Celtic are found in conversations with Leicester City to sign Filip Benkovic from backpath. The 23-year-old man was on loan at Cardiff City earlier this season, but was not established as a regular starter at the Championship Club. The Croatian now returned to the Premier League club, but it is unlikely that he has opportunities for first team during the second half of the season.
The tastes of Jonny Evans, Wesley Fofana and Caglar Soyunu are all ahead of him in the order of pecking and Benkovic needs a loan movement to play regularly. CORDING A SKY SPORTS, CELTIC wants to sign the Ombudsman about a loan agreement with an option to buy. The Scottish champions have lost Christopher Jullien to a long-term knee injury and want Benkovic as his replacement now. Benkovic played for Celtic in 2018 when Brendan Rodgers achieved the Scottish attire and should be able to install quickly and make an immediate impact if he returns to Glasgow this month.
Leicester Manager Rodgers recently revealed that Benkovic joining Celtic in a loan agreement is a possibility and Scottish attire is a huge club that could play a key role in the development of the defender. It seems that the former AROS manager is open to the transfer and that he could simplify the negotiations and help Celtic protect an agreement soon. It will be interesting to see how Benkovic works at the Scottish Premiers if he returns to Celtic this month. The rings are under a tremendous pressure in the title race and need defensive reinforcements to adequately challenge the Rangers correctly. .Cell is chasing his tenth victory of the league in a row, but there are 19 points to the drift of the recharge rangers of the table at this time.