Celtic ‘have £6.9m bid rejected for 25-goal striker as club reveal asking price'
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CELTIC have reportedly had a £6.9million bid booted out for a striker who scored 25 goals last season.
Brendan Rodgers is eyeing another striker to join Shin Yamada at Parkhead, with the Japanese hitman closing in on a move to Glasgow.
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Giuseppe Ambrosino was one player who was heavily linked with Celtic alongside Yamada, but the Napoli hitman is edging closer to completing a move to Cremonese instead.
Now reports in Romania suggests that Rodgers has now turned his attention to Louis Munteanu after seemingly losing out on the Italy under-21 star.
Munteanu enjoyed a standout campaign last season in Romania with CFR Cluj, where he netted 23 times in the league and twice in the cup.
Romanian outlet iAMSPORT claim the initial bid was quickly turfed out by club chiefs, with owner Nelutu Varga looking for almost DOUBLE that figure before allowing him to leave.
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