Celtic will not be making much money if Rocco Vata decides to leave Parkhead this summer, as additional interest emerges.
The Republic of Ireland youth international is out of contract this summer and has received numerous offers this season. A Celtic contract has yet to be finalised, and Corriere dello Sport reports that Serie A team Lazio, which Celtic faced in the Champions League this season, is interested.
Vata is said to ‘will give an answer quickly’ after the Italian club made their transfer pitch. The player ‘dreams’ of relocating to Italy, and Celtic will only receive approximately £341k in training compensation if he leaves this summer. However, it has been suggested that father Rudi Vata would have wished him to continue.
in the Scottish club’. The former Celtic player said as much in January.
He told Off the Ball: “I had no freedom to think that one day I could become a Celtic player or a Bayern Munich player. In my country, at Rocco’s age, that was not possible. It was illegal to think that. The maximum you could get was to go and play for the national team. That was my dream.
“Rocco can dream to play for Barcelona, for Real Madrid, for any club, Nobody can stop him and nobody can put a barrier unless he doesn’t want to make it. He’s 18 still. I don’t think he’s ready mentally to move to another country. He wants to move but I don’t think he’s got it.
“All he can do is continue to work. I tell him all the time, the manager – even when he’s wrong, he is right. He’s the boss, he’s the leader. Everyone has to follow the leader.
“I think he wants to be with Celtic and I think it’s right for him to be with Celtic, to get more game time. If he gets game time, I think he’ll produce what he’s capable of producing. He’s improved a lot, he’s ready to play. All he needs to do now is get that opportunity.”
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