Motherwell will be looking for over £2m for David Turnbull.
According to a report in the Daily Mail Celtic are considering an offer in the region of £1.2m which prompted Motherwell chief Alan Burrows to take to twitter.
Getting some questions re David Turnbull, given today’s newspaper report. I try not to reply to speculation (for obvious reasons), but to reiterate what I’ve already gone on public record as saying. We will only consider offers of significantly more than our record fee received.
— Alan Burrows (@Alan_Burrows) May 31, 2019
Motherwell’s record transfer fee remains the £1.75m that Celtic paid for Phil O’Donnell in 1994 which was Tommy Burns’ first major investment.
The shadow of John McGinn will hover over Celtic’s interest in the player until a deal is done one way or another.
With two year lefts on his contract Motherwell will know that a transfer is more likely that getting Turnbull to sign another deal.
Celtic seemed to believe that McGinn would try to push through a move to the club his grandfather was the chairman of but as Hibs held firm Aston Villa made their move with a transfer quickly completed as Brendan Rodgers lost his patience with transfer business.
With McGinn now quoted as being worth in excess of £20m Motherwell will be looking for a healthy sell on clause in any deal for Turnbull.
At that time Neil Lennon was involved with the selling club, now it seems that the soon to be appointed Celtic boss is preparing to make the first signing of his second stint at the club.
