{"id":316459,"date":"2025-11-30T13:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/316459\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:19:08","slug":"former-celtic-prospect-valued-at-20m-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/316459\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Celtic prospect valued at \u00a320m &#8211; gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crystal Palace and Fulham are among the clubs who are continuing to monitor highly-rated Glasgow-born Republic of Ireland winger Rocco Vata, with Watford valuing the former Celtic 20-year-old at \u00a320m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15337701\/crystal-palace-fulham-watford-rocco-vata.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rocco Vata, who made six substitute appearances for Celtic, has changed representatives with &#8220;European clubs already showing interest&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1994734156157522309\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano on X), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Suggestions that Columbus Crew striker Wessam Abou Ali could follow Wilfried Nancy to Celtic should the head coach&#8217;s switch be confirmed are fanciful because the 26-year-old Palestine international has been sidelined through injury since September. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballtransfers.com\/us\/transfer-news\/uk-premier-league\/2025\/11\/celtic-again-linked-with-prolific-mls-striker-whats-behind-the-rumour\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Transfers), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former Scotland centre-half Steven Caldwell has covered Columbus Crew matches as a pundit and is sceptical about whether Wilfried Nancy&#8217;s tactics, which work in the heat of the United States summer, will be effective in a Scottish winter with Celtic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/sport\/25659938.rooting-wilfried-nancy-celtic-sceptical\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The National On Sunday), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scotland could face World Cup holders Argentina in a March friendly, according to reports in the South American country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/sport\/25660157.scotland-face-big-hitters-world-cup-warm-up-friendly\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The Herald On Sunday), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aberdeen&#8217;s offer of selling Pittodrie Stadium to break the deadlock in talks over a new beachfront stadium looks set to be thrown out by the local council. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/news\/aberdeen-aberdeenshire\/6900182\/aberdeen-beach-stadium-pittodrie-offer-denied\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Press &amp; Journal), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hamilton Academical are pursuing an emergency rescue plan to avert administration after owner Seref Zengin&#8217;s failure to pay this month&#8217;s staff wages forced the resignation of manager John Rankin. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/sport\/25660636.hamilton-48-hour-push-package-avoid-administration\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The Herald On Sunday), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">John Rankin says he quit Hamilton Academical after being forced to chase late wages for his players and that &#8220;I can&#8217;t be a front&#8221; for the club&#8217;s financial problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/john-rankin-quits-hamilton-boss-36327924\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sunday Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace and Fulham are among the clubs who are continuing to monitor highly-rated Glasgow-born Republic of Ireland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-316459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}