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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ewan Paton

Serie A side 'already admire' Celtic star Arne Engels

Big-money Celtic star Arne Engels is ALREADY attracting interest from a major European club.

Reports have emerged in Italy tonight that Atalanta are big admirers of Arne Engels. 

Atalanta, of course, tried relentlessly to sign Matt O'Riley from Celtic last summer but eventually failed as Brighton swooped in.

Now, the Europa League champions are looking at another star in Brendan Rodgers' Celtic team - this time, it's O'Riley's replacement, Engels.


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Italian journalist Alfredo Pedulla claims that the Serie A side like what they see with the young Austrian midfielder.

His report says that Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini liked what he saw in Engels when the teams met in Bergamo in October.

The 21-year-old joined the Scottish Premiership champions in the summer from Augsburg in Germany for a fee of £11m.

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