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Liam Bryce

Michal Karbownik transfer latest as Celtic target tipped to treble price tag with drastic reinvention

Celtic transfer target Michal Karbownik has been tipped to reinvent himself as a number 10.

The Sunday Mail revealed in May that the Premiership champions have been tracking the Legia Warsaw left-back.

The 19-year-old has also been linked with the likes of Leeds United and even Barcelona in recent months.

He's emerged as a galloping full-back with Legia but Polish manager Boguslaw Kaczmarek wants to see him moved in-field.

The former Lechia Gdansk manager believes Karbownik's value would triple should be deployed centrally.

He told Sport : “If he is a full-back, (Legia Warsaw) would earn five million euros from selling him. But if Legia sold him as a ‘number ten’, they would get ten or fifteen million euros

“In my opinion, the optimal place for Karbownik is in the middle of the field. He could play the same roles as Joshua Kimmich at Bayern Munich or Marco Verratti at Paris Saint-Germain. 

“Karbownik is mobile and dynamic.”

Karbownik's agent Mariusz Piekarski has previously played down the prospect of a move to Glasgow, attempting to drum up interest from La Liga and the Premier League.

He said in May: " Celtic? I don't really think that is an option for Michal.

"Yes, there is interest there, but he also has many, many big clubs looking at him too.

"I don't want to talk about interest from  Barcelona  because there is nothing concrete, but there have been from other clubs. There are some top teams who have watched him.

"We have had big clubs telling us that they would guarantee he would play around 70 per cent of games in his first season and then be first choice after that.

"Because football is frozen at the moment, so are transfers. But once we get back up playing again, his future will be sorted out and he will get a good move.

"The only certainty is that he won't go east to Russia. He will go to a big club in a big league."

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