A Celtic move for Manchester City midfielder Claudio Gomes is not in the works, according to reports.
The Frenchman has spent time out on loan from the Premier League champions, most recently at Championship side Barnsley. A former French youth international, Gomes' deal with the Citizens expires next summer and he also has time at PSV and PSG to call upon in his CV. Celtic have strong ties to the City Group but according to Football Scotland, the 22-year-old is not a player they are pursuing this summer.
That doesn't mean transfer business is done though. The report says that they have 'one or two irons in the fire' after boss Ange Postecoglou's admission that they are not done in the market, but nothing is close at the moment. They start their Premiership title defence this Sunday when Aberdeen travel through to Parkhead for a 4:30pm kick-off live on Sky Sports.
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It's been a busy summer of recruitment at Parkhead with Daizen Maeda, Benjamin Siegrist, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Jota, Alexandro Bernabei, Moritz Jenz and Aaron Mooy signing loan or permanent deals.
They ended their pre-season friendly schedule with a win over Norwich City on Saturday. Postecoglou said: “It’ll just be another solid week of work on the training pitch. We’ve got a good eight days because the game’s on Sunday, so the boys will have a good block of work.
“We’ll work on our game, work on our physical stuff and, like I said, we’ve had a decent pre-season campaign and in that, every game has been fairly competitive for us, which has been important."
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