Celtic are monitoring the current situation of Croatian Internationalist Dominik Livakovic, according to Sky Sports’ Anthony Joseph.
Speaking to The Celts Are Here’s podcast, Joseph revealed the current state of play and suggested that the current deal in flux, with Fenerbahce, was close to collapse.
“Celtic have been closely monitoring Livakovic’s situation. A few days after I reported on it, Fenerbahce had made a bid and they were very close to doing that deal. That deal hasn’t been done yet, there has been a lot of delay to that and it could be on the brink of collapse.
“Other clubs are also interested, we reported that Villareal, Saudi Arabian clubs and I believe another La Liga side are also in for him.”
Joseph explains that the goalkeeping choices in the recent win over Athletic Club emphasise that Rodgers is still reviewing who will be his No.1 between the sticks ahead of the new season, with Hart the man to be deposed.
“Celtic have moved onto other targets. As far as I’m aware, they’re not any further on with these targets yet, and they’re still fully assessing the goalkeeping situation. I think that’s why we saw Siegrist and Scott Bain play the 90 minutes against Bilbao, and Joe Hart didn’t play any.”
Livakovic is currently working his way through the Champions League Qualifiers with Dinamo Zagreb and you’d expect the Croatian side to want to retain their captain for some of the biggest games of their season.
It seems almost certain that the player will depart the club this summer and Celtic’s approach seems to be quite calculated and calm. They will assess the situation and if Brendan Rodgers believes that a change is required, he will potentially seek to make a move.
