{"id":267099,"date":"2025-11-17T03:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T03:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267099\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T03:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T03:11:10","slug":"what-we-know-about-celtics-interest-in-david-watson-and-real-competition-from-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267099\/","title":{"rendered":"What we know about Celtic&#8217;s interest in David Watson, and &#8216;real competition&#8217; from Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>67 Hail Hail understands that Celtic aren\u2019t likely to push for Kilmarnock\u2019s David Watson during the January transfer window. <\/p>\n<p>The upcoming winter transfer window is going to be very important for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a>, given the noise around the club in the summer and during these last few months. <\/p>\n<p>There is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/celtic-board-bow-down-as-the-not-another-penny-campaign-shows-signs-of-biting-hard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a lot of pressure on the Celtic board<\/a>, and the supporters aren\u2019t stopping with their protests, as a new manager is incoming pretty soon. It is expected to be Columbus Crew boss Wilfried Nancy. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/transfers\/celtic-plotting-january-move-for-kilmarnock-midfielder-david-watson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watson has appeared on Celtic\u2019s transfer radar<\/a>, with the rising Killie star\u2019s contract expiring next summer. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2162809593-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"David Watson challenges for the ball for KILMARNOCK VS CERCLE BRUGGE\" class=\"wp-image-333642\" \/>Photo by TOM GOYVAERTS\/BELGA MAG\/AFP via Getty ImagesCeltic\u2019s interest in David Watson and \u2018real competition\u2019 from Hearts<\/p>\n<p>This January provides Celtic with an ample chance to get Watson in on a pre-contract agreement.<\/p>\n<p>But GRV\u2019s Chief Football Correspondent, Graeme Bailey, has told 67 Hail Hail\u00a0it\u2019s \u2018not definite\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/derek-mcinnes-told-that-losing-the-title-to-celtic-or-rangers-would-be-a-major-embarrassment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the champions of Scotland<\/a> will go down that road. <\/p>\n<p>There is \u2018real competition\u2019 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/alex-gogic-states-the-best-team-hes-faced-this-season-celtic-rangers-or-hearts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premiership leaders Hearts<\/a> in Watson\u2019s signature, with the 20-year-old previously working with Jambos boss Derek McInnes at Rugby Park. <\/p>\n<p>Which Celtic midfielders could leave in 2026?<\/p>\n<p>Celtic\u2019s midfield needs an overhaul because it has been one of the troubling issues throughout this calendar year. <\/p>\n<p>In some cases, don\u2019t be surprised if club legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/transfers\/bernardo-or-hatate-moving-celtic-fans-react-to-rumour-club-could-sign-midfielder-with-steel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reo Hatate heads for the exit door<\/a>, and that part of the team is refreshed. <\/p>\n<p>But which current Celtic midfielders could be at risk of leaving in 2026, through their own accord or being sold by the club?<\/p>\n<p>Reo HatatePaulo BernardoArne Engels  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"67 Hail Hail understands that Celtic aren\u2019t likely to push for Kilmarnock\u2019s David Watson during the January transfer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103960,2609,218,16298,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-267099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-david-watson","9":"tag-exclusives","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-graeme-bailey","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}