Overview
- Celtic confirmed Thursday that 34-year-old winger James Forrest signed a one-year deal that runs through the 2026–27 season.
- Forrest is the club’s most decorated player with 26 major trophies, logging 110 goals in 564 games and a goal in each of 17 straight seasons.
- This season he has 36 appearances with few starts, and he swung the Scottish Cup semi-final against St Mirren after coming on.
- Interim manager Martin O’Neill said Forrest earned the year by changing games off the bench, and captain Callum McGregor called the deal massively deserved.
- O’Neill has voiced concern about starting him because of past hamstring issues, and Football Insider questioned the timing given talk of a managerial change and ongoing title pressure.