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title: "Celtic: Hoops were quoted £6.8m for Aaron Hickey"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Celtic News"
published: "2021-11-03T11:40:29Z"
modified: "2021-11-03T11:40:29Z"
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# Celtic: Hoops were quoted £6.8m for Aaron Hickey

**Celtic were quoted a fee of £6.8m to sign left-back Aaron Hickey this summer, [The Daily Record](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/aaron-hickey-sets-bologna-fans-25355337?utm_source=daily_record_newsletter&utm_campaign=celtic_newsletter2&utm_medium=email) report.**

### The Lowdown: January links

Hickey, who spent time at Parkhead as a [youngster](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aaron-hickey/transfers/spieler/591949), has been with Italian side Bologna since [2020](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aaron-hickey/transfers/spieler/591949).

He’s [started](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aaron-hickey/leistungsdaten/spieler/591949) every Serie A game this season, scoring [twice](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aaron-hickey/leistungsdaten/spieler/591949), taking his appearance tally with his current employers to [23](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aaron-hickey/leistungsdaten/spieler/591949).

The left-back, who is [‘like Busquets’ according to former coach Austin MacPhee](https://www.67hailhail.com/news/busquets-former-celtic-youngster-aaron-hickey-earns-high-praise/) and has been hailed as an [‘extraordinary talent’](https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/sport/football/aaron-hickey-can-new-philipp-18768802), has been [linked](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/16446457/aston-villa-aaron-hickey-bologna-transfer/) with a return to Celtic Park in the January window.

Both Aston Villa and the Hoops have been rumoured with a winter window swoop, but it seems as if former Celtic CEO Dominic McKay may have missed the best chance to bring the defender back to the club.

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### The Latest: £6.8m summer fee

[The Daily Record](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/aaron-hickey-sets-bologna-fans-25355337?utm_source=daily_record_newsletter&utm_campaign=celtic_newsletter2&utm_medium=email) shared a report on the 19-year-old on Tuesday, claiming that the Hoops were quoted a fee of £6.8m to sign the full-back in the summer.

He appeared to be a man on Ange Postecoglou’s radar, however, [reports](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/7354527/celtic-3-5-million-aaron-hickey-bologna-transfer/) in the summer suggested Celtic’s bid was worth just £3.5m, so they are well short of that valuation.

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### The Verdict: Missed opportunity…

Left-back has recently been described as the [‘problem position’ at Parkhead by Frank McAvennie](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-transfer-rumours/celtic-frank-mcavennie-transfer-targets-left-back/), and with Greg Taylor sidelined, it now appears as if McKay made a blunder by not signing Hickey.

Hickey’s [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aaron-hickey/marktwertverlauf/spieler/591949) valuation, which was £4.5m in the summer, now stands at £7.2m, and as [The Daily Record](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/aaron-hickey-sets-bologna-fans-25355337?utm_source=daily_record_newsletter&utm_campaign=celtic_newsletter2&utm_medium=email) mention, the £6.8m summer asking price will only increase.

As [Kieran Devlin](https://theathletic.co.uk/2926619/2021/11/03/if-celtic-could-sign-three-players-in-january-which-positions-should-they-target/?article_source=search&search_query=celtic) states, none of Boli Bolingoli, Liam Scales or Adam Montgomery has made the left-back role their own with Taylor out, so the Hoops may live to regret not bringing Hickey back over the summer.