Yannick Bolasie could reportedly leave Premier League Everton for a spell in the Scottish Premiership with Celtic.
Neil Lennon has £25 million burning a hole in his back pocket. Fortunately, the Celtic manager knows exactly how he wants to invest the money obtained from Kieran Tierney’s move to Arsenal on the final day of the English transfer window.
Speaking to the Daily Record last week, Lennon made it clear that he was not only scouring the market for a new left-back. He wants a winger too, preferably someone who can play on the right or the left.
So, enter Yannick Bolasie.
A £28 million forward on £80,000-a-week, Celtic fans might be tempted to scoff at links with the 30-year-old Everton ace, as revealed by Goal. But this is not as dubious as it might seem.
After all, Everton are desperate to offload the former Crystal Palace star before the end of the month. Bolasie clearly has no part to play in Marco Silva’s plans, having spent the last 12 months on loan at Aston Villa and Anderlecht.
And, thanks in part to a serious injury which pretty much ruined his Everton career as soon as it begun, it’s fair to say his value has dropped substantially in the last three years.
Just imagine if Bolasie rediscovered the thrilling form he showed during his final few years at Crystal Palace, skipping past full-backs like a gazelle on ice skates while delighting the crowd with tricks and flicks that wouldn’t look out of place on the classic edition of FIFA Street.
Celtic fans are already drooling at the thought.
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