Croatian journalist Ižak Ante Sučić has said that the Celtic deal to sign Josip Juranovic remains on despite a journalist from Poland suggesting that the deal was off. The editor of Germania Sport broke the story that Celtic were interested in Juranovic but he has taken to Twitter to say that he expects an update in the next 24 hours but that from his end, everything appears to be progressing.
Update in next 24 hours. Everything seems to be just fine.
— Ižak Ante Sučić (@IASucic) August 13, 2021
Earlier today, Polish journalist Tomasz Włodarczyk told his 96k followers on Twitter that the deal was off as Celtic were pursuing other options. However, Sučić has denied this saying that he believes everything to be “just fine” as it stands.
Według mojej wiedzy, na teraz temat transferu Josipa Juranovicia do Celticu Glasgow wygasł. Szkoci mają inne opcje.
— Tomasz Włodarczyk (@wlodar85) August 13, 2021
The 25-year-old is said to be available for just £2.5m, which appears to be a steak for the ten-cap Croatia Internationalist. Yan Couto of Manchester City had been touted but a loan deal would only make sense if it was completed over two seasons as opposed to just a year.
Legia Warsaw are looking to sell after Juranovic helped the Polish outfit win the league last season but the defeat to Dinamo Zagreb means that they will face a stern test from Slavia Prague for a place in the Europa League group stages. As a result, the Polish Champions are keen on maximising their assets and one of those is Juranovic.
Celtic are in need of another central defender, another right-back, a winger and potentially a new striker with a couple of outgoings due in the next few weeks. Odsonne Edouard is one of those that are most likely to depart with a few clubs interested in the Frenchman.