Celtic will need to pay a £4.5 million fee if they want to sign Japanese wonderkid Takefusa Kubo on loan from Real Madrid this summer, according to AS.
The Scottish Premiership champions have made superb use of the loan market during a run of nine successive top flight titles.
Fraser Forster enjoyed arguably the best season of his career after a temporary switch from Southampton in 2019/20, producing a series of virtuoso performances in Europe while saving an Alfredo Morelos penalty in the League Cup final.
Mohammed Elyounoussi, Patrick Roberts, Jason Denayer, Filip Benkovic and more have also sample the sweet taste of silver during short-lived spells in green and white.
Kubo, however, has the raw talent to be the best of the lot.
AS reported last month that Celtic are one of a growing collection of clubs queuing up to sign a one-time Barcelona wonderkid who, thanks after leaving the feted La Masia academy in 2015, is now contracted to bitter rivals Real Madrid.
At the age of 19, Kubo firmly established himself as one of the most exciting talents in Spanish football in 2019/20, taking the breath away during an exhilarating spell at Mallorca – even if his debut season in La Liga ended in relegation.
According to the legendary Andres Iniesta, this is an ‘immense’ talent with the potential to be a world great (AS).
Understandably, Real Madrid are now looking for a club where Kubo can take his game to the next level.
And, with AS stating that the La Liga champions will demand a £4.5 million loan fee, Los Blancos are obviously keen to identify the clubs who are serious about signing perhaps the most talented Asian footballer of his generation.
Unfortunately for Celtic, however, Kubo appears to have his heart set on staying in Spain.
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