Exclusive: Celtic will accept offers for first-team trio
Celtic are open to offers for Stephen Welsh, Gustaf Lagerbielke, and Yuki Kobayashi, sources have told Football Insider.
The Glasgow club have told Welsh, 24, Lagerbielke, 24, and Kobayashi, 24 that they are all free to find new clubs by the 31st August transfer deadline day.
Loan and permanent bids will be accepted for the three players who made 31 appearances between them last season.
Celtic are set for a major overhaul of their centre-back position as 21-year-old Bosun Lawal also looks set to leave the club after a successful loan at Fleetwood Town last season.
Football Insider revealed (July 17) that Premier League club Bournemouth and Stoke City have made moves to sign the Republic of Ireland international.
Celtic set for major defensive overhaul as Stephen Welsh, Gustaf Lagerbielke, and Yuki Kobayashi all set to leave
Lagerbielke and Kobayashi only joined the Scottish Premier League champions last summer and now look set to leave the club after failing to make an impression.
Neither centre-back really featured for Celtic last season making just 10 and seven appearances respectively.
Welsh has a little more pedigree having worked his way up through the youth ranks to the Celtic first-team and making 67 appearances.
It’s been a relatively quiet transfer window for the club so far this summer bringing in goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and Viljami Sinisalo to replace the retired Joe Hart.
In other news, Celtic are in talks over a record deal for Danish midfielder.
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