Celtic have had an enquiry to take Mitchel Bakker on loan rejected by Paris Saint Germain but the French side haven’t ruled out a move later on in the transfer window.
The 20-year-old defender could follow the path of Odsonne Edouard who joined Celtic on loan in July 2017 before becoming a £9m permanent signing a year later.
PSG signed the left-back on a four year contract last summer from Ajax and will be weighing up development options for this season.
Bakker, 20, came through the youth system at Ajax before joining PSG in 2019.
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The success of Edouard, Moussa Dembele and Olivier Ntcham has given Celtic a high profile in France with a season long loan to Celtic a low risk deal.
With Boli Bolingoli a virtual non-person at Celtic Neil Lennon is left with Greg Taylor as his only available left-back.
Bringing in cover and competition to the former Kilmarnock defender shouldn’t be too difficult a task with Bakker appearing to cover all bases, with nine substitute places this season it is far easier to keep players involved and getting game time.