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\n 27 Jul 2026 10:56 BST |
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Cameron Smith<\/a> Make us your Google favourite<\/a><\/p>\n Paderborn<\/a> sporting director Sebastian Lange has confirmed that he has rejected a \u20ac4.7 million (\u00a34m) offer from Celtic<\/a> for midfielder Mika Baur<\/a>.<\/p>\n Article continues under the video <\/p>\n The 22-year-old has emerged as a key target for Martin O\u2019Neill\u2019s side in recent weeks and it has been widely reported that personal terms have been finalised with the Germany U21 international.<\/p>\n However, Paderborn are reluctant to sell the midfielder this summer and Lange has revealed that an initial offer from Celtic has been rejected as they look to avoid relegation following their promotion from the 2. Bundesliga.<\/p>\n Celtic have already completed the signing of Qarabag forward Camilo Duran for \u20ac5.5m so far this summer, while they have finalised an agreement to purchase Bodo\/Glimt striker Kasper Hogh for a club-record fee of \u20ac12.9m.<\/p>\n But, the Scottish giants will be required to improve their transfer offer if they want to secure the signing of Baur before the end of Deadline Day.<\/p>\n Celtic receive official Mika Baur transfer update<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s nonsense. I have no idea where this stuff comes from. Have there been offers for players during this transfer window? Yes. Are there offers right now? No. Why not? Because we rejected them all. There are sporting and financial reasons for this,\u201d Lange told NW Sport (via The Daily Record<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cUltimately, we decide what is of interest to us. And everything that came in was, from a financial standpoint, of no interest to us whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked about Paderborn\u2019s decision to reject Celtic\u2019s \u20ac4.7m bid for Baur, which would’ve been a club-record sale, he said: \u201cWe didn’t have to think twice during this transfer window.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are a few players (we have received offers for). And that\u2019s nothing unusual. There were even players involved whom you wouldn’t expect. Four to five. That includes players from the U21 squad. It\u2019s not as if we have offers for four key players.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to name names, because I don\u2019t want to spoil the market for one or two of them. For SCP, the transfer fee alone isn’t the deciding factor anyway; rather, a transfer has to make sense both financially and in sporting terms.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a squad valuation that we calculate internally using a specific formula. There is a sporting value and a financial value.<\/p>\n \u201cThe question is: How important is the player to us, and can we actually strengthen the squad? Because only then does it really make sense to let a player go. We want to improve.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s independent of any departures. We want to strengthen the squad either way. And, ideally, keep all the players – or almost all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Lange added: \u201cWe are no longer operating at a loss. We aim to finish the Bundesliga season with a profit, too. We are no longer dependent on transfer revenue like we were in the 2. Bundesliga. We can work with different figures.<\/p>\n \u201cOur job remains to stay calm. But we are certainly noticing right now that the transfer rumour mill is starting to heat up. And that\u2019s only going to increase. We have a long, intense period ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n Related stories:<\/p>\n EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal ready to go all in if Vinicius Junior becomes available<\/a><\/p>\n The six \u20ac100m transfer sagas set to define the rest of the summer<\/a><\/p>\n Transfer Rumours: Liverpool face Barcola twist after Arsenal receive ultimatum<\/a><\/p>\n
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