Europa League<\/a>\u00a0holders Atalanta had their latest bid for the Danish international kicked out last night, an offer of \u00a321.5million plus \u00a32m add-ons rejected.<\/em><\/p>\n Celtic are holding out for a deal which shatters their previous record sales of \u00a325million for\u00a0Kieran Tierney<\/a>\u00a0and Jota, to\u00a0Arsenal<\/a> and Al-Ittihad, respectively.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Competition for \u00a34.3m-rated Swiss under-21 international Sanches stems from Nice, Club Bruges, Anderlecht and Burnley. Keen to take the next step in his career, the 21-year-old is expected to leave Switzerland before the close of the window.<\/em><\/p>\n Celtic have also been linked with \u00a310m-rated Belgian wonderkid Arne Engels.<\/em><\/p>\n A late contender for Belgium\u2019s Euro 2024 squad, the 20-year-old has impressed with Bundesliga side Augsburg.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unusually for the Mail, there is no mention of all these foreigners coming over here and taking our jobs, but they do throw in a mention for a local lad….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As Mail Sport reported last week, the Parkhead side have also compiled reports on Dundee forward Luke McCowan, but have yet to firm up any interest with Hibs having already tested the Dens Park club\u2019s resolve to keep the 26-year-old.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ….but stopped short of allowing him to rant about how his prospects of a successful career have been impeded by freedom of movement and so on, which for some reason doesn’t seem to apply to football.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even less reliable than the Mail, sports website HITC reports that Celtic scouted Hammarby forward Bazoumana Toure back in July, and he scored, so who knows what could happen?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not them, obviously, they said the player is not for sale and it would take \u00a37m to buy him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, Adam Idah seems pleased to be a Celt after all the brouhaha, as he revealed he , like Paulo Bernardo, left his stuff in storage in Glasgow over the summer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, both players have been unable to contact the chap who stored it for them, and they also report disappointment in that he didn’t watch their motor either despite getting ten shiny shillings to do so.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Idah spoke to the Record, but he’ll learn.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMum\u2019s so proud of me, buzzing. She’s dying to get over for the games now, so she’s loving life. She came to quite a few games and obviously she came over for the cup final, so that was a big one for her. She says it herself – she’s never seen me as happy playing football as when I came here, so she’s delighted.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHow many times did I watch that goal back? I can’t even count now. I was constantly watching it. It’s the same feeling the whole time – getting goosebumps.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI think everyone’s so proud of me. Back home they’ve never seen me smile so much as when I’ve been at Celtic. I think everyone’s delighted for me and they just want me to go and enjoy football again.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou just feel free here. I know people say there’s a lot of pressure and of course there is pressure, but I don’t really feel it. The reception I got from the fans is amazing. I’ve never experienced anything like that and it motivates me more to score more goals.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe connection I have with the club, not just the players and the staff, but the fans make a big difference. I probably didn’t have the best treatment at Norwich with the fans, I didn’t have that connection, and it does make a difference.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He does seem to have “got it “…as he continues…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe craziest one\u2026 I was in LA and there was a group of Celtic fans down on the boulevard. I was a bit shocked with that.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cEight o’clock in the morning and there’s Celtic fans everywhere. It was a bit of a new thing to get used to because you haven’t really been identified like that in a place like that. It’s a strange one. Even going back home, obviously everyone knows me back home.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBut now that I’ve been at Celtic, it’s like I’m a new man when I go home, which is pretty strange. But it’s been fantastic. I say it all the time, the fans here have been amazing to me. The reaction I got, the welcome, has been top class. It’s time for me to repay that now.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wait till he finds out those guys in LA had funded their trip by selling some stuff they promised someone they’d look after for him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whilst all is rosy in our own garden, or at least rosier, over the ence the neighbours are in a spot of bother.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Up to the point where they’re closing the curtains and shouting<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Ah’m no’ in<\/em> ”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n every time someone comes to the door.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n With Champions League money now off the income list, the money due to Elite after an unsuccessful court case has to be found from somewhere, and it appears the delaying tactics aren’t working… from STV, who usually try to put a spin on bad news from that place<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last week, lawyers told Lord Braid that a deal had been agreed between parties in \u201cthe last minute of stoppage time.\u201d No sum was disclosed.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/c.tenor.com\/oc7MfKdTd3kAAAAM\/batman-i-see.gif\")
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