Brendan Rodgers’s Celtic reportedly want Manchester City’s Oleksandr Zinchenko, who was claimed to be on the radar of Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month.
Wolverhampton Wanderers missed out on Oleksandr Zinchenko earlier this summer, but Celtic may still have a chance of signing the Manchester City attacking midfielder.
According to The Daily Mail (Transfer Live blog, 10:17am, August 9, 2018), Zinchenko turned down a £16 million move from Premier League champions City to promoted outfit Wolves in the summer transfer window (click here to read more).
Wolves are unable to make any signings this summer, but Scottish Premiership giants Celtic still can.
According to Spanish outlet ABC, Celtic have expressed an interest in signing the the 21-year-old Ukraine international on loan (click here to read more)
City manager Pep Guardiola has suggested on the club’s official Twitter page that Zinchenko could leave at the end of the month, and that will encourage Celtic in their reported pursuit of the former Ufa youngster – who earns £20,000 per week as salary, according to Spotrac.com.
However, the problem for Celtic is that City are reportedly not willing to do a straight loan for Zinchenko.
According to The Manchester Evening News, the Citizens either want a permanent deal now or a loan with an obligation to buy.
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