Manajan Celtic, Martin O'Neill, ya tabbatar da cewa kulob din ya ƙi tayin West Ham United don ɗan wasan tsakiya Arne Engels, yayin da Everton suka yi hulɗa game da bek ɗin dama na Canada, Alastair Johnston.

O'Neill ya kasance a fili wajen kimantawa tayin West Ham don Engels, inda ya ce tayin "bai kusanci kimantarmu ba ko kaɗan." Ɗan wasan ƙasashen waje na Belgium mai shekaru 22 ya shiga Celtic Park daga Augsburg a watan Agusta 2024, kuma Nottingham Forest sun kuma yi ƙoƙari — ba tare da nasara ba — su sanya hannu a kansa a lokacin tagar ɗaukar 'yan wasa ta watan Janairun.

Moyes ya kira O'Neill kai tsaye

Game da sha'awar da ake yi wa Johnston, O'Neill ya bayyana cewa manajan Everton, David Moyes, ya kira shi da kansa a makon da ya gabata don sanar da niyyar kulob din na gabatar da tayin hukuma. "Everton sun yi hulɗa," in ji O'Neill. "Ba ni da yakinin ko an yi tayin da ya dace a gare shi, amma sun tuntube ni suna cewa za su yi."

Johnston, mai shekaru 27, ya shiga Celtic daga Montreal a watan Janairun 2023 kuma ya buga dukkan wasanni biyar na Canada a gasar Kofin Duniya.

O'Neill ya yi alkawarin fafutukar kiyaye 'yan wasan biyu

Manajan Celtic ya bayyana sha'awar waje ga 'yan wasan biyu a matsayin "abin takaici" amma ya yarda cewa hakan "ana sa ran shi," yana ƙara da cewa "yana da wahala a hana mutane idan burinsu shi ne wasa a wata babbar gasar."

O'Neill, mai shekaru 74, ya bayyana a fili cewa kulob din za ta bincika duk zaɓuɓɓuka kafin ta yi la'akari da siyarwa. "Aikinmu shi ne ƙoƙarin riƙe su, yin ƙoƙarinmu na gaske don riƙe su," in ji shi. "In ba haka ba, za mu tilasta neman masu maye gurbin su. Maye gurbin waɗannan 'yan wasa zai zama aiki mai wahala."