Bordeaux are reported to have made an offer of between €2.5-3m for Giorgos Giakoumakis which is roughly the fee that Celtic paid for the striker in August 2021.
Having regained his place in the Greek national side, been joint top scorer in last season’s SPFL and scored in the Champions League Celtic will be holding out for far more than a ‘money-back’ deal.
Bordeaux are pushing for promotion back to Ligue 1 but it seems unlikely that they’ll have Giakoumakis in their ranks any time soon.
L’equipe report:
In search of an attacking reinforcement, Bordeaux has made an offer to Celtic Glasgow for its Greek striker Georgios Giakoumakis (28).
Second in Ligue 2 , the Girondins want to take advantage of the transfer window to strengthen their attacking sector. One of the avenues explored by the Bordeaux leaders leads to the Greek international striker of Celtic Glasgow Georgios Giakoumakis.
According to our information, an offer of between 2.5 and 3 M€ was made to the Scottish club.
While reports emerge of interest from Japan, Italy and elsewhere Giakoumakis is in training at Lennoxtown for Celtic’s Viaplay Cup semi-final against Kilmarnock on Saturday.
Prior to the World Cup break Ange Postecoglou was sharing the striking duties between Kyogo Furuhashi and the Greek internationalist but with news of his desire to move on elsewhere Giakoumakis has found himself relegated to the substitute bench.
Greek strikers seem to get better with time. Look at Samaras! We’ve given Gia a good platform to work from. If he’s going to be the real deal, he should get on with proving that he is!