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Celtic now want to sign £4m defender who used to play as a forward and he could be another Virgil van Dijk

Billy Meyers

Tue 11 June 2024 17:15, UK

Celtic could soon get their hands on another Virgil van Dijk – as the Bhoys show interest in a defender who is more than comfortable in the final third.

The Netherlands international almost seemed to find Scottish football too easy during his two years at Celtic ☂– scoring 15 goals in 115 appearances as he often waltzed through opponents.

Interestingly, the Liverpool No.4 has he used to play as an attac🔴ker – which helped him become a better defender.

Now, Celtic hope to si𝔉gn a player with a similar background…

Celtic want Flavius Daniliuc

A post from Florian Plett📖enburg of Sky Germany reveals that Celtic now want to sign Flavius Daniliuc.

The respected journalist wrote: “News. Flavius Daniliuc | Celtic Glasgow has a concrete interest in the 23-year-old centre-back. His co🐽ntract with Salernitana runs until 2026.

“RB Salzburg wo🎶uld like to keep him but no final decision yet. Daniliuc is in the Austrian squad for the Euros.”

Daniliuc joined RB Salzburg on loan in Janu♈ary, and the Austrian side are in a strong position to sign the 23-year-old permanently after including an option to buy in the agreement.

However, Dani🔴liuc could still decide against jo🍎ining RB Salzburg on a permanent deal and move to Celtic – even if the Austrian Bundesliga outfit stump up the required cash.

The Austria international – who will be involved in UEFA EURO 2024 this summer – made 27 appearances in all competitions last season, providing three ass🙈ists.

Salernitana paid (£4m) to sign Daniliuc fr🌃om OG꧋C Nice.

Brendan Rodgers could sign Virgil van Dijk 2.0

As aforesaid, Daniliuc used🃏 to play as a forward before being moved into ☂defence.

Jochen Sauer – who used to work with the Celtic target – The Athletic: “He wasꦬ more attacking, a No.10. He had very good technique.”

The attack minded defender has even previously that hꩲe idolises Van Dijk and Sergio Ramos, telling OGC Nice’s official website: “Sergio Ramos and Virgil Van Dijk. They are two really talented players. One has played at Real Ma🤡drid for ten years. The other got to Liverpool through hard work and is now one of the best in the world.”

Daniliuc has certainly enjoyed a rich footba🅷lling education, 🤪having spent years being coached in both Real Madrid and Bayern Munich’s youth ranks before moving to OGC Nice in 2020.

READ MORE: Celticꦦ now close to signing £4m player who Mesut 🍸Ozil called special

Now, the man from Vienna could take his talents to Glasgow – if Celtic can beat RB Salzburg to his signaturওe.