Vincent Angelini appears to be the latest player in the Celtic Academy about to quit the club for one of the major European leagues.
The teenager keeper signed a professional contract in August 2019 but now appears about to move to his father’s homeland with Tuttomercatoweb reporting:
The feasibility of the deal with Southampton, Everton and Manchester United linked, in Italy it is on the table of many clubs including Lazio, Atalanta and Milan but not only. Angelini would like to try the Italian experience and land in his homeland. Ready to leave Celtic, as a free transfer opportunity.
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Talented young goalkeeper, Vincent Angelini, has signed his first professional contract with #CelticFC! ?
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) August 6, 2019
It seems that the financial rewards and development opportunities available elsewhere are leading to the best young talents at Celtic moving on at the earliest opportunity.
Earlier this week it was revealed that Liam Hughes had joined Liverpool, last year Josh Adams moved to Manchester City while Liam Morrison and Barry Hepburn opted for Bayern Munich.
Celtic do pick up a token fee set by UEFA based on the number of years that they have trained the player.
Bridging the gap between the Academy and first team football appears to be getting more and more difficult with no formal Reserve League or loan framework to fit into
Goalkeeping seems to be a particular problem with Hughes gone and Angelini about to leave it also appears that Conor Hazard could be moving on in the summer when his contract expired.
After making his breakthrough and playing in the Scottish Cup Final win over Hearts there was talk of a new contract but a month later there is no sign of a deal being completed with the Irishman dropping down to third choice.
