Marco Tilio hints at Celtic transfer exit as he names main career target

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Marco Tilio arrived at Celtic in what was a rather ambiguous role.

The Australian winger was not signed by manager Brendan Rodgers, per se, but rather was in the door before the new boss had his feet under the desk.

It appeared then that the scouting team had teed up the international for the Northern Irishman, but he was not given a significant crack due to injury issues and other form stars ahead of him.

That saw the 23-year-old added to the loan list and a return home to Melbourne City was the decision made.

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He enjoyed more success there last season and was allowed to make the same loan switch ahead of this season with, again, time on the pitch for the Hoops expected to be limited.

Fast-forward to last week for Tilio and he netted the only goal of the game for his side in a win over Newcastle Jets to start their campaign off strongly.

His goal had the A League media members purring and the playmaker fielded questions about what his future could look like.

Marco Tilio is currently playing on loan at Melbourne City

And while he admitted a move away from Parkhead could well be on the cards down the line, Tilio targeted a more positive – more immediate – milestone moment in his career.

The attacker hopes to become involved once again with the Australia national team under new manager Tony Popovic who replaced Graham Arnold.

Tilio has seven caps but hopes to add to that number and re-establish himself with the Socceroos for the first time in a while.

“It would be an honour to be back in the Socceroos squad and the only way to do that is to play consistently and play well,” he said, having not played a game for his country since January.

“I was delighted to score that goal against Newcastle and open my account so early in the season.

The winger cost Celtic £1.5million but could leave the club

“It was really good and really positive for me. Hopefully I’ll have that little bit of instinct all season, and I can keep grabbing little goals like that.”

On his Celtic future, Tilio was more coy.

And while he refused to rule out a return to Glasgow, he also made it clear he would be keeping his options open.

“I just want to play consistent games, do really well and put myself in a really good position to either return to Scotland or go on loan elsewhere in Europe,” he confirmed.