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Benjamin Nygren signs for Celtic as bargain transfer fee, contract details and stunning scouting report emerge
Celtic are set to snap up the Sweden international in a cut-price deal but could be quids in further down the line according to Marc Rieper.
Benjamin Nygren has been hailed as the 'full package' after sealing an initial £1.3m move to Celtic on a four-year deal with an option until 2030.
The winger has agreed a cut-price movefrom Danish side Nordsjaelland, with official confirmation expected in the coming days, as Brendan Rodgers beefs up his attacking options.
And according to former Hoops hero Marc Rieper the Parkhead club are getting top class talent who will coin in a massive profit further down the line.
Nygren netted 16 goals across all competitions last season and his form didn't go unnoticed back home, earning him a first senior call-up under Sweden boss Jon Dahl Tomasson in March. He has since won four caps and scored twice for his country.
Now the 23-year-old, currently on holiday, looks set to complete his move to Parkhead and have a first crack at the Champions League after snubbing interest from Anderlecht, Copenhagen and the MLS.
And Denmark legend Rieper told Mail Sport: 'I've seen Nygren a number of times. He is the full package. A really good player.
'He has tremendous speed, good passing ability and is a really, really good finisher - and from long range.
'When you play for Nordsjaelland you need to be able to keep the ball and he is really good in that sense.
'Celtic have got a really good player in Nygren. He is top class.'
Nygren was one of the Danish Sperliga's most effective attacking threats over the last two seasons and had interest from across Europe a year ago.
With just six months left on his contract at Nordsjaelland the Danes have accepted the knockdown fee rather than lose the player for nothing in December.
But Rieper expects Celtic will make a huge profit on Nygren further down the line - with the former defender tipping him to be the latest star to become a £10m-plus player at Parkhead.
He said: 'If you do well at Celtic and in Europe then you are very easily a £10million-plus player.
'The way prices are going in Italy, Germany and the Premier League then £10million - as ridiculous as it is to say - is not even a big number any more.
'Look at Matt O'Riley, he's on the verge of leaving Brighton for crazy money as well. I think they will make a good profit on Nygren one day.
'He is a young player and he has got really good ability. But they can look forward to enjoying him in a Celtic shirt for the next few years first.'
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