{"id":96517,"date":"2025-08-27T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/96517\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:40:10","slug":"celtic-feel-instant-transfer-impact-of-40m-champions-league-flop-as-two-deals-axed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/96517\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic feel instant transfer impact of \u00a340m Champions League flop as two deals axed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brendan Rodgers has been desperate to add new faces – but two incoming arrivals now appear to be out of reach(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n

Celtic have reportedly pulled the plug on their interest in Jakob Breum<\/a> following their exit from the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Transfers have dominated the talking points during all 210 minutes of the playoff showdown with Kairat Almaty – as chants of ‘sack the board’ rang out from the Parkhead faithful during the goalless two legs.<\/p>\n

Defeat in the penalty shoot-out has cost Celtic<\/a> a \u00a340million jackpot – and looks to have sparked a rethink on their plans with deadline day fast approaching.<\/p>\n

Michel-Ange Balikwisha and Mareclo Saracchi are still set to<\/a> arrive in Glasgow’s east end imminently while a bid has been turned down by Hammarby for winger Sebastian Tounekti<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That follows reports from Voetbal Primeur <\/a>that the long-standing interest in wide man Breum has been brought to an abrupt end after Celtic saw multiple bids knocked back by the Go Ahead Eagles.<\/p>\n

The Eredivise outfit have not moved from their \u00a35.1m valuation with the report suggesting the Parkhead money men have now walked away from the deal as they look to “rein in spending.”<\/p>\n

That stance from the club appears to have taken a big-money move for CFR Cluj striker Louis Munteanu off the table.<\/p>\n

The Romanian international striker is said to be on Brendan Rodgers<\/a>‘ radar, with the Hoops boss desperate to add more firepower before the close of play on September 1.<\/p>\n

Jakob Breum in action <\/p>\n

Celtic <\/a>reportedly saw a \u00a36.9m bid for the player turfed out this summer while Stade Rennes, Greek giants Olympiacos and Valencia in La Liga<\/a> also credited with an interest in the 23-year-old, who banged in 25 goals last season.<\/p>\n

The striker has gone AWOL in an attempt to force a move away from the club – but Cluj are sticking to their \u00a310.5m valuation and don’t want the striker to depart.<\/p>\n

Club president Cristi Balaj told Digi Sport<\/a>: “I don’t want to talk about Louis Munteanu anymore, but he clearly needs support and to be properly advised.<\/p>\n

“To be fair, he must give his consent and listen to what opinions he wants. But there is only one truth. You don’t always make the best decisions.<\/p>\n

“We have always tried to tell him the truth and we have always spoken nicely about him.<\/p>\n

“When you don’t deal with the avalanche that appears in the public space, then you don’t make the best decisions.<\/p>\n

“I would really feel sorry for him to suffer and for there to be major repercussions, from my point of view we are not heading in a good direction. We will not sell for a price we do not want.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan Rodgers has been desperate to add new faces – but two incoming arrivals now appear to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7336,2817,18667,1669,218,28518,47601,13404,8058,101,2719,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-96517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-celtic-fc","tag-celtic-transfer-news","tag-champions-league","tag-football","tag-jakob-breum","tag-marcelo-saracchi","tag-michel-ange-balikwisha","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-sports","tag-transfer-talk","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96517","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=96517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}