Ange Postecoglou has been straight to the point over transfer rumours by insisting Celtic have NO offer for any player.
Josip Juranovic has been the big talker in the last few weeks with the Hoops star becoming a reported target for a number of clubs across Europe after his displays for Croatia at the World Cup. He was the standout in their quarter-final win over Brazil with the full-back playing a key role as his country left Qatar with bronze medals after a third-placed play-off victory over Morocco.
Spanish giants Barcelona are reportedly ready to move for the former Legia Warsaw man with league rivals Atletico Madrid also said to be keen. Torino from Serie A plus clubs from the English Premier League have also been mentioned ahead of the January window opening. Stephen Welsh is another who in the last couple of days has made the headlines with talk over a potential Celtic exit in January. But in typical Postecoglou style, the manager did not entertain transfer talk when addressing the media as he insisted that zero, zip, nada is happening in the way of transfers at the Scottish champions at this point with NO offers on the table for anyone.
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Speaking this afternoon, the 57-year-old said: "Josip’s not back yet. He had a great World Cup. Absolutely, he had a great World Cup, he was brilliant. Credit to him. He's got something now that he’ll have forever.
"He represented our football club really well, as did all the boys in the World Cup. He’s got a week off now and he’ll be back training early next week and ready to go.
“All this speculation, let me tell you right now; we don’t have an offer for any player. People can talk about offers and clubs wanting them but I can’t spend my time chasing shadows or what’s in the press every morning, because I’d be spending my whole day talking to players.
“As I keep saying to people, what I see is what’s before me every day here at training. If there’s an issue or players have things put in front of them about their future, I’m sure they’ll come and see me and Michael (Nicholson, CEO) will speak to their representatives.
“But right now, there’s nothing. Zero. Zip. Nada. Nothing going on.”
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