Two years ago Matt O’Riley would barely have known of Postecoglou, The Fields of Athenrye or noticed that there are Celtic/Irish pubs in every holiday resort in Spain.
Tapping into the speculation Anthony Joseph dug into his archives to share an image from the summer of 1997 which had more than a few Celtic fans putting 2 and 2 together and guessing at the fourth signing.
If all goes well in the Nawrocki deal the new bhoy can have his fitness assessed by the Celtic medical team ahead of the first team squad returning from Japan on Monday.
All of the signs point towards Nawrocki being a Celtic player by the time that Rodgers’ squad returns from Japan, all being well he could be preparing for a debut next Saturday against Wolves in Dublin.
Nawrocki and Juranovic were briefly team-mates at Legia with the young defender keeping an eye on how the Croatian flourished with last season seeing Juranovic play in the Champions League, World Cup Finals and Bundesliga within a 10 month spell.
Nawrocki was born and brought up in Bremen, moving to Legia from Werder two years ago with the German side due a slice of any future transfer fee.
Maik Nawrocki suffered a minor injury and will not be at our disposal during tomorrow’s competition. The rest of the players are at my disposal.
Even without the injured Cameron Carter-Vickers, Lawal was left on the bench during the 6-4 defeat from Yokohama F Marinos with Brendan Rodgers starting the match with Carl Starfelt and Yuki Kobayashi then finishing up with Stephen Welsh and Liam Scales in the centre of defence.
Celtic’s move to bring in Maik Nawrocki will cost around £4million plus a hefty 15 percent sell-on fee.
Finding another Carter-Vickers would be perfect but in Nawrockiego it seems that Celtic’s recruitment team have found a robust, reliable defender with the potential to improve and possibly move on.