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Sarajevo put troubles behind them to score five in first pre-season match

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FK Sarajevo hit the goal trail today with a 5-1 win over Partizan Tirana in their first pre-season friendly.

Despite reports of player unrest over wages the Bosnian champions hit the goal trail in Slovenia today in a win over the Albanian champions. Partizan face Qarabag in the first qualifying round of the Champions League.

Celtic face Sarajevo on July 9 in the first leg after the ties were switched due to visa problems for the Bosnian side.

Celtic will begin their build up to facing Sarajevo on Wednesday when they take on Austrian side Pinkafeld before Saturday’s match with Weiner.

Neil Lennon will be hoping to complete the signing of David Turnbull in time for the midfielder to fly to Austria with the hoops boss hoping to add other new faces to his squad while in Austria.

Defenders seem to be the priority following the departures of Dedryck Boyata, Filip Benkovic and Mikael Lustig.

Last night a report in The Sun claimed that Aberdeen had rejected a £5m bid for Scott McKenna.

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