Celtic have had a £2.5million bid for Nancy striker Marc-Antoine Fortune accepted and will meet with player and his agent this week for talks on finance.
Fortune is new Hoops manager Tony Mowbray’s first transfer target, and he’s keen to resume the relationship that he built up with the forward at West Brom last season. To do that though, Mowbray must beat off competition from Fulham, Hull, Wolves and Portsmouth.
But although there is Premier League football on the table, Fortune has indicated that Celtic is a definite contender for his services next season.
His agent Michael Manuello said: “We will talk with Celtic at the end of the week and see what is on offer financially. We will talk with everyone over the next ten days.
“I have to meet everyone and see what is on offer financially, after that we will choose. Celtic is definitely an option Marc will consider. His relationship with Tony Mowbray at West Brom was wonderful. It would be very exciting. The two men would like to work together again.
“But we will have to see what is on offer financially,” he added. “It is true though that Celtic would be a big club for Marc at this stage of his career. Nancy have accepted a bid and the player will definitely move from there, that’s for sure.”
Last updated: 22 June 2009, 10:36
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