Breaking News:Celtic Will ‘Listen to Offers’ for Trio
Celtic are not interested in losing defender Stephen Welsh at this stage of the transfer window, but three others could leave according to Sky Sports News.
The Hoops have had a relatively quiet transfer window so far this summer with just three arrivals, as Kasper Schmeichel, Paulo Bernardo and Viljami Sinisalo all joined Brendan Rodgers’ squad for the upcoming season.
Four first-team players have left the club since the end of the 2023/24 campaign with Joe Hart retiring and all of Benjamin Siegrist, Sead Haksabanovic and Hyeon-gyu Oh moving on, but three more players could be on the move before the transfer deadline with the club open to offers.
Despite interest from KV Mechelen in Welsh, Celtic have made it clear that they have no intention in allowing the central defender to leave at this stage of the window as they assess their squad options for the season.
But while Welsh looks set to stay at the club for now, they are open to offers for a host of other defensive options with Gustaf Lagerbielke, Yuki Kobayashi and Maik Nawrocki all available to move on.
Lagerbielke has attracted interest from Italy while Kobayashi has interest from Scottish side St Mirren, and the club would be willing to allow both players to leave either permanently or on loan before the August 30th deadline.
Nawrocki would be available to leave on loan after suffering an injury in pre-season, with Rodgers keen to add to his defensive options should they be able to find a way to shift all of their fringe players in the position.
Burnley defender Dara O’Shea was named as a target earlier in the window, however the Championship club are demanding a big fee to part with the Ireland international after relegation and it seems as though the Hoops will turn their attentions elsewhere now.
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