There were others we felt that could fit and there was a real willingness from the club to do business and bring the players but it was the other club.
Forrest is the third most decorated player in Celtic’s history, alongside Callum McGregor he is the only link going back to Brendan Rodgers’ first, Invincible season managing Celtic.
As a frantic day of transfer speculation and rumours kicks off, Anthony Joseph has delivered an update on Celtic activity with the left-back position a priority.
The signing of Adam Idah seems to be only a matter of timing, the later it takes the less likely that he…
After two appearances in the group stage Hatate was in Japan’s Starting XI for the last 16 tie against Bahrain, sadly he only lasted 34 minutes, sitting down on the turf before having to go off.
With the Celtic connection of his Dad there has been strong speculation that van Hooijdonk will take the same route but they may have to move swiftly to make that happen.
Turnbull has scored seven goals in his limited playing time this season but could have made his farewell appearance when he came off the bench for the last couple of minutes of Saturday’s victory over Ross County.
The Pink Un report has been prompted by a report in the Daily Record from transfer specialist Scott Burns. The report covers Johnston’s recent appearances alongside comments from Brendan Rodgers.
Football Scotland understands both parties are still far apart in negotiations and talks will continue as nothing has been agreed.
Joseph’s tweet does contain some interesting detail about wages, it seems that a standard wage with Lecce is significantly lower than the terms that Lagerbielke is on with Celtic.
It looked promising for the hoops when a deflected shot from Johnston scrambled over the line in the first minute but that proved to be a false start for fans expecting a goal surge.