Celtic have only one match left to play this season. That is a big one though, the Scottish Cup final against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. While the Hoops will enter Hampden Park as heavy favourites to complete the treble, they cannot make the mistake of taking the Championship side lightly. Anything can happen in games of this magnitude.
After that, the focus will start turning towards next season and the summer transfer window. The club might have dominated Scottish football but they need to strengthen further, with another Champions League group stage campaign coming up.
This time around, Celtic put in some great performances in the Champions League but failed to win a single game despite that. That is one area where Ange Postecoglou will surely want to see improvement.
Rumours have suggested that Celtic want to sign another striker and have been linked with Levi Garcia recently. But they have been handed a blow in the chase for the Trinidad and Tobago international.
Celtic handed major blow in chase for 18-goal striker
As reported by Sportime (via 67 Hail Hail), AEK Athens owner Dimitris Melissanidis said:
"“Garcia is not for sale. We’ll be happy with him and we’ll see.“Now that I’m going to enjoy him, am I going to sell him? Everything in life is money?“He’s not for sale. We’ll play Europe and then we’ll see.”"
Garcia has been in top form this season for AEK Athens and has found the back of the net on 18 occasions. Thus, it is not hard to see why there appears to be so much interest in his signature at the moment.
Celtic are a club rumoured to be after his signature, but it looks like Garcia might be staying put at AEK Athens for the time being, which would be a blow to the Hoops’ hopes.
Of course, he is not the only striker that Celtic have been linked with in recent weeks and months. On the other hand, they have to in-form forwards in their ranks already in the form of Kyogo and Oh Hyeon-gyu.