Two seasons ago Vata played with Ben Doak and Owen Moffat in the Celtic B team, one got away almost as soon as possible while the other stayed on too long.
The problems Celtic face with Hatate and Abada, and probably Matt O’Riley is that they are already on long term deals with relatively modest wages.
Next week against PSV Eindhoven the serious broadcasters move in leaving the BBC with some radio coverage while the licence payer stumps up for the expenses claims from some very elite Geneva restaurants.
When broken glass mysteriously appeared in Joe Hart’s goalmouth in full view of the Ibrox groundstaff Nicholson said nothing about the selective failing of the CCTV covering 20% of the stadium.
With problems in front of goal Beale spent £3.5m on Sam Lammers, £5m on Cyriel Dessers then topped than off by spending £5.5m on Danilo from Feyenoord mainly based on the fact that he has a Brazilian passport.
As an attacking left winger Podence would tick a huge box for Celtic but it is hard to see the club going beyond £5/6m for someone turning 28 in October while trying to put together a salary package compared to his current Wolves deal.
Following the Glasgow Derby Celtic don’t play again until September 16 when they host Dundee which probably eases the decision on Hatate for Ibrox.
A direct replacement for Jota is unlikely but as Rodgers redesigns the Celtic squad it might be a case that Fraser fits the bill with Romano expecting talks to progress this week.
There really isn’t much to make the story stand up inside the Celtic business model other than the prospect of a loan deal late in the window as Wolves look to cut costs.
According to our information, Celtic have agreed with Valenciennes to transfer their player in exchange for €150,000. Free from any contract in a year, Soro declared in the local press that he would prefer to sign at Beitar Jerusalem.