Rapid Vienna are still keen on signing Marco Tilio.
The winger appeared to have made his final Celtic appearance when he came off the bench in the 4-0 win over Newcastle on Ju;19, the following day details emerged on an initial loan to Rapid which would become a permanent move once he had started 20 matches.
Tilio played for Celtic the following weekend at the Como Cup but was left out of the 20 strong matchday squad for the SPFL Premiership opener against St Mirren.
It had been suggested that Rapid were looking at alternative options but speaking to The Sun their Sporting Director Markus Katzer made it clear that interest in Tilio remained live:
There is interest. We’re monitoring things. We had interest in him before then Celtic signed him as well.
We’re looking at players in his position and we’re certainly interested in him but that doesn’t mean it’s a done deal.
It seems that Tilio’s exit is on hold until Celtic sign a new winger, at the moment it appears that Brendan Rodgers won’t have any new forward options for Sunday’s match at Aberdeen.
August 14 is the deadline for Celtic’s Champions League Play Off match, at present it looks unlikely that Tilio would be listed among the 17 non-Scots registered with UEFA.
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