Despite reports, no immediate Celtic move for Christopher Scott as Bayern trigger one-year extension

One of the more recent transfer stories in the past few days has been the emergence of previous January reports that Celtic were keen on making a move for Christopher Scott of Bayern Munich. Ghanasoccernet.com claimed that a move was in the offing, with the Hoops having to pay a nominal £250,000 sum for his services. That story was also reported on The Celtic Star on 4 June which you can read here.

News has since made it’s way from Germany in the past 24 hours that the Bundesliga champions have triggered a one-year extension on the attacking midfielders contract, meaning Celtic would be required to pay significantly more if they were still willing to prise him away from Bavaria.

Sky Germany correspondent Florian Plettenberg has taken to social media to give an update on the Scott/Bayern mini-saga to confirm that the heirarchy in Muchen have decided to extend the contract of the youngster for another year.

Translated in English, it reads:

“News Christopher Scott: Bayern has pulled the unilateral option until 2023. But Scott wants to leave and has already made a change request. Düsseldorf (Allofs) absolutely wants him. Discussions have already taken place. Scott can imagine moving to Fortuna. #TransferUpdate”

News Christopher Scott: Bayern hat die einseitige Option bis 2023 gezogen. Scott will aber weg, hat Wechselwunsch bereits hinterlegt. Düsseldorf (Allofs) will ihn unbedingt. Gespräche haben bereits stattgefunden. Scott kann sich Wechsel zur Fortuna vorstellen. #TransferUpdate 🟨

— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) June 6, 2022

Someone on the social media thread did ask Florian if Celtic was going to Parkhead and his response was quite revealing:

Ich dachte Scott wechselt zu Celtic?

— FC 🅰️rrey-Ⓜ️bi (@brightarreymbi) June 6, 2022

The journalist then replied that he did not know of any reputed deal or interest to take the midfielder to Celtic Park this summer, saying:

“Was never mentioned. We have reported on talks that have actually taken place. But Scott doesn’t want to go abroad. He intends to stay in Germany.”

War nie die Rede von. Wir haben von Gesprächen berichtet, die auch geführt worden sind. Scott will aber nicht ins Ausland. Er hat vor, in Deutschland zu bleiben.

— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) June 6, 2022