Hoops hero Lubo Moravcik believes Celtic should be looking at players such as Slavia Prague ace Lukas Provod in the summer transfer window, speaking to the Celtic Huddle Podcast.
The Glasgow giants are no strangers to signing players from untapped markets.
In recent seasons, Celtic have raided clubs in Poland, Israel, Austria, Slovakia and Ukraine.
And, if we’ve learned anything from the past 15 months or so, it’s there’s plenty of value to be found in Czech football too.
Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal have made a remarkable impact since swapping Prague for West Ham United, although if Slavia were missing the presence of two star players they haven’t shown it.
Slavia defeated Rangers and Leicester City en route to the Europa League quarter-finals, with 24-year-old Provod making a name for himself at home and abroad.
A hard-working and versatile midfielder, Provod has produced nine assists and five goals in 2020/21 and scored a brilliant volley in a 2-0 win at Leicester in February.
“It is very hard for the big Scottish clubs like Celtic and Rangers now to find a player for reasonable money and with good quality,” says Moravcik, insisting his former employers could do a lot worse than take a good look at Provod.
“Maybe they should go to countries where football isn’t very rich and find the players there – but it’s a difficult job to be honest. You saw Slavia Prague this season in the Europa League, their players aren’t too expensive but they are very good.
“For example, a player like Lukas Provod. He played for a small club last season, moved to Slavia and made big, big progress. He’s a very talented player, still young, good physically, has a good left foot.
“It would be very interesting to see a player like that. That is maybe the way to go.”
Speaking to FC Inter News in April, Provod’s agent insisted a host of clubs had shown interest in the former Viktoria Plzen man, insisting his client had the talent to play for newly crowned Serie A champions Inter Milan.
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