Misfiring Celtic striker Patryk Klimala is on the verge of joining NY Red Bulls.
The £3.5 million Polish frontman is close to securing his switch out of Scotland after the MLS outfit lodged a lucrative bid to the Hoops hierarchy for a permanent transfer.
Record Sport understands Celtic could even recoup the fee they paid out to Jagiellonia Bialystok 15 months ago with the hitman having three years still remaining on his current contract in Glasgow.
The 22-year-old scored just three goals in 28 appearances after making the move to Parkhead.
With changes at the club coming in the summer including the likely arrival of a new manager, Klimala now has the opportunity to kickstart his career in the United States.
Subject to visa paperwork and medical tests, the attacker will leave on a deal which is believed to be highly satisfactory in a financial sense to Celtic and beneficial for the player.
NY Red Bulls last month also signed winger Cameron Harper from Celtic with the 19-year-old penning a three-year deal.
The Americans also have Andrew Gutman, who was briefly in the Parkhead ranks without ever playing a game, in their squad and now Klimala is set to add his name to their number.
Neil Lennon was unable to give the Pole many chances at the end of last season with the chase on for Nine in a Row, but Klimala bulked up during the lockdown period and returned for the start of this term with high hopes of forcing his way into the plans regularly.
However, he was unable to nail down a regular place and featured mainly from the bench and the opportunity of a deal in the MLS has offered him the prospect of a fresh start and challenge.
