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Arne Engels could be on his way out of Celtic in the summer after an offer from Nottingham Forest was blocked on the final day of the January window.<\/p>\n
Forest<\/a> made three bids for the 22-year-old on deadline day, the largest of which would have equalled the Scottish record \u00a325million sale.<\/p>\n Former Man United chief scout Mick Brown told Football Insider that he was surprised Celtic<\/a> rejected such a lofty fee, but expects the opportunity to arise again in the summer.<\/p>\n Nottingham Forest remain very keen on Engels<\/a> and are set to keep tabs on his progress as Martin O\u2019Neill<\/a>\u2018s side hunt the Scottish Premiership title.<\/p>\n Should they return with an offer of similar or even increased value come the end of the season, Celtic may have no choice but to let him move on.<\/p>\n Football Insider\u00a0revealed\u00a0last month that Celtic would not accept offers for Engels<\/a>\u00a0as he remains a big part of O\u2019Neill\u2019s plans for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n However, regardless of whether they achieve their aim of pipping Hearts and Rangers to the league title, it could be difficult to keep hold of the midfielder.<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n \u201cI was surprised Celtic turned down that offer,\u201d Brown told Football Insider.<\/p>\n \u201cNottingham Forest came in with \u00a325million, which is pretty much unheard of in Scottish football, and yet they turned it down.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it definitely asked questions of them, they must\u2019ve been on 50\/50 about accepting it because a fee like that his huge for Celtic, but they decided he\u2019s too important.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s fine, he\u2019s a big part of their team, but I do expect the situation to change in the summer.<\/p>\n \u201cForest have been keeping a close eye on him and they\u2019ve been impressed by what they\u2019ve seen, so they\u2019ll be watching in the second half of the season.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they come back in with an offer of similar value, I expect it will be much more tempting for Celtic and for the player, who could be tempted to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n Celtic set sights on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain deal<\/p>\n Celtic\u2019s midfield has been a key talking point throughout the window, and could even be addressed outside of it amid interest in free agent Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.<\/p>\n Brown told Football Insider on 3 February that Celtic are eyeing Oxlade-Chamberlain<\/a> as a potential late move to bolster in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n The 32-year-old has been training with\u00a0Arsenal<\/a>\u00a0to maintain fitness following his departure from\u00a0Besiktas<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Mikel Arteta<\/a>\u00a0has refused to rule out signing him.<\/p>\n Celtic are now believed to be working to assess the former England international\u2019s fitness and condition before making a move to bring him in.<\/p>\n Oxlade-Chamberlain\u2019s last senior appearance came for Besiktas in May, before he suffered a knee injury and ultimately saw his contract terminated.<\/p>\n For more Celtic and exclusive news, follow us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or join our brand new\u00a0WhatsApp Channel<\/a>\u00a0for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Thu 5 February 2026 10:30, UK Arne Engels could be on his way out of Celtic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[53217,10043,218,115,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-409282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arne-engels","tag-celtic","tag-football","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409282","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=409282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Arne](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arne-Engels-1024x673.jpg\")
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