Modou Barrow watched by Hull, QPR, Swansea and Everton... but Celtic lead the race for pacy Gambian striker tipped for top Bolton took Modou Barrow on trial but had £600,000 offer rejected Barrow's side Osterlunds value pacy Gambian striker at £1.5million Hull, QPR, Everton and Swansea are said to be monitoring the player Celtic are also keen with Osterlunds impressed by their scouting record By Stephen Mcgowan Published: 22:57 GMT, 16 July 2014 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 16 July 2014 Celtic are weighing up a move for £1.5million-rated Gambian strike prospect Modou Barrow. A 21-year-old striker with Ostersunds FK in Sweden, Barrow was the subject of a rejected £600,000 bid from Bolton Wanderers after spending last week on trial with the English Championship club. And Ostersunds president Daniel Kindberg claimed the Scottish champions are also interested in the pacy forward, following a glowing recommendation from former Hamilton boss Billy Reid â now the Swedish clubâs assistant manager. Hot property: Modou Barrow has the quality to reach the top according to the assistant manager at Osterlunds Keen to conclude a deal in the next fortnight, Kindberg claims Hull City, QPR and Everton will watch Barrow against Sundsvall tomorrow night after Boltonâs opening offer was kicked out. âWe have rejected a £600,000 bid,â Kindberg told Sportsmail. âWe put Modou in the price range of £1.5m but it depends on the structure and sell-on clause. We also want to look after the player. âHe has just arrived back from Bolton because we have an important game on Friday when we start the autumn part of the season. âWe had a very encouraging report from (Bolton boss) Dougie Freedman about the player. We also have interest from Celtic, Middlesbrough and Swansea. âWe have an English manager in Graham Potter and a Scots assistant in Billy Reid, who has been speaking to people at Celtic about the player. In the know: Celtic manager Ronny Deila should have a good knowledge of the Scandinavian game âCelticâs youth coach David Moss has been here with his team and Celtic have an exceptional scouting record. They know the Scandinavian market well. We are taking their interest very seriously. âBilly is an expert in getting talented players to the top level from his years in Scotland and has done a great job with Modou. We think he will take some big steps in the game.â Reid, who oversaw the development of the likes of James McCarthy and James McArthur at Hamilton, was full of praise for the striker, saying: âModou is sensationally quick and technically good. If anyone was going to be worth big money in the future, it is this guy. Heâs got great potential.â A prolific scorer as a teenager in the Swedish lower leagues, Barrow quit IFK Norrkoping for personal reasons, but scored six goals in nine games in the first half of the Swedish season, attracting interest from British clubs. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tr...-Celtic-lead-race-services.html#ixzz37fwgehjv Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
I've head of him before. He's strong, skilful and direct but not the finished article yet. A great player to come on and nick a winner in the closing stages and one for the future. Think Taarabt, but a more direct one. He gets the ball and just goes for the goal. An ideal player for counter-attacking football. If he was German he would be in the national squad.
Impressive! [video=youtube;FhEf4A6SPiE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhEf4A6SPiE&feature=youtu.be&a[/video]
He'll have to arm wrestle Barton for the #17 shirt and compared to those grounds, Loftus Road will likely be a bit of a shock.
Wow! The old cliché of an unpolished diamond comes to mind. Can he do it in the Prem? I'd like to see him whoever he signs for. Hopefully us of course. This is the kind of player I would love to don the hoops.
I also like that his play-making sets up some great balls for his team-mates, even though one of them, with the ball set up on a tee in front of goal, squanders the opportunity to score.
