Following claims earlier this week of Celtic being interested in Ivan Šaponjić, the Spanish media have started to report the situation as they see it.
Friday’s edition of AS explains the 23 year old’s future at Atletico Madrid is far from certain, with Diego Simeone not looking towards him for the club’s first team.
Since moving to the club from Benfica in July of last year, the Serbian has hardly had any chances, and that means Celtic would have a reasonable chance of signing him should they make an approach.
In a process of finding new homes from fringe players, and several of the youth team who will struggle to be picked by Simeone, Atletico are ready to listen.
AS point out that’s also the case for Riquelme, with the 20 year old the subject of Celtic links earlier this summer.
