Celtic have agreed a club-record switch price for Augsburg midfielder Arne Engels.
The Hoops can pay £11m for the 20-year-old after their first three bids had been rejected by the Bundesliga membership.
Engles, who scored three targets and had two assists in 33 appearances final season, is considered as a alternative for Matt O’Riley following his transfer to Brighton.
Celtic’s earlier switch document was £9m for Odsonne Edouard, with the deal for bringing Adam Idah again to Parkhead solely set to beat Engels’ price if add-ons are activated.
He would be the fourth new participant to hitch Celtic this season alongside Kasper Schmeichel, Viljami Sinisalo and Alex Valle, whereas Idah and Paulo Bernardo each accomplished everlasting strikes after mortgage spells final time period.
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Can Engels step up and exchange O’Riley?
Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton on Sky Sports activities:
“O’Riley was Celtic’s greatest participant final season and so they cannot exchange him basically.
“I don’t think they need just one body in, they need more than that. Replacing Matt O’Riley is nigh on impossible.
“Paulo Bernardo will get the possibility to point out what he can do on a constant foundation.
“Celtic need more quality in the building. O’Riley is an enormous loss, to lose him this late is a problem for Celtic.”
Former Celtic midfielder Stiliyan Petrov on Sky Sports activities:
“You can see how badly they will miss O’Riley but the club will continue. It is important how they spend that money.
“Celtic and Rangers produce gamers which different groups look to take to strengthen their groups. O’Riley has actually matured within the final yr and I’m not shocked a Premier League crew has are available for him with an enormous value.”
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