Celtic: Will Benjamin Nygren follow Henrik Larsson as Swedish club legend?

Nygren came through IFK Goteborg's youth ranks before making his competitive debut as a 16-year-old in 2018.

That came shortly after he agreed professional terms with his local club despite reported interest from Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Manchester City.

He was still only 17 when he moved on to Genk in Belgium's top flight for a reported fee of £4.2m - a record sale by IFK.

Nygren had only made 15 appearances by that time, but had already displayed his scoring prowess with six goals - with four coming in 12 appearances during his second season with the first team as they finished seventh in Sweden's top division.

He would only play seven times for Genk, scoring once, but his European travels had meantime taken him to the Netherlands on loan.

Nygren scored seven times in 32 appearances as Heerenveen finished 12th in the Eredivisie and reached a national cup semi-final.

His second season on loan was not quite as fruitful, failing to find the net in 19 appearances, and he joined Nordsjaelland in January 2022 after having his loan spell terminated - and cutting short his contract with Genk by two years.

His Danish venture, alongside current Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande, started modestly but he helped his new club avoid relegation.

However, Nygren's career was back on track as six goals in 31 games in his first full campaign in the Superliga took Nordsjaelland to the top of the table by the end of the regular season only to be overtaken by Copenhagen after the split.

Finishing runners-up at least led to Conference League group stage football the following season and, although they would finish third behind Fenerbahce and Ludogorets Razgrad, it would thrust Nygren into the European limelight.

The Swede grabbed a double in a 7-1 thrashing of the Bulgarians and upstaged that with a hat-trick in a 6-1 drubbing of the Turks - results that no doubt helped draw Nygren to Celtic's attention.

With Nordsjaelland, now minus Ibrox-bound Diomande, finishing fourth in the Superliga, Nygren would chalk up 12 goals from 31 appearances overall and, although his side were only fifth this past season, he would surpass that personally by finding the net 16 times in 32 games.

He leaves Denmark having scored 35 goals in 107 appearances overall for Nordsjaelland over three-and-a-half seasons - the fourth-highest scorer in their history and not a bad return for someone viewed as primarily a right winger.

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