Vasilis Barkas could join Ajeti in Celtic’s January clear-out

With the news that Albian Ajeti is expected to leave Celtic in January, another player that is likely to make an exit from Paradise is Vasilis Barkas. Neither player were included in Celtic’s matchday squad in Budapest on Thursday night.

Now, the Record are reporting that Ajeti is likely to leave in the transfer window. The likelihood is that there will be more departures over the next year as Ange Postecoglou attempts to bring the full version

The Celtic goalkeeper was ousted from the team on multiple occasions last season since joining from AEK Athens in a £5m deal last summer. However, under Neil Lennon it was clear that he had failed to settle and as a result struggled behind a makeshift defence, resulting in the Greek goalie being made a scapegoat for the poor results.

This season though, Barkas appeared to become the No.1 under new boss Ange Postecoglou. The clanger against Midtjylland and then a number of mistakes in the defeat to West Ham resulted in Scott Bain taking the gloves for The Champions League exit in Denmark.

Now, with Joe Hart between the sticks for Postecoglou, Barkas will need to seek a loan move elsewhere if he is to achieve a call-up to the Greek National Team. It was expected that the goalie would leave the club in a loan deal but the window closed before anything could be agreed for the goalie.

Celtic look much better with Hart in goals and in attack both Kyogo and Giorgos Giakoumakis appears to offer far more than Ajeti.