--- title: "Celtic: Jordon Ibe wanted on loan by Hoops" canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-jordon-ibe-wanted-on-loan-by-hoops/" type: "post" language: "en-GB" author: "Liam Togher" section: "SPFL News" published: "2019-08-16T19:25:12Z" modified: "2019-08-16T19:25:12Z" --- # Celtic: Jordon Ibe wanted on loan by Hoops **Celtic are hoping to add to their wide attacking options with a potential move for Bournemouth’s Jordon Ibe.** [The Scottish Sun](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/4608757/bournemouth-jordon-ibe-celtic-transfer-news/) reported that the Hoops want to sign the 23-year-old on a loan deal before the Premiership transfer window [closes on September 2nd](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/transfer-window-2019-open-dates-16370467). However, according to [The Scottish Sun](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/4608757/bournemouth-jordon-ibe-celtic-transfer-news/), Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is reconsidering whether to make the winger available for loan, with the Cherries’ wide options lessened by long-term injury to Arnaut Danjuma. ![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png) Ibe featured regularly in Jurgen Klopp’s first season at Liverpool in 2015/16, playing [33 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jordon-ibe/leistungsdatentrainer/spieler/195652) under the German, but was [sold to Bournemouth for a then club-record £15m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36800117) the following summer. In [88 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jordon-ibe/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/195652) for the Cherries, the winger has a rather underwhelming return of [five goals and nine assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jordon-ibe/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/195652). That works out at a goal per 17.6 games and an assist every 9.78 games. Ibe’s passing success rate of [78%](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/105797/History/Jordon-Ibe) last season was his [worst return in a league campaign](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/105797/History/Jordon-Ibe), while he averaged just [13.2 passes per game](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/105797/History/Jordon-Ibe) and [started just nine Premier League matches in 2018/19](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/105797/History/Jordon-Ibe) for Bournemouth, for whom he was an [unused substitute against Sheffield United](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49215986) last weekend. He [mainly operates on the right flank](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jordon-ibe/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/195652), the [position occupied at Celtic by James Forrest](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/kadernachposition/verein/371), who [scored 18 goals and supplied 20 assists in 56 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/371/reldata/%262018/plus/1) last season, averaging a goal every 3.11 games and an assist every 2.8 games. Forrest, the reigning [SPFL Player of the Year](https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/17659658.celtic-winger-james-forrest-completes-personal-treble-by-winning-ladbrokes-premiership-player-of-the-year//), already has [three goals and three assists from seven appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/james-forrest/leistungsdaten/spieler/84992) this season (a goal and an assist per 2.33 games). The 28-year-old had a passing success rate of [81.7% for Celtic in last season’s Europa League](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/81481/History/James-Forrest) and an impressive [90.9% for Scotland in their UEFA Nations League campaign](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/81481/History/James-Forrest), indicating that he is far more composed on the ball than Ibe, as well as having a much better goal return. Ibe [can also play on the left-wing](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jordon-ibe/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/195652), the [position where Mikey Johnston](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/kadernachposition/verein/371) has enjoyed a fine start to the campaign for Celtic. The 20-year-old has featured [five times](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mikey-johnston/leistungsdaten/spieler/297257) this season, [scoring twice and providing three assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mikey-johnston/leistungsdaten/spieler/297257) to go with the [five goals and one assist](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mikey-johnston/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/297257) he supplied in [23 appearances last term](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mikey-johnston/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/297257). ![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png) Ibe’s goal contribution during his three years at Bournemouth has been desperately disappointing and pales in comparison with that of Forrest, while Johnston looks set to leave the ex-Liverpool man trailing in his wake also if he can continue his early season output. Even if either of those Celtic wingers were unavailable, they have [ample cover on both flanks](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/kadernachposition/verein/371), and in recent months Ibe has not looked like a player who would greatly enhance the Hoops’ wide attacking options. ***Celtic fans, should the club make an offer to sign Ibe on loan from Bournemouth this season? Join in the discussion by commenting below!***