{"id":651860,"date":"2026-06-22T08:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/651860\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:24:09","slug":"celtic-bid-for-defender-as-saracchi-talks-intensify-scottish-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/651860\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic bid for defender as Saracchi talks intensify – Scottish gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celtic and Olympiacos have had bids of \u00a33.5m for centre-back Zinedin Smajlovic rejected by Sandefjord, who want closer to \u00a34.3m for the 22-year-old. (Gazzetta.gr via Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Celtic are set to intensify talks with Boca Juniors over a permanent deal for Marcelo Saracchi after the 28-year-old left-back was told by head coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena he is not in his plans after his loan to the Scottish champions. (Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Reported Celtic transfer target Soufiane El-Faouzi is poised to sign a new contract with Schalke until 2030 that will hand the 23-year-old midfielder an annual salary of nearly \u00a31m. (Bild via Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Go Ahead Eagles technical director Marc van Hintum says they will not stand in the way of Jakob Breum, for whom Celtic bid unsuccessfully in January, leaving if they receive a good offer for the 22-year-old \u00a34m-rated attacking midfielder. (Glasgow Times), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Celtic will welcome back a squad of around 21 for initial pre-season training on Friday with a clutch of players at the World Cup. (Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic and Olympiacos have had bids of \u00a33.5m for centre-back Zinedin Smajlovic rejected by Sandefjord, who want closer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-651860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651860","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=651860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}