CELTIC were reportedly set to welcome Alfa Semedo to the club, according to outlets in Portugal.

However, Football Scotland has revealed that this isn’t the case, and the player will not be joining Celtic and has never been close to. A few Celtic fans will be relieved; it wasn’t an exciting transfer.

Ange Postecoglou is still looking for a midfielder and has a few targets in mind. One of these is Vinicius Souza, who has been linked to Celtic heavily over the past few weeks.

After two first-team midfielders departed after the season drew to a close, it was likely that Celtic would enter the market to fill in the gaps left in the middle of the park.

The Next Stage of the Rebuild

Celtic are still rebuilding, with the focus shifting to moving players who don’t contribute to the squad.

Soro is the latest name to be linked to an exit. However, it seems his departure will come in the form of a loan.