Over the past day or so Ovidiu Popescu has been repeatedly linked with a move to Celtic. Brendan Rodgers is said to be keen on the player, and Celtic officials have been sent to check him out.
However, that’s not really true. Becali himself has been quoted this week saying Popescu would cost €3m. Romania’s DigiSport have him saying: “I said that I’ll let him go when it’s good and for the club and for him. If he goes now goes to the team that I’m getting €3m.”
Such a transfer is never easy, with Gigi Becali a very controversial figure in Romanian politics and sport. A short trip through Google, with a brief stop off at Wikipedia, would make that situation pretty clear.
A lot is just a show and it would be typical for Becali to insinuate there was Celtic interest without having firm grounds to do so. Similar has happened before, and Celtic are a big name who can be used to suit.
