Celtic boss Wilfried Nancy is a busy man at the moment.
He has to implement a completely different style of play at Celtic, with minimal time for training.
Meanwhile, creeping up is the January transfer window, where the club have plenty of work to do in improving Nancy’s squad.
Rumours are beginning to swirl around the players that we could see brought in as the Hoops look to hunt Hearts down in the Scottish Premiership table.
And one man whose name has been mentioned, Diego Rossi, reportedly wants to be one of them.
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Nancy brought Rossi to Columbus in 2023, signing him from Turkish giants Fenerbahce.
Since returning to MLS, he has been one of the best performers in the division, almost never missing a game for Columbus.
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He would be quite a coup for Celtic, but given his pre-existing relationship with Nancy, the move is still a reasonable suggestion.
And a fairly incredible report in Turkish outlet Fanatik is now saying that Rossi is heading to Celtic.
The report says that Nancy has ‘intervened’ to make the move happen, and Rossi is ‘preparing’ for the move. It’s written in very certain terms.
Scottish sources are yet to verify whether the claim is true or not – but Nancy looking to bring his best player from MLS to Glasgow would hardly be a surprise.
What would be a surprise is Celtic forking out an eight-figure sum for the signing.
MLS expert Tom Bogert told Celtic that Rossi would cost more than £10 million, expressing serious doubt over Celtic’s financial resources being enough.
But where’s the fun in that? A box office signing could be on the way.
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Wessam Abou Ali is also linked to Celtic, but more recently, reports have suggested that he himself could be off to Turkey.
Max Arfsten and Patrick Schulte are two US internationals in the Columbus squad, on the right side of 25. They are a goalkeeper and left-wing-back respectively.
Nancy discussed Cucho Hernandez at his most recent Celtic press conference, but given how he has performed for Real Betis this season, any Celtic move would be a non-starter.
But if Rossi could be a possibility, then we could be set for an exciting signing.
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