Celtic have confirmed that Jeremie Frimpong wants to leave and is currently abroad for transfer talks
Manchester City look set to rake in at least £3m from the sale of a former youth player.
Jeremie Frimpong failed to break through at the Etihad after progressing through the youth ranks, and joined Celtic for £350k in September 2019.
The right-back was a success in his first season at the club, but has struggled for consistency during what has been a difficult 2020/21 for Celtic.
Manager Neil Lennon confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that the player is abroad for talks, with Record Sport quoting him as saying: “We received a really robust offer for him.
“We are disappointed to lose him but that’s football.”
Frimpong had previously been linked with Roma, and a recent report from Gazzetta dello Sport valued the player at around £18m.
According to the Record Sport report, however, it is Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen who are Frimpong’s likely destination.
They claim that the player stated his desire to leave and is currently in Germany for talks over a move that would generate a transfer fee in excess of £10m.
When Frimpong left Manchester for Glasgow, City inserted a 30% sell-on clause into the deal.
Should the move from Celtic to Leverkusen proceed, City would therefore be entitled to at least £3m.
As quoted by the Scottish Sun, Lennon said: “He made it clear he wanted to leave.
“This hasn’t appeared in the last couple of days. This has been in the background for the last six or seven weeks.
“The club have made strides to renegotiate with Jeremie and that wasn’t the case. The player made it clear to me, to Nick (Hammond, head of football operations) and to the board that he wanted to leave.”
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