Serie A membership Atalanta are believed to have made contact with each an “wonderful” Celtic participant’s representatives and the Hoops themselves.
Rodgers guarantees busy summer season at Celtic
The Hoops have loved one other triumphant season, successful the Scottish Premiership title and in addition having an opportunity to seal Scottish Cup glory within the remaining towards Aberdeen on Saturday, as Brendan Rodgers appears to be like so as to add to his trophy haul at Parkhead.
This is not a time for anybody at Celtic to relaxation on their laurels, nonetheless, with Rangers set to nominate a brand new supervisor this summer season and seeking to bridge the hole on the high, and Rodgers has outlined how he expects the summer season to be a busy one.
“Sure, assume so. Once more, we have now to take a look at and adapt to conditions as properly. Everyone knows nice properly, right here there is a participant buying and selling mannequin, which suggests that we’ll in all probability get gives for a few of our gamers in the summertime. And if that occurs, then we have now to be versatile and be capable of adapt to that. If I mentioned that everybody now could be right here, then you definately’d possibly solely have just a few, two to 3 gamers coming in of top quality, however we’ll simply should see.”
Chelsea midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor has been linked with a summer season transfer to Celtic, being seen as a potential alternative for Arne Engels, who has been backed to seal a swap to Atalanta on the finish of the season. Now, a brand new replace has emerged relating to the Hoops man.
In response to TuttoAtalanta [via Sport Witness], Atalanta have made “important contact” with Celtic ace Engels over a summer season transfer to the membership, in addition to the Hoops themselves. That mentioned, it’s said that the Scottish champions are proving to be a “powerful nut to crack” on the subject of letting him go, however there’s perception from final season’s Europa League winners {that a} deal can nonetheless be struck.
Promoting Engels would not be ideally suited for Celtic, contemplating he’s nonetheless simply 21 years of age and has solely spent one season on the membership, not but absolutely having the time to totally show his value.
The Belgian has scored 9 targets and registered 5 assists within the Scottish Premiership this season – he additionally has one and three within the Champions League respectively – and Rodgers spoke positively about him earlier within the marketing campaign.
“He is actually having fun with his time right here. I’ve taken him out for some video games simply to let him see from the surface wanting in and take that strain away from him as a result of it is a massive transfer and every thing that comes with it. However he is been wonderful in coaching and he is solely going to get higher and higher.”
However in the end, if Engels decides he desires a brand new problem, it’s pointless Celtic holding maintain of an sad participant, with the supervisor properly conscious of the surgical procedure required to compete in Europe subsequent season.
