'Gutted if he goes', 'All the best' – Celtic fans react to defender Parkhead exit revelation

Mon 1 January 2018 18:50, UK

Celtic fans have taken to social media to react to Erik Sviatchenko revelation that his agent has been contacted by clubs ahead of a potential January exit from Parkhead.
The Daily Record are have quoted Sviatchenko as confirming that he has been told he is free to leave Parkhead in January as he hasn’t been involved in the first-team that often this season.
With the signing of Marvin Compper and the emergence of Kristoffer Ajer, Sviatchenko has fallen down the pecking order and the time seems right for him to leave the club after almost two years with the Scottish champions.
Here are some of the best reactions to the news that the Danish international’s time in Glasgow is set to come to an end:

@eriksviat sorry to hear this. Your a first team starter in my eyes!! All the best at your new club????
— thomas bowman (@thommybhoy21) January 1, 2018

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@eriksviat Sad news to hear you may be leaving the club. You have been a great player for us and I wish you all the best. I'd rather you than one or two more at the club. All the best In all you do in the future YNWA ????HH???? Thanks for your service.
— Ryan Neil Runcie (@ItsRuncieDude) January 1, 2018

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@eriksviat Reading today that you may be on your way out of Celtic. Good luck for whatever the future brings, you always tried your best when you wore the hoops and that’s all we supporters can ask of you. You might leave Celtic but Celtic will never leave you HH
— Adam Craig (@AdamskiC74) January 1, 2018

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Gutted big @eriksviat is leaving Celtic. ????
— Make Mine A Treble (@Robo_1967) January 1, 2018

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@eriksviat If it’s true your are moving On , thanks for your time at Celtic and all the best fir the future , hail hail .?
— Alex Mc Leish (@alexmeerkat) January 1, 2018

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100 percent agree , i know he has had fitness and i jury problems but in my eyes a fully fit erik is better then any option we have at cb , love big erik and will be gutted if he goes
— Ryan Holroyd (@RyanHolroyd1) January 1, 2018

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Sviatchenko signed for the Hoops by former manager Ronny Deila in January 2016 from FC Midtjylland for a fee of £1.5million.
His finest moment was probably a towering header that brought the Bhoys level in the 2016 Scottish Cup semi-final against Rangers, a match which Celtic eventually lost on penalties and lead to the departure of Ronny Deila.
Brendan Rodgers didn’t seem to fancy Sviatchenko all that much, and he hasn’t featured since a poor performance in a 2-1 win over Rangers at Ibrox, the Celtic boss preferring to go with Dedryck Boyata and Jozo Simunovic at the back instead.
In other Celtic news, Jozo Simunovic’s fall down the pecking order at Celtic is a shock
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