The top agent who brokered the deal to take Sead Haksabanovic to Celtic has revealed the challenges he faced to make the move happen but reckons it’s been a success after the Hoops landed the player for “low millions”.
Scouser Simon Conning, who is head Crown Football, was mandated to find a solution for the 23-year-old Montenegrin who was playing his football in Russia with Rubin Kazan and was looking to leave due to the conflict with neighbouring Ukraine.
Haksabanovic had gone to the Russian side from Swedish outfit IFK Norrkoping who raked in a club record £5.5 million for the player while the Parkhead side picked up him just year later for a fee reported in Russia to be just £1.75 million. He has emerged in recent weeks as a real key player for Ange Postecoglou and scored the winning goal against Ross County in the final Scottish Premiership match before the winter World Cup break.
