Celtic ARE in the running to sign Egyptian playmaker Mohamed 'Afsha' Magdy - but have been joined by Turkish clubs Galatasaray and Besiktas in the hunt, according to the player's agent.
Ange Postecoglou has added two new defenders to his ranks for January already with Yuki Kobayashi and Alistair Johnston signing up and attentions now turn to further up the pitch. A new striker is on the agenda as Record Sport understands Giorgos Giakoumakis is increasingly likely to be on his way, while another creative midfielder shouldn't be ruled out as they look to ram home their commanding lead in the Premiership.
They have been heavily linked with Afsha and now it seems the Hoops have been joined by Turkish heavyweights Galatasaray and Besiktas. His agent Abdelrahman Ismail told Egyptian radio: "Besiktas, Galatasaray and Celtic are competing to sign Mohamed Magdy Afsha."
Another of his representatives previously told Football Scotland there had been interest from Parkhead. His club manager at Al Ahly had insisted he wasn't for sale only for the board to go over his head days later and slap a price tag of around £4million on his head and that's what Celtic would likely need to fork out to land him.
Magdy, who goes by the nickname 'Afsha', has 29 goals in 146 appearances for Al Ahly and helped them to two Asian Champions Leagues among a host of honours in Egypt. He now seems set to try himself in Europe but whether that will be in Scotland, Turkey or elsewhere remains to be seen.
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