In-demand Vinicius Souza is ready to lose a suitor after Fenerbahce have been met with a "unfavorable response" of their chase to land the midfield enforcer from Lommel.
And that may very well be excellent news for Celtic as they continue to be eager on the 23-year-old, who can also be attracting curiosity from Dutch heavyweights Ajax and PSV. Souza has been placing the work in at Manchester Metropolis's coaching base in latest days, linking up with team-mate Diego Rosa within the course of. Present employers Lommel are a part of the Metropolis Group.
Stories on Saturday acknowledged Fener had a £4.3m bid rejected, nonetheless, a number of updates in Turkey state the supply was within the area of £3.6m. However the bid from Jorge Jesus' aspect was not warmly obtained and now the Turkish media consider different midfield choices will now be recognized.
Celtic have an extended historical past of working intently the Metropolis Group and incoming recruitment chief Mark Lawwell spent nearly 10 years in Manchester.
The Premiership champions have landed the likes of Jeremie Frimpong, Patrick Roberts, Dedryck Boyata, Olivier Ntcham, Jason Denayer and John Guidetti over the previous decade.
Vinicius' inventory is on the rise after his head-turning shows with on mortgage at Mechelen final season and seems primed to safe himself Champions League soccer from certainly one of his admirers.
Ange Postecoglou is has already secured the signings of Ben Siegrist and Cameron Carter-Vickers this summer season.
And £3.75m Lanus left-back Alexandro Bernabei is ready to be subsequent earlier than mortgage star Jota secures a £6.5m everlasting deal at Parkhead.