Celtic have agreed to sell fringe player, Ismaila Soro, according to a report from Footmercato. The club are set to take a big financial loss on the midfielder as they look to get him off the wage bill.
The report says, “According to our reports, Celtic have reached an agreement with Valenciennes to transfer the player in exchange for €150,000.”
67 Hail Hail discussed how Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Be’er Sheva were both credited as wanting the Ivorian midfielder. Of course, it was from Israel that Celtic acquired the 25-year-old back in 2020 when Neil Lennon shelled out £2m for the battling midfielder from Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.
Soro hasn’t had the best of careers at Celtic. Despite impressing early in the ten-in-a-row season, after just 23 appearances he quickly found himself surpluses to requirements after the arrival of Ange Postecoglou.
Admittedly, he was used by the Australian early in his tenure but that was more out of necessity as Postecoglou looked to rebuild the team.
Soro was then shipped out on loan to Portugal where he spent a season out on loan at FC Arouca. In a fairly successful spell at the club, Soro made 30 appearances for Arouca and helped them into the European spots in Portugal’s Primera Liga.
But his future now lies elsewhere. Soro wasn’t involved in any of Celtic’s preseason preparations under Brendan Rodgers this summer and it looks now, that he could be on his way out of Glasgow sooner rather than later.
Hopefully, he can the move that he wants. With just one international cap to his name, you would imagine Soro would be keen to get more football under his belt to revive his international career.
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