Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou has played it coy on potential exits from Parkhead amid reports some of his senior men are soon to be leaving.
Belgian left-back Boli Bolingoli has been linked to Championship club Reading while Christopher Jullien has jetted out to Austria for pre-season with the Hoops after talks to take him to Bundesliga club Schalke collapsed. Albian Ajeti and Ismael Soro meanwhile have also been reported as surplus to requirements at Parkhead.
Vasilis Barkas, Adam Montgomery and Liam Scales have already departed Celtic on loan but Postecoglou insists a large group is needed. Champions League football and a Premiership title defence await so he won't rush players out the club. The Australian said: “It’s a big squad, and we’re going to need a big squad. We’ll probably play 60 games this year, and with the World Cup break it’s going to be a pretty congested schedule either side of it.
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"So, we’re going to need a strong squad, but in terms of players departing it’s no different to last year. I’m pretty comfortable with it, that will all take care of itself.
"The ones who see their futures elsewhere or are looking for opportunities elsewhere, if that comes along it comes along.
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“At the moment, whoever is I the squad, I treat them as if they are going to stay in the squad, unless they say otherwise.”
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