Report lists 20 players that could be leaving Celtic this summer

The Sun has produced a list of 20 players who could be leaving Celtic this summer. 

That figure suggests a bigger turnover than last summer but the reality is that those listed, with just a couple of exceptions those leaving will barely be noticed. 

The two obvious exceptions are Tom Rogic and Nir Bitton. The departure of the two midfielders has already been announced, Celtic’s activities in January seems to have been preparing for those exits with three midfielders added to the squad. 

Five players are in the next bracket, all legacy issues from the final few transfer windows conducted by Peter Lawwell and Neil Lennon. Chris Jullien and Boli Bolingoli both have 12 months left on the contracts that they signed in 2019, Ismaila Soro, Albian Ajeti and Vasilis Barkas have longer term deals that are unlikely to be matched elsewhere. 

That lot brings the list up to seven. Karamoko Dembele is out of contract with little known about his intentions, James McCarthy and Liam Scales were signed by Postecoglou but barely featured in the new year after the manager had worked his way through his second transfer window. 

The Sun rounds up the loan players with: 

Liam Shaw, Adam Montgomery, Conor Hazard, Osaze Urhoghide, Ross Doohan, Ewan Henderson, Luca Connell, Scott Robertson and Jonathan Afolabi. Young midfielder Kerr McInroy spent the year on loan at Ayr United and has his Celtic deal expiring at the end of the month. 

Brody Paterson has already announced that his contract won’t be renewed, after being a regular at Airdrie in the second half of the season he shouldn’t struggle to find another club. 

Joey Dawson and Bosun Lawal were signed last summer for the B team squad in the Lowland League, like Urhoghide and Shaw they won’t be part of next season’s first team squad which would suggest going out on loan next season if they are to progress towards that goal. 

All eyes will be on new arrivals over the next couple of months but there could also be a number of players slipping out in the other direction.