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title: "Celtic: Josip Juranovic could be a Hoops player by the weekend"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Celtic News"
published: "2021-08-18T20:35:42Z"
modified: "2021-08-18T20:35:42Z"
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# Celtic: Josip Juranovic could be a Hoops player by the weekend

**Celtic target, Legia Warsaw’s Josip Juranovic, could be a Hoops player by the weekend, according to [STV News](https://news.stv.tv/sport/celtic-confident-of-signing-croatian-defender-juranovic?amp&__twitter_impression=true).**

### The Lowdown: Fee agreed

A move for the [Croatia international](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/josip-juranovic/profil/spieler/362977), who can play as a [right-back, right-midfielder or a centre-back](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/josip-juranovic/profil/spieler/362977), started to gather real pace on Tuesday.

[Sky Sports reporter Lyall Thomas](https://twitter.com/SkySportsLyall/status/1427696715612704772) revealed that Celtic and Warsaw have agreed on a £2.5m deal for the 26-year-old, with talks regarding finer details ongoing.

Juranovic is on [£6,100-a-week](https://salarysport.com/football/ekstraklasa/legia-warszawa/) in Poland ([£317,200-a-year](https://salarysport.com/football/ekstraklasa/legia-warszawa/)) and will now discuss personal terms with the Hoops.

[Celtic updates!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/celtic-updates-12/)

### The Latest: Signing by the weekend

[STV News](https://news.stv.tv/sport/celtic-confident-of-signing-croatian-defender-juranovic?amp&__twitter_impression=true) shared a story on Tuesday evening regarding Celtic and Juranovic.

Within their [report](https://news.stv.tv/sport/celtic-confident-of-signing-croatian-defender-juranovic?amp&__twitter_impression=true), they claimed that Juranovic could make the switch to Celtic Park by the weekend – that would mean crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s in the next 48 hours.

Should a move officially go through at the price reported by Thomas, Juranovic would become the club’s [eighth](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/transfers/verein/371) addition of the window and [fourth](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/transfers/verein/371) over £2m, taking Celtic’s summer spending to [£17m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/transfers/verein/371).

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### The Verdict: McKay giving Postecoglou what he wants

Postecoglou [wanted](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9850293/Celtic-considering-former-Crystal-Palace-midfielder-James-McCarthy.html) a right-back and a winger before the end of the window, and it appears Dominic McKay will be supplying a player capable of playing in both positions in Juranovic.

He’s [primarily](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/josip-juranovic/profil/spieler/362977) a right-back but all [six](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/josip-juranovic/leistungsdaten/spieler/362977) of his starts this season have come as a right-midfielder, so he could potentially challenge for a spot further forward in Postecoglou’s [4-2-3-1](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/spielplan/verein/371) system.

Hopefully [STV News](https://news.stv.tv/sport/celtic-confident-of-signing-croatian-defender-juranovic?amp&__twitter_impression=true)’ claim is correct and Juranovic is a Celtic player by the weekend, as he may then make his Scottish Premiership debut the following weekend in the [first Glasgow derby](https://www.celticfc.com/fixtures/) of the campaign.

[***In other news: Ange’s phone call: Celtic set sights on 6ft ‘phenomenon’; he likes the sound of a Parkhead move.***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-transfer-rumours/celtic-georgios-giakoumakis-links-emerge/)