Celtic wanted to sign Rivaldo Coetzee from Ajax Cape Town in the summer transfer window.
Ajax Cape Town appear to have mocked Celtic on social networking site Twitter for not signing Rivaldo Coetzee in the summer transfer window.
Celtic have been looking to recruit a central defender in the summer transfer window due to injuries to Dedryck Boyata and Erik Sviatchenko.
The Glasgow giants were on the verge of signing Rivaldo Coetzee from Ajax Cape Town, but the move was called off after the medical.
As reported by BBC Sport, the 20-year-old South Africa international defender failed his medical at Celtic due to a problem with his right foot.
However, on Thursday, the talented and promising young defender moved to Absa Premiership rivals Mamelodi Sundowns, as announced on Ajax Cape Town’s official website.
“Coetzee visited two orthopaedic surgeons that specialise in foot and ankle injuries this week, and following further investigation the medical specialists found that contrary to reports, his suspected foot injury wasn’t as serious as initially reported,” adds the statement on Ajax Cape Town’s official website.
“Above mentioned specialists came to the conclusion that – if managed properly – Rivaldo will only miss between 6-8 weeks of action.
“Ajax Cape Town are disappointed that Coetzee’s dream move to Europe failed to come to fruition, but we are confident that he will soon find himself plying his trade in the biggest leagues in world football.”
Ajax Cape Town appear to have mocked Celtic for not signing Coetzee by making the following post on Twitter:
Celtic also failed to sign Jason Denayer from Manchester City despite showing interest in the defender, as reported by The Daily Record, with the 22-year-old Belgium international centre-back moving to Turkish giants Galatasaray on a season-long loan deal.
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