Who knows if Celtic were ever in for Souza.
The Brazilian midfielder made it known that his next move would depend on whether or not the club he would sing for was in Europe next season so, naturally, the expectation was that Celtic could be one of the favourites to land him.
He ended up choosing Espanyol who, apart from an appearance in the Europa League two seasons ago, are not in any European competition next season and have never appeared in the Champions League.
Work that one out.
However, as one door closes, another one opens.
According to the Daily Record, as Souza jets to Spain (technically that is Europe I suppose), the door has opened for Abu Fani to sign for the club.
The players agent is well known to Celtic.
Dudu Dahan has been responsible for brokering the moves of Nir Bitton, El Hamed and Liel Abada so it seems the club be set to call in a ‘favour’ to try and fill the void in Celtic’s central midfield area.
Again, this could be just paper talk, but the Hoops have been strongly linked in the past. Could they be about to make their move?
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