Celtic are reportedly wanting to half methods with forgotten man Albian Ajeti, with the Swiss striker seemingly in line for a departure from Parkhead this summer season.
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According to Football Scotland deputy editor Mark Hendry, the Old Firm outfit are set to shift their focus to making an attempt to get the 25-year-old off their books earlier than the September 1 deadline as they give the impression of being to wrap up a deal for Rubin Kazan winger Sead Haksabanovic.
Taking to Twitter concerning the potential exit of the 6 foot marksman, the journalist wrote: “Expect Haksabanovic to join this week and then Celtic attention will turn to shipping Albian Ajeti out the door”.
The centre-forward had joined the Premiership champions in a £4.5m deal from West Ham United in the summertime of 2020.
Time is up
The 11-cap dud’s time in Scotland seems to be coming to an inevitable finish, with supervisor Ange Postecoglou seemingly making an attempt to kickstart one thing of an exodus earlier than the tip of the switch window. Centre-back Christopher Jullien is on his way to Montpellier, whereas academy graduate Mikey Johnston looks set for a loan move.
It stays to be seen if there can be many takers for Ajeti, although, with the previous FC Basel marksman having distinctly underwhelmed throughout his time with the Hoops to this point, scoring simply nine objectives in 48 video games throughout all competitions.
Dubbed “lazy” by pundit Frank McAvennie, the £2.25m-rated striker has regarded notably at odds with Postecoglou’s aggressive and relentless fashion of play, having slipped approach down the pecking order behind the likes of Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda and Giorgos Giakoumakis.
The £18k-per-week ahead was restricted to simply 17 appearances throughout all fronts final time period – solely six of which got here from the beginning – as he discovered the online solely twice within the league throughout that title-winning marketing campaign.
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In reality, he has proven little signal of ever replicating the prolific kind he confirmed again in Switzerland, having scored 43 objectives in simply 96 video games for Basel, together with 14 objectives in 38 video games at St Gallen.
However, the powerbrokers at Celtic Park had been warned that he may not lower in British soccer, with it considerably weird that they took the gamble on a participant who failed to rating in 12 appearances throughout an nameless spell on the London Stadium for West Ham.
The Hoops didn’t heed these alarm bells and have since been left lumbered with a struggling determine for the final two years, and it not’s too excessive a declare to counsel that his time is effectively and really up with the Premiership champions.
With his present Transfermarkt valuation solely half of the switch payment that Celtic paid for him, and no trace of Ajeti ever turning it round at Parkhead, the Hoops could merely want to take Alan Hutton’s suggestion to “cut their losses” on the 25-year-old.