Chelsea, Manchester United and Newcastle United are all interested in Celtic’s Josip Juranovic.
Well, that’s the word on the street.
On December 30, Tuttomercatoweb in Italy reported about how Chelsea were keen on the Croatia international, but that Erik ten Hag at Manchester United also had the 27-year-old on his radar.
Earlier that month, The Sunday Post [11/12] wrote about Newcastle’s interest in the right-back.
And a former Celtic hitman feels like he probably just played his last game for the Hoops.
Ange Postecoglou’s side drew 2-2 away to Rangers today in the Scottish Premiership.
Juranovic had a brilliant world up with Croatia but came on to replace the injured Greg Taylor at left-back on 21 minutes – an unfamiliar position and, unfortunately, it showed.
Fashion Sakala caught him flat-footed just before winning the penalty which gave Rangers a 2-1 lead early in the second half.
At half time, Scott McDonald posted that the player was ‘still in Qatar’ [HITC Sport] and after the James Tavernier penalty, the former Australia international said of the Chelsea, Newcastle and Manchester United target on Twitter.
A dodgy performance doesn’t automatically indicate that he’s leaving Parkhead.
However, it wasn’t only the performance – it was also his body language.
Juranovic cut the figure of someone who didn’t particularly want to be playing for Celtic any longer throughout his 69 minutes on the field.
And McDonald is right in saying that honestly, he probably won’t be.
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