CELTIC’S reported loan move for Manchester United left-back Tyrell Malacia has taken a new twist.
The Dutch international was also linked with a temporary switch to Benfica before tomorrow’s 11pm transfer deadline, but talks with the Portuguese giants have fallen through.
The clubs could not agree a loan fee – and that has opened the door to reinvigorate a potential swoop for the former Feyenoord defender, as CQN stated last month.
Brendan Rodgers’ hopes of landing former fans’ favourite Kieran Tierney from Arsenal ahead of his permanent return in the summer as a free agent appear to have been scuppered by Arsenal.
A WORD IN YOUR EAR…Brendan Rodgers passes on instructions to Kieran Tierney in their first time-around spell at Celtic.
Alex Valle has seen his stay at Parkhead cut short with the 20-year-old Spaniard returning to Barcelona before his shift to Serie A outfit Como.
Greg Taylor’s terms will expire at the end of the season and it increasingly looks as though the 27-year-old Scotland international No.3 will be heading for the exit after arriving at the Hoops in a £2.1million deal from Kilmarnock in September 2019.
Twenty-five-year-old Malacia will be allowed to leave Old Trafford in an effort to get some much-needed game time.
Ex-boss Erik Ten Hag signed the player from the Rotterdam outfit in the summer of 2022 and he made 39 appearances in his debut campaign, but he missed the entire 2023/24 crusade with an injury problem and has been restricted to eight outings in all competitions this time around.
His start against Bodo/Glimt in November last year marked his first start for 550 days after undergoing multiple knee surgeries.
Malacia was in the starting line-ups for the Premier League games against Arsenal and Bournemouth, but was replaced at the interval in both fixtures.