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Moonbeam Spectacular! List of top 15 failed swoops for Alfredo Morelos

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One Celtic fan has started off  the extensive task of cataloguing transfer interest in Alfredo Morelos.

Six months after signing from HJK Helsinki in a ÂŁ1m move the hysteria started with claims of interest from a mystery club in China. When BBC reporter Kheredine Idesanne decided to use his tennis contacts to check out reported interest he found no interest. Soon afterwards the BBC had to publish a retraction setting in place the pattern for transfer interest in the striker.

Soon after Steven Gerrard took charge at Ibrox ÂŁ2m was raised from the sale of Josh Windass but other than that there has been sign of the sort of bids that Celtic received for Moussa Dembele and Kieran Tierney.

A succession of sources has revealed details of interest in the striker but after the final match of last season Gerrard admitted that the only enquiry he was aware of was for 3 million euros.

Morelos has been able to cash in with two contract extensions since his 2017 move to Scotland but he is still believed to be lagging way behind Jermain Defoe in terms of wages.

With another red card picked up at the weekend against Motherwell and his continuing failure to score against Celtic it’s unlikely that there will be any £20m plus bids coming in next month with a Stuart Armstrong type offer in the region of £8m far more plausible.

Table compiled by McAvennie on Kerrydale Street.

Jan 18 Beijing Renhe 7.5 mil Daily Record Gary Ralston “Knocked Back”
Jul 18 Fenerbahce 2.75 mil The Scottish Sun Gary Taylor “Booted Out”
Aug 18 Bordeaux 3.75 mil BBC Chris McLaughlin “Rejected”
Aug 18 Dynamo Kiev 7 mil Daily Mail Stephen McGowan “Last Ditch Bid”
Jan 19 Nice 8 mil Scotsman Andrew Smith “Disrespectful”
May 19 Newcastle United 20 mil Scotsman Joel Sked “Lining Up”
May 19 Marseille 16 mil The Scottish Sun Scott MacArthur “Tempted To Sell”
Jun 19 Lille 10 mil Daily Star Harry Howes “Transfer Battle”
Jul 19 Eintracht Frankfurt “Big Money” The Scottish Sun Aidan Scott “Could Make”
Jul 19 West Ham United 5 mil Scotsman Kathleen Oates “Tentatively Interested”
Aug 19 West Bromwich Albion 10 mil Daily Record Scott Burns “Rejected”
Aug 19 Hebei Fortune 30 mil Sky Sports Anonymous “Willing To Meet Demands”
Oct 19 Crystal Palace 20 mil Glasgow Times Mark Hendry “Weighing Up”
Oct 19 Aston Villa 20 mil Birmingham Mail Ben Husband “Ready To Sanction”
Nov 19 Saint Etienne 20 mil Herald James Cairney “In The Region Of”

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