Celtic are plotting a summer transfer swoop for AEK Athens forward Levi Garcia, according to reports.
The 25-year-old, who is a Trinidad and Tobago internationalist, could be brought in as a replacement for winger Liel Abada, who looks set to depart the club in the summer.
The Sun report that Celtic have watched the frontman and scouts were in attendance as Athens defeated Olympiakos 3-1 at the weekend.
Garcia scored a penalty, which was his 18th goal of the campaign as AEK moved to joint top of the league table.
He still has two years left on his current deal after arriving in Greek football from Beitar Jerusalem in 2020 for a fee of £1.9 million.
The transfer link comes as current Hoops winger Abada has reportedly turned down a new Parkhead contract amid constant links with the Premier League.
The pacey attacker was one of Ange Postecoglou's first signings at Celtic Park in the summer of 2021, joining for around £3.5million.
His goals and assist numbers have been outstanding since then and he's played a big part in the success of the Hoops under Postecoglou.
He's won the Premiership and two League Cups. He could be on course to lift the Treble this term with the rest of his teammates.
Meanwhile, former Celtic manager Neil Lennon revealed two other players broke cross-border travel restrictions at the same time as Boli Bolingoli as he stressed the huge impact the pandemic had on his final season at Parkhead.
The Hoops had two matches postponed on the orders of the Scottish Government in August 2020 after it emerged that Belgian defender Bolingoli had flown to Spain and back without telling anyone before playing against Kilmarnock several days later.
The furore set the tone for a difficult season which saw Celtic fall short of their quest for a record 10th consecutive title and miss out on any silverware, although they clinched the treble with victory over Hearts in the previous season’s delayed Scottish Cup final.
Lennon told PLZ Soccer: “We followed the protocols to an nth degree: five different dressing rooms at the training ground then the players had to go home and stay in.
“You had the Bolingoli incident at the start of the season. We said ‘don’t leave Glasgow’ and he gets on a flight to Spain for a day. And then he comes back and says ‘I didn’t go to Spain, I went to Belgium’. He said ‘I went to Andorra and then I drove over the border to Belgium to see my family’.
“And then two hours later he rings me and says ‘actually, I went to Marbella for the day’.
“And then I had a meeting with the players. ‘Did anyone else leave Glasgow?’ No. And then later on I get two phone calls from players, I’m not going to say who. ‘Gaffer, I was in Amsterdam’. ‘I was in Manchester’. I was like ‘guys, come on’.
“When you look back on it, it was really difficult for them. They missed their families, there were no restaurants, there was no social interaction. They broke the rules and I get it now.”
