Celtic and Brendan Rodgers are very close to acquiring their first move of the January transfer window. Wide player Nicolas Kuhn
from Austrian side Rapid Vienna is supposedly “on the verge” of joining the Scottish Premiership leaders for a price of between £2.5 and
million and £3 million.
However, Rodgers has other plans for this month. According to Mark Hendry of Football Scotland, the Hoops manager also wants to
bolster his defense with a striker and a left-back, with Tiago Araujo of Estoril being a possible candidate for the latter position. It
It appears that Celtic reached out to Araujo in November, but there has been no more progress,, and it’s been “crickets” ever since.
However, that could be about to change.
Celtic could at last extend an offer to Araujo.
Now that there has been a long period of calm, Celtic might suddenly make an offer for Araujo. O Jogo claims that the Glasgow team is
getting ready to make an offer for the Estroil defender.
Although there hasn’t been any recent communication, it seems like it will happen soon. Knowing that his old club, Benfica, is entitled
to half of the transfer profits, the Primeira Liga team will not sell him for less than £3.5 million.
Taylor’s difficulty can be solved by Araujo.
Araujo, a Portugal under-21 international, joined Estoril in the summer of 2022 and has since made 53 appearances for the team.
of which have come this season. From full back, he has produced an outstanding attacking performance, contributing six goals directly
(three goals, three assists).
In fact, he is tied for tenth place among left-backs in Europe’s top 10 leagues in terms of involvement across all competitions. If you
Look just at players based in Portugal; only Sporting’s Nuno Santos (12) and Portimonese’s Goncalo Costa (seven) are ahead of him.
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