Pundit says Celtic ‘will be keeping an eye’ on winger with a ‘lovely left foot’

I like a wee bit of Celtic transfer talk as it gives a welcome break from poring over the Glasgow Derby result which is now over four days old.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m certain to post something else about the result at some point tonight but, for now, let’s talk about pundit, Gordon Dalziel‘s latest player suggestion that he thinks Celtic are looking at right now.

We told yesterday how Jim Duffy floated a transfer theory about Luke McCowan. The Dundee winger has been enjoying a very good season as he helps the Dens Park push towards a top-six finish despite all the problems they have been having with their pitch.

And whilst Duffy admits he couldn’t see McCowan getting into the Celtic team, he is an admirer of the wingers ‘lovely left foot’.

Luke McCowan to Celtic backed by Gordon Dalziel

But it wasn’t a view shared by fellow pundit, Dalziel who reckons that Celtic will already be looking at the 26-year-old Scottish midfielder.

Dalziel said [Superscoreboard], “He is having a great season for Dundee, of that there is no doubt.

“At 26 years of age I’m sure, look we’ve got a lot of good talent, you could name a few, I’m sure that teams like Rangers and Celtic will be doing their jobs.

“They will be keeping an eye, they will be noticing what’s going on.” 

The versatile Scotsman has made 34 appearances for The Dee scoring nine goals and creating five assists this season. [Transfermarkt]

According to Fotmob, he has been Dundee’s best player this season with an average rating of 7.64. However, McCowan’s passing accuracy is lacking at 70.8% average per 90 minutes which is one of the lowest averages of players in a similar position in the SPFL.

McCowan has also won just over 50% of his tackles, less than 48% of his duels but has a higher than SPFL average of successful crosses at over 31%. These figures are an average over a 90-minute Game.

So whilst he has been one of Dundee’s top performers I simply cannot get on-board with McCowan having enough about him to become a regular in Celtic’s matchday squad never mind being a successful singing.

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