Scottish Premiership giants Celtic are facing up to losing key centre-back Dedryck Boyata with Fenerbahce and Galatasaray heavily linked.
Dedryck Boyata has been linked with a whole host of clubs across the continent this summer including Fulham, Lyon and Sevilla.
But it seems that the wantaway Celtic defender has settled on Turkey as his preferred destination.
According to Fanatik, Boyata has opened talks with Super Lig giants Fenerbahce and Galatasaray as the fight for his signature appears to have been narrowed down to the two biggest clubs in Turkish football.
Fener and Gala, who are both based in Istanbul, finished second and first in the Super Lig table last season. The Turkish powerhouses have been linked with countless centre-backs all summer, such as Jason Denayer, Marcos Rojo and Eliaquim Mangala, but appear to be going all out for Boyata with just a week remaining to get deals done.
And Turkish Football have claimed on Friday that Galatasaray are set to make a £10 million bid for Boyata after loaning first-choice centre-back Maicon out to Saudi outfit Al Hilal.
Celtic have been reluctant to sell Boyata despite the fact that he is out of contract next summer and will therefore be able to leave for absolutely nothing.
But there seems to be a sense of inevitability about the Belgian World Cup star’s exit, particularly as he has not featured in any of Celtic’s games so far this season and was demoted to the U20s as The Hoops faced Partick in the Scottish League Cup at the weekend, as reported by the Daily Record.
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