Lawyer reveals Celtic player was ‘on his way’ to another club before Brendan Rodgers’ side ‘decided to stop everything’

Gustaf Lagerbielke left Celtic Park in the winter market as Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers disregarded him. Lecce was eager to hire him, but ultimately the transaction fell through.Pantaleo Corvino, the technical director of Lecce, disclosed two days ago that the defender had submitted a request to join the Serie A team.

During an interview with attorney Daniele Piraino for TuttoMercatoWeb, the Celtic player was one of the subjects covered.He said that following Cameron Carter-Vickers’ injury at the end of last month, Brendan Rodgers’ team changed their position even though they had previously agreed to let the 23-year-old depart Celtic Park.For his part, the Sweden international had put in a lot of effort and was eager to join the Italian team.

He claimed, “The boy was already on his way to Lecce with the permission of Celtic and the player who would have taken a pay cut to play for Lecce.”In the end, the Scottish club made the decision to halt everything since one of their teammates was hurt. Perhaps we can discuss it once more in July.Piraino has opened the possibility of the center back leaving Celtic in the upcoming window. The Swede, who came to play for Brendan Rodgers’ team from IF Elfsborg last summer, has made nine appearances so far this season, including two since the end of September.TMW condition Piraino is a lawyer who co-founded Quan Sport Management with Gerry Piccolillo. It is implied that they had a hand in it.

 

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