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Marc-Antoine Fortune, of AS Nancy, has arrived in Glasgow for talks ahead of a possible transfer to Celtic.

Fortune has attracted a great deal of attention South of the border in recent weeks, with Hull, Portsmouth and West Ham all rumoured to have shown interest. Nonetheless, it has become apparent that the French Guianan holds the Bhoys as his number one choice.

Fortune has worked with new Celtic gaffer Tony Mowbray before, playing for Mowbray’s old charges West Brom during the second half of last season. Although a scoring record of 5 goals in 17 Premier League appearances is far from startling,...

Celtic Manager Tony Mowbray has today hinted that current skipper Stephen McManus may not be an automatic choice to remain Club Captain next season. Speaking yesterday, Mowbray did not go as far as to suggest McManus was not in his thoughts, but any perceived doubt will sound alarm bells for a player who many feel would not be guaranteed a place in the starting eleven were it not for his current position.

Mowbray stated that “I haven’t seen any reason why Stephen doesn’t fit all of the criteria (for a Celtic captain), but I’d suggest one or two others within the club might also fit that criteria. There might also be one or two signings that fit it as well. I’ll see what he thinks, how much that decision would impact on him,...

Celtic would appear to have been priced out of a move for Marc-Antoine Fortune, after it was announced that French club Nancy had already accepted 3 bids from English Premier League sides.

The fee's are reported to have been in excess of the 4m euro mark, with one believed to be approaching 5m euros.


Despite interest from England, Fortune's agent had previously hinted he would turn down a more lucrative financial package to be reunited with Tony Mowbray - who he played under for the last half of the season at West Bromwich Albion.

First-team coach Peter Grant has gone on record to confirm Celtic's interest, and has also spoken of his admiration for the 27 year-old striker.

"Marco is a quality player and we were very impressed by just how well he did for us last season.

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Celtic ended their drawn-out search for a new manager today when they officially announced Tony Mowbray will be the club's new manager, replacing Gordon Strachan.

Mowbray, who is believed to have cost around £2m in compensation, will be unveiled at a press conference tomorrow morning. He will be joined by assistant manager Mark Venus and former Celtic midfielder Peter Grant after Celtic thrashed out a package to release all three from their contracts at West Brom.


Mowbray is a former Hibs and West Bromwich Albion manager who has become known for his strong football philosophy.

His young Hibernian side earned a lot of plaudits for playing attractive football, and he took the Edinburgh side to consecutive top 4 finishes as well as bringing European football to Easter Road.
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Martinez, Mowbray, Levein, McGee, Coyle and Bilic. Those are just some of the names linked with the vacant Manager’s position at Celtic Park following on from the resignation of Gordon Strachan.

All of those managers mentioned above have enjoyed success, either at League level, or on the International scene. As such, it was with a mixture of horror and disbelief when we read yesterday’s headlines linking failed ex Wycombe and Portsmouth manager, Tony Adams.