Celtic are set to table an offer to full-back Jon Flanagan after his release from Liverpool, according to the Sunday Post.
The Scottish newspaper claim the Glasgow giants are ready to make a move for the England international, 25, after Liverpool announced on their official website on Friday that he will be released when his contract expires at the end of the month.
The Sunday Post report that Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is a big admirer of Flanagan and his club are “likely” to make a contract offer to the player, while there is also set to be interest from Rangers and clubs south of the border.
OPINION
Flanagan is likely to still be reeling from the blow of leaving boyhood club Liverpool, where he had progressed from the academy ranks to make 51 senior appearances and earn international recognition. He has tried manfully to work his way up the pecking order since suffering a series of shattering knee injuries, but the Merseyside giants have paid him off with a year remaining on his contract. This allows the versatile full-back, who played with such aplomb in Rodgers’ 2013-14 side that finished second in the Premier League, the chance to make a fresh start as he looks to reignite his career. Could he be reunited with the northern Irishman who has steered Celtic to successive trebles? That is highly possible. Rodgers knows Flanagan’s qualities as well as anyone, and could regard him as a low-risk signing given that he can join on a free transfer from the end of this month. With Celtic in need of a new right-back, he could be a decent signing.
