Celtic have been offered the chance to sign Serie B star Charles Pickel, according to a report has emerged today. The Cremonense midfielder plays in the Italian second division and plays primarily in a defensive-midfield role, although he has been known to occupy both right-back and attacking-midfield on occasion when needed.
Football Scotland is now reporting that they have been briefed about the emerging situation, as the Hoops have been scouring the market place for a player of that profile.
It is said that Brendan Rodgers and the recruitment team at Celtic Park have put the word out far and wide that the Bhoys will indeed be looking for a proper sitting midfielder this summer and Pickel’s name has emerged as a possible option.
The Irishman will be undertaking quite the revamp of the Celtic squad this close season, having been let down horrendously in both the January transfer window and last summer’s when he arrived back from England with Leicester City. With a whole host of players being deemed surplus to requirements and others badly needing a loan spell away for game time, it promises to be busy.
Matt O’Riley is fully expected to leave the club once an appropriate bid falls on Brendan Rodgers’ table up at Lennoxtown, whilst Paulo Bernardo’s future is up in the air at the minute, with Celtic reluctant to pay the reported £6 million it would take to prise him away from Benfica.
That leaves the manager with some gaping holes in the middle of the park and with us not having really replaced Aaron Mooy and his vital experience, on top of injuries this year, it simply must be addressed moving forward.
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