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Junior Adamu has not been a regular starter for Freiburg Celtic have signed Austria international Junior Adamu from Bundesliga club Freiburg on loan with an option to buy in the summer while sending fellow striker Johnny Kenny on loan to Bolton Wanderers. Born in Nigeria, 24-year-old Adamu came through the RB Salzburg academy and scored 23 goals in 84 appearances for the Austrian side. Adamu, who has nine caps for Austria, moved to Freiburg in 2023 and has found the back of the net seven times in 67 matches. He has made 18 appearances this season, 14 of them starts, scoring once. However, he has only featured once as a substitute in Freiburg's past 10 Bundesliga games for the side sitting seventh in the German top flight, although he did start last week's 1-0 Europa League defeat away to Lille. Who has your Premiership club brought in & let go? - January 2026 But Celtic manager Martin O'Neill was attracted to his "experience of high-level football". "He has also been involved in European competition, so we are bringing in a talented, experienced, international forward to really enhance our attacking options, " he told Celtic's website. Adamu becomes Celtic's third signing of the January transfer window - all loans. Czech Republic striker Tomas Cvancara has already found the net after arriving from Borussia Mönchengladbach, while Bournemouth full-back Julian Araujo has also made an early impression. Adamu is eyeing a league and Scottish Cup double while scoring "a lot of goals" and wants "to improve as a player". "I've spoken with the manager and he's given me good motivation and I trust him, " he said. "He's given me that trust, he's told me how the system is and I feel the connection is really strong. " Asked what kind of player Celtic fans will see in action, Adamu added: "I'm dangerous in the box and hungry for goals. That's what the manager sees in me and I want to show that on the pitch. " Meanwhile, Kenny heads for the side sitting third in League One having failed to become a first pick since O'Neill's return to Celtic. The 22-year-old Irishman, signed in January 2024 from Shamrock Rovers, has played 22 times for Celtic this season, 12 of them starts, and scoring six times. Visit our Celtic page for all the latest news, analysis and fan views Get Celtic news notifications in the BBC Sport app Palace sign Strand Larsen in deal worth up to £48m but Mc Neil loan off Premier League: Sunderland's Talbi adds brilliant third against Burnley from outside box Will Seahawks stop Patriots' record bid? Lowdown on Super Bowl 2026 Kendrick Lamar: The artist who has reshaped modern hip-hop A high stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game Could Heated Rivalry positively influence ice hockey? Lewis Moody opens up about his MND diagnosis 'Aberdeen savour the most perfect game ever played' How Mc Tominay became a Napoli icon after Man Utd exit Scotland men's internationals to be shown live on BBC Commonwealth Games: Why is it so special to be part of Team Scotland? From titles to tinpottery - rank Scotland's top 10 clubs Transfer window closed as Palace confirm Strand Larsen deal & Phillips joins Sheff Utd All the done deals on deadline day in one place Will Seahawks stop Patriots' record bid? Lowdown on Super Bowl 2026 Six Nations preview & BBC pundit predictions 'Complacent and lost control' - Man City's second-half problem Why I loved a deadline-day deal - and never saw them as a risk 'If Arsenal don't win title now the blame will be entirely their own' Happy tennis, serious name - how history-maker Alcaraz clinched career Slam What's gone wrong for Chelsea in WSL and is Bompastor still right coach? Is Carrick proving Amorim's Man Utd tenure was a wasted year? Why 2026 could be GB's most successful Winter Olympics The most powerful woman in football - meet game's first female super agent I never stopped believing - Calvert-Lewin Your Winter Olympics need-to-know guide in six charts Nine siblings and a dog called Zoomer - Wirtz in his own words Barcelona 'shakedown' offers first hints of F1 2026 Cages, crushes and stabbings - is European away safety getting worse? The NFL's 'Queen's Gambit' who helped create $1. 5bn worth of talent Record-breaking World Cup, so why no title sponsor for domestic league? Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.