goals in 10 games. The Nigerian is currently on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.