Celtic transfers: What we can expect at Parkhead on deadline day

Celtic are set to finalise a six-month loan deal for Everton right back Jonjoe Kenny of Everton on deadline day. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Permanence is elusive for Celtic to come by right now.

The club’s title supremacy is about to be ended by runaway Premiership leaders Rangers. That has left manager Neil Lennon on borrowed time, while chief executive Peter Lawwell will depart in July. It is apt then that loan moves will be the deals that the club looks to tie up in the final hours of the window. Celtic moved to bring Everton right-back Jonjoe Kenny in on a six-month deal late on Sunday. The 23-year-old will fill the gap created by Jeremie Frimpong’s £11.5m departure last week to Bayer Leverkusen, Kenny having spent last season in the Bundesliga set-up on loan to Schalke.

With Christopher Jullien lost to injury for the rest of the season, they will be scouting around for a centre-back on a temporary deal too after being gazumped by Liverpool on Sunday in their pursuit of Ben Davies. The club had been in talks with the left-sided Preston defender’s representatives in recent days, but the Anfield club became his destination after having a £2m offer accepted that will see Sepp Van Den Berg head in the other direction.