Celtic is now trying to sign a “very exciting” star of 3.2 million pounds sterling

The pre-season calendar in charge of Celtic continues.

First of all, the Brendan Rodgers team experienced victories both on Queen’s Park and Cork City, with Johnny Kenny the only scorer unless Hampden, before the young defender Colby Donovan was the winner of the match in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Tuesday.

After that, the hoops went to Portugal, defeated 3-2 by Amadora in the star of Seixal, just outside Lisbon, on Saturday; Reo Hatate and Adam Idah the scorers.

So, before facing the Portuguese champions sporting a CP in Estádio Algarve on Wednesday, could the Celts add another Portuguese player to their team?

The last Celtic transfer target

In a somewhat surprising way, only three Portuguese players have ever played for Celtic and, as the table below notes, two are in the current team.

Jorge Cadet had a huge impact at the Celtic at the end of the 90s, scoring 38 goals in 49 appearances for the club, before being sold to Celta de Vigo.

Meanwhile, Jota and Paulo Bernardo remain key figures on the current Celtic side, even if the first is sidelined in the long term due to an anterior cross-ligament injury, so another young Portuguese could be about to arrive?

Well, according to a report by the Portuguese newspaper, Celtic is fighting to sign Flávio Nazinho this summer, with Roma and Real Sociedad among those who are also interested.

Nazinho is a 21 -year -old left -back that started his senior career at CP Sporting, his debut against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in November 2021.

However, after having only accumulated 11 appearances for green and whites,, totalization 383 minutes, he joined Cercle Brugge, initially on loan, before the agreement was made permanent for 1 million euros (£ 860,000) last summer.

Well, since then, according to football transfers, its value has increased exponentially, worth approximately 3.2 million pounds sterling, so could it join another side whose reception kit is evident green?

Why Flávio Nazinho would be a success in Celtic

The career of the young defender has really taken off since he moved to Cercle Brugge, making 62 appearances for green and blacks, a key figure because they qualified for a UEFA group phase for the very first time.

A content creator labeled him a “very exciting” rear which is “fast” and “does not fear a tackle”.

In the meantime, Ross Pilcher of the Daily Record thinks that he would be the perfect deputy for Kieran Tierney on the back left, given the return of the return hero, with Rodgers in search of a reliable back-up, after the move from Greg Taylor to Paok.

Could Nazinho be just that? Well, let’s assess his statistics in the Jupiler Pro League from last season to discover it.

The table underlines that Nazinho is a well -balanced player, generally ranking in terms of passage, chances created, plated and sockets.

This despite his limited minutes due to an injury to the hamstrings, as well as the fact that he played for the team which finally finished the third basin, keeping its high flight status by beating Patro Eisden Maaschelen in Play-Off; Nazhino marking in the second stage in Jan Breydelstadion.

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When Jota arrived at Celtic, he had not managed to break through in Benfica and then endured a miserable loan in Valladolid, before flourishing once signed by Ange Postcoglou.

Well, Nazinho has much more senior experience at the moment that Jota did it when he joined four years ago, suggesting that the rear could be the next young player to break out on the stage in the East End of Glasgow.

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