CELTIC'S transfer focus over the last few days has been fixed on those coming into Parkhead. But there are reports this morning regarding one of those to go out of the club on loan and a permanent move away from the Glasgow giants.
Stefan Scepovic has joined Getafe on a temporary basis having failed to break his way into Ronny Deila's plans since first arriving a year ago. The 25-year-old Serbian striker only has six goals to his name following his £2.3milllion trangers from Sporting Gijon.
It has now emerged that the La Liga club are hoping to make the switch from Scotland to Spain permanent. It would be the subject of a £1.3m fee, meaning Celtic would stand to lose £1m on the forward if they wish to get him off their books.
Scepovic's current deal at the Scottish champions has another three years to run.
Meanwhile, the row between Manchester United and Real Madrid is still rumbling on after the Spanish giants' president accused their English counterparts of lacking experience in the David de Gea saga. Both clubs have blamed each other over the Spanish keeper's switch to his homeland following through, meaning he is now remaining at Old Trafford until at least January.
Now Real supremo Florentino Perez has thrown in his tuppence worth, saying : "I think what they lack is experience.
"It happened last year with [Fabio] Coentrao, exactly the same. And it happened with Ander Herrera and Athletic Bilbao. They have a new team and they lack experience.
"We have missed out on players before, Franck Ribery and Patrick Vieira for example, but what is surprising is that someone wants to do a deal and only starts the process 12 hours before.
"It’s the inexperience of the new people in charge.
"We have worked with them before [without problems], with Peter Kenyon and David Gill and with Sir Alex Ferguson.
"We still have good relationship with Manchester United but this is the exactly the same as happened before with Coentrao and Herrera and we thought they would have learned from what happened in the past."
There are reports this morning that de Gea will now be given a fresh opportunity at United by manager Louis Van Gaal, who has yet to catch a ball in frustration this season.
Elsewhere, it has been said Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro has not returned to work after being criticised by Jose Mourinho.
She has now been missing from the Blues' dugout for almost four weeks following an incident that infuriated the Portuguese boss on the opening day of the season as she ran on to the pitch, in his eyes unnecessarily, to help Eden Hazard.
It has fuelled rumours that Caenerio, who has been instructed by a lawyer, may not return to her old duties amid claims that she may be negotiating her way out of Stamford Bridge.
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