Luis Palma’s move from ARIS Thessalonika from Celtic appears to be gathering momentum.
On Thursday night Giannis Chorianopoulos tweeted that the winger had missed training, this morning the Athens based reported suspects that Palma won’t be involved for ARIS over the weekend.
That narrative would suggest that a transfer is ongoing but with Celtic’s interest out in the open it could smoke out interest from other clubs.
? Not confirmed 100% yet, but seems Luis Palma will be out of Aris Thessaloniki squad for the match v Lamia on Sunday. Celtic and two non European clubs offers are on the table. Palma wants Celtic??@CelticFC#ARIS #CelticFC #Celtic
— Giannis Chorianopoulos (@choria80) August 25, 2023
Six weeks on from selling Jota to Al Ittihad Celtic are now in a race against time to replace the former Benfica winger.
A fee in the region of £3.5-4m is certainly affordable with the personal terms of a 23-year-old Honduran internationalist likely to be within Celtic’s wage structure.
After signing four sub £2m players early in the transfer window Celtic have added two central defenders, Maik Nawrocki and Gustaf Lagerbielke to their squad in recent weeks.
That has left the squad short of quality with none of the six signings or Tomoki Iwata whose loan was converted to a permanent deal viewed as an obvious upgrade on last season’s starting XI.
As well as Jota Celtic have sold Carl Starfelt with Aaron Mooy announcing his retirement.
