ANGE POSTECOGLOU has poured cold water on reports of a move for highly-rated Paris Saint-Germain youngster Edouard Michut, saying that Celtic won’t be looking to bring him to Glasgow this summer.
The Celtic manager was asked about multiple reports in Scotland and France crediting Celtic with a cut-price £2m move for the 19-year-old as he looks for more regular first-team football, but while Postecoglou admitted he was an admirer of the player, he said it was unlikely he would be coming to the club.
“Multiple? So that adds credibility?” Postecoglou said. “If I sat here talking about every player we were linked to every day…we don’t have enough hours.
“We are still working away in the background. We know what we need. We are working with some targets we have. We are in no rush to get it done.
“There is nothing, in terms of players we are being linked to at the moment, that’s going to happen in the near future. Or at all, in some of the cases.
“I have an interest in every good footballer in the world, but there is a limited market I can tap into. There’s no-one I will dismiss but I don’t want to send someone off on a wild goose chase.
“Good player, but no.”
Postecoglou stopped short though of ruling out a move for Australian midfielder Aaron Mooy, who played under him when he was in charge of the Socceroos and is a free agent after a spell in Chinese football.
The Celtic manager would not confirm any concrete interest in the player, but didn’t shut the door on a move further down the line should he miss out on any of his primary targets.
“Aaron’s a fantastic footballer, somebody I know really well,” he said.
“I guess he’s getting linked with us. I’m sure he will get picked up, he’s a good player, a very talented player.
“In terms of us, we have got a plan that we are sticking to and so far I am pretty happy with the progress we are making on all fronts, and hopefully there will be some news coming out in the next couple of weeks before the season starts.
“We are going through the process and making sure we get the ones we need.
“He’s another footballer who is very much talented and very much in my range, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to bring him in, no.”
