Having sold Matt O’Riley to Brighton for a club-record fee, there is a huge pot of money available to bring in more players for Celtic and that could see Fiorentina winger Josip Brekalo join on a loan deal to boost their attacking ranks
Celtic announced their fifth signing of the summer transfer window on Wednesday morning, with young Barcelona left-back Alex Valle jetting in on a season-long loan from the La Liga giants to offer competition for Greg Taylor on the flanks in defence
The Hoops have added Valle alongside securing permanent deals for Adam Idah and Paulo Bernardo following their successful loan spells last year – and with Kasper Schmeichel joining with Viljami Sinisalo between the sticks, recruitment has been decent at Parkhead in Brendan Rodgers’ second summer of his second spell at the Parkhead helm
However, they have finally lost star man O’Riley following months of talks surrounding his exit, and that represents a huge pot of money to back Rodgers in the final few days of the window. Brekalo has been linked, and with the deadline ticking down, reports from Italy suggest that the Hoops could make a move for the former Bundesliga star
