Alexandre Mendy’s agent claims that reports linking Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic with a £2.5 million bid for the Caen striker are ‘false’, speaking to Le10 Sport.
If Ange Postecoglou had a forward of Mendy’s ilk leading the line in Sunday’s Old Firm derby, the Premiership trophy might have a couple of emerald green ribbons hanging off it’s handles this afternoon.
But as the likes of Daizen Maeda spurned chance after chance at Parkhead – Fashion Sakala’s second-half equaliser at Parkhead delaying the inevitable – Postecoglou was left to rue a lack of ruthlessness with his wasteful Celtic charges missing a glorious opportunity to secure the title in the most satisfactory of circumstances.
Only one player in the Hoops squad has scored more goals in 2021/22 than Mendy’s 16. And, if this weekend’s performance is anything to go by, Kyogo Furuhashi is still shaking off the rust following his lengthy injury lay-off.
L’Equipe reported last week that Celtic had made a £2.5 million bid for Mendy, a late-blooming 28-year-old playing the best football of his rather nomadic career in the French second division.
Celtic linked with Alexandre Mendy
But, according to the striker’s agent, those claims are about as wide of the mark as Maeda’s first-half header on Sunday afternoon.
“We don’t know where the story comes from,” says Warsame Egal.
“If a club wants a player, they still start by asking the player if he wants to move, right? But I haven’t been contacted by anyone (from Celtic). So I think it’s obviously false.”
According to The Athletic, Celtic are focusing not on a new centre-forward but on a ball-playing centre-half, a left-back and a new right-winger.
The Glasgow giants reportedly want Hammarby defender Mohanad Jeahze while telling Middle Eastern outfit Shabab Al Ahli that they are willing to spend around £3.5 million on Ahmed Ghayedi, a diminutive, skilful forward in the Jota mould.
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