Celtic make transfer offer for 'wonderkid' who's already agreed personal terms to join Brendan Rodgers and co
Celtic are claimed to have a bid rejected for a ‘wonderkid’, as per a new report.
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Hide AdArne Engels of Augsburg is one that boss Brendan Rodgers wants, with midfielder Matt O’Riley heading to Brighton for a deal that could reach up to £30m with add-ons. The 20-year-old Belgian could prove a replacement, and Football Transfers claim “Celtic have made an opening offer for Augsburg midfielder Arne Engels, but have fallen short of the Bundesliga club's valuation for the Belgian wonderkid.”
It is suggested the bid was in the £6.5m ballpark but Augsburg are not willing to sell at that price, and talks will need to continue for a deal to be done. The report goes on to claim “The 20-year-old midfielder has already agreed personal terms with Celtic, so that will not prove a stumbling block for the deal.”
So far this summer, Paulo Bernardo, Adam Idah, Kasper Schmeichel and Viljami Sinisalo have arrived at Celtic. Speaking on transfer business after a 3-0 Premiership win vs St Mirren on Sunday, Rodgers said: “We’re in a really, really good place.
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Hide Ad“But over the context of the season, it's a really important week for us. As a football club, we want to develop, we want to improve.
“We can't be happy just to make our money and build our pot because the bottom line is on the pitch. That's the bottom line. The supporters, they pay the money. I look back to the Covid times here, the Celtic supporters sold the stadium out and they weren't allowed in it.
“So we have the duty to put the best team on the pitch. That's what we'll do and look to do. It's taken a bit longer than I would have liked. But if we can do it by Friday, strengthen the squad, we'll be in a really, really good place.”
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