Celtic not impressed by first offer for player – Want ‘a lot more’, transfer talks ‘accelerating’

It’s all going on in France on Monday, although Scotland, via Celtic, are being involved into the madness that is January transfer deadline day 2021.

Marseille, in need of a new midfielder after selling Morgan Sanson to Aston Villa, are looking for a new midfielder, and they’ve bookmarked Olivier Ntcham as their man.

The midfielder hasn’t been a huge presence under Neil Lennon this season, starting just seven games in the league, and it was being reported that the Ligue 1 side had made an offer of a loan with a view to buy.

It was then hinted at that Celtic could accept a fee of as little as €10m for Ntcham, but that’s not what Marseille have put on the table.

According to Foot Mercato journalist Sébastien Denis, the French side’s original offer was of a loan with €5.5m at the end of it.

comme révélé par @LeMechenoua, l'OM a bien soumis une offre de prêt avec OA de 5,5 M€ au Celtic Glasgow qui en réclame beaucoup plus. Le dossier s'accèlère !

— Sébastien Denis (@sebnonda) February 1, 2021

Down their end, Celtic are ‘asking for a lot more’, but the whole thing is ‘accelerating’.

We’ll be keeping an eye on things for you, don’t worry.