CELTIC Euro hero Tony Watt faces the axe at Dundee United – and is likely to be searching for his FIFTEENTH club in the summer.
The striker, now 31, is currently on loan at Motherwell, but hasn’t figured regularly as a starter in the Fir Park first team.
Hopes of a full-time deal at the Lanarkshire outfit appear slim for the much-travelled hitman who exploded into the headlines when he scored the Hoops’ winner in the memorable 2-1 Champions League triumph over mighty Barcelona at Parkhead in 2012.
Watt, who was signed from Airdrie in 2011, has turned out for 12 different clubs since his glorious strike against Lionel Messi’s men.
EURO STAR…Tony Watt races away in delight after leaving Barcelona keeper Victor Valdes helpless in Celtic’s unforgettable 2-1 win in 2012.
He spent time on loan at Lierse in Belgium, scoring nine goals in 15 league games, and signed for Standard Liege on a permanent basis in 2014 after failing to impress new Celtic boss Ronny Deila.
He returned to the UK six months later with Charlton and claimed 10 goals in three years. The former Scotland Under-21 international had loan stints at Cardiff City, Blackburn Rovers and Hearts during this time.
Watt returned to Belgium to second tier side OH Leuven in 2017 and then had a season at St Johnstone before heading abroad with CSKA Sofia in the summer of 2019.
Watt quit the Bulgarian outfit eight months later and eventually signed a two-year deal with Motherwell before a switch to Tannadice in January 2021.
The forward, who also had a stint at St Mirren, is now back in a temporary basis at Fir Park, but all indications are that he will be a free agent this summer.
United team chief Jim Goodwin, speaking to the Daily Record, said: “We’re going to have another big summer transfer window.
“We’re going to have to do a significant bit of business to make sure that we’re better than what we were this season.
“I think that’s always the challenge is to improve and keep moving the bar and keep trying to make progress.
“So we can sit down now, look at budgets and then start having those conversations with players.”
