Celtic among Euro scouts sent to watch Belgian pair alongside Brendan Rodgers long-term target

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Celtic will be working hard behind the scenes for the summer window ahead.

Brendan Rodgers can’t afford to allow the club to stand still despite their Treble chance this season with the next season never too far around the corner.

The manager has priority positions Celtic need to fill including a winger, striker and midfielder at the very least.

In the wide areas is where has already been scouted with Michel-Ange Balikwisha still a Celtic target to bolster the attacking areas. And signing the playmaker could also prevent having to spend on a striker, as Rodgers hinted this week.

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Celtic scouted Michel Ange Balikwisha and two others

But as Celtic scouts – fronted by Paul Tisdale – scouted the Belgian, they also took in the efforts of another two players who were the subject of a whole host of European talent-spotters taking in the recent Royal Antwerp vs Union Saint Gilloise fixture.

The Sun report that duo Noah Sadiki and Franjo Ivanovic both fit the profile Celts are looking for but are on the radar of numerous other sides.

The pair would also cost a hefty chunk of any potential transfer kitty which could prevent any deal being done.

Defensive midfielder Sadiki has made 46 outings this season in all competitions having recently broken into his international set-up with the DR Congo just last year.

Celtic would have to stump up for Union Saint Gilloise’s highly-rated duo

He was seemingly a former Lyon target in what would have been a £5million switch but USG can expect to rake in even more than that in the coming months.

Attacker Ivanovic is a different kettle of fish altogether and has scored 17 goals this season thus far having made his move last summer from Rijeka in Croatia.

That is also a market Celts have looked towards in the past so his profile would likely have previously come onto the Hoops’ radar when considering new talent.

Ivanovic, 21, has earned plenty of plaudits this year with Brighton in the Premier League keen to take him down south.