Celtic missed out with £1.5m bid for Dutch-based winger a month ago
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CELTIC have reportedly had a £1.5million bid thrown out for Go Ahead Eagles winger Jakob Breum.
The 21-year-old enjoyed an impressive season in the Eredivisie last year with 10 goals in 26 games, which is claimed caught the attention of the Hoops.
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Celtic's offer for Jakob Breum of Go Ahead Eagles fell short
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Brendan Rodgers wants to replace the goals that have gone out of the team
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Antwerp's Michel-Ange Balikwisha has also been linked
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A Dutch media outlet revealed at the start of the month that they had rejected a bid from a "foreign club".
The club's director Jan Willem van Dop told RTV Oost: "The only thing that's going on, and as far as we're concerned, that's not going through, is a bid for Jakob Breum from a foreign club.
"We're so far apart on that. You have to stand your ground.
"And then a guy like that also has to realise that it could very well be a good thing to stay with us at least until the winter break, just like Oliver Edvardsen."
It's now being claimed by the Celtic Way that the foreign club was Celtic.
Brendan Rodgers' side are in the market for a replacement for Nicolas Kuhn who left for Como in a £17million deal, while Jota won't return to action until after the new year.
They've brought in Sweden attacker Benjamin Nygren in a cut-price £2m deal from Nordsjaelland.
And they've also been strongly linked with Antwerp's Michel-Ange Balikwisha, but his agent has revealed while there is interest, no offers have been made for the 24-year-old.
But Brendan Rodgers has made no secret of his desire to strengthen the squad and replace the goals that have gone out of the team after the departure of Matt O'Riley, Kyogo Furuhashi and Kuhn.
The reported £1.5m offer was far short of what the Dutch club's valuation for both Breum and midfielder Oliver Antman who were both priced at around £5m.
"We think Breum and Antman should go for more than six million [euros].
"If that doesn't happen with this club, maybe another one will. And if not, we hope that with all the positive feeling they have, they'll stay with us and go into Europe.
"And then we'll take a closer look during the winter break."
Celtic bid farewell to yet another winger at the beginning of this week.
Luis Palma sealed a loan move to Polish champions Lech Poznan on Monday.
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