Celtic are on the brink of signing their second January recruit. 

Adam Idah could be making a move to Glasgow after it was reported that the Scottish champions are in advanced talks with EFL Championship side Norwich City. 

If as expected the loan deal goes through, Idah will join Nicolas Kuhn at Parkhead for the second half of the season. 

Brendan Rodgers and the Celtic board have been criticised for their lack of transfer business during this window with previously linked Dutchman Sydney Van Hooijdonk believed to be replacing Idah at Carrow Road. 

Therefore, they will be keen to get the deal over the line by tomorrow evening with the title race anticipated to go to the wire. 

Here’s everything you need to know about Adam Idah…

Who is Adam Idah? 

Idah is a forward and was born in Cork, Ireland on February 11, 2001. 

He progressed through the youth levels at Munster Senior League Premier Division side College Corinthians, who play in the third level of the Republic of Ireland football pyramid. 

After moving through the ranks for ten years, Idah joined Norwich as an academy scholar in 2017. 

It was a successful two-year spell for the young Irishman who spent his first season with the under-18s, scoring nine goals in 15 matches and achieved both the under 18 player of the season and academy player of the year awards. 

He then spent the final season of his youth career playing for Norwich under-23s in Premier League Two, adding to his goal tally with 12 in 19 games, which led to him being one of eight nominations for player of the season. 

An evidently promising young prospect, Idah signed his first professional contract with the then Premier League club under Daniel Farke. 

He made his first senior appearance in August 2019 against Crawley Town in the Carabao Cup, before a Premier League debut on New Year’s Day 2020, coming on as a substitute in a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace. 

The 22-year-old has since scored his first senior hat-trick in a FA Cup tie victory over Preston North End and his opening league goal in a 2-1 win against Everton in January 2022. 

Idah is also a Republic of Ireland international and in 2020, was named as part of the senior squad for the first time for the Nations League, but didn’t score his first goal until June last year in a Euro 2024 qualifier against Gibraltar.

What kind of player is Adam Idah? 

As previously mentioned, he is a forward, so is predominately responsible for being clinical in creating and assisting with goalscoring opportunities. 

It is believed that Idah, who has been playing more consistently after being plagued with an ankle injury over the past two years, performs best when facing and cutting in from behind the back of goal. 

He prefers to play on his right foot and although his main position is a striker, he can also be deployed on the left wing. 

However, Daizen Maeda and Luis Palma are two forwards who are primarily left-wingers, with Kyogo Furuhashi and Hyun-Gyu Oh the only recognised main strikers, Idah may prove to be a shrewd move from Rodgers as another attacking option at that end of the park could be beneficial as Celtic aim to maintain their lead at the league summit.