Giuseppe Ambrosino moves Celtic transfer goalposts as Louis Munteanu mystery cleared up
Celtic-linked Giuseppe Ambrosino has made a U-turn on his future at Napoli.
The Italy Under-21 youth star is one of many strikers thought to be on the radar of Parkhead scouts.
However, Celts aren't the only club keeping tabs on the youngster, who is out of contract next summer.
Serie A rivals Cremonese have been leading the chase to prize Ambrosino away from the Scudetto winners.
The 21-year-old has been training on his own in Naples after being left out of Antonio Conte's pre-season training camp.
But Italian outlet Corriere del Mezzogiorno reports that Ambrosino is determined to stay put and fight for his future in Naples.
It's said that academy graduate is willing to stick around and compete with Romelu Lukaku and Lorenzo Lucca for the centre forward spot.
Cremonese were confident of securing a loan deal with an option to buy but Ambrosino has now moved the goalposts.
The in-demand attacker spent last season with Frosinone in Serie B where he chipped in with five goals and four assists.
Meanwhile another forward Celtic have been linked with has dropped out of CFR Cluj's Europa League squad.
Romanian hitman Louis Munteanu netted 25 goals last term and was reportedly the subject of a Hoops bid in January.
French sides Nice and Lille have also been monitoring the goal machine - who previously insisted that he's happy in Romania.
However, it emerged tonight that the 23-year-old has not travelled to Portugal for Thursday's Europa League showdown with Braga.
That prompted rumours that Munteanu could be edging towards an exit.
But Cluj president Cristi Balaj quelled the speculation by revealing Munteanu had been ruled out through injury.
He told DigiSport: "Louis Munteanu has a minor muscle problem. It's a contracture. When you have a contracture and you don't follow the treatment for a few days, you risk a muscle tear."
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