Liel Abada is being tracked by Premier League clubs, according to reports.
The Celtic winger has scored 24 goals and also provided 13 assists in 18 months with the Hoops and is a key performer for Ange Postecoglou.
Abada impressed again last night as Celtic defeated Livingston as he provided two key assists for both goals.
Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has now reported that Abada's form has caught the eye of Premier League clubs who are now tracking his situation.
Premier League clubs are following Liel Abada for the future. Talented winger born in 2001, has scored 24 goals and also provided 13 assists in 18 months. 🟢 #CelticFC
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 22, 2022
Celtic consider Abada as key player and they want to keep him at all costs, even if PL clubs are tracking him. pic.twitter.com/B4ur1XzQs9
No direct clubs are named in the report, but it would take a hefty fee for the 21-year-old to be sold with his current contract running until summer 2026.
Meanwhile, Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou branded an aspect of his side’s attacking play “unacceptable” despite beating Livingston 2-1 to go nine points clear in the cinch Premiership.
Celtic had 16 shots at goal in the first half but Postecoglou was unhappy that a number of low crosses flashed across the face of goal without his players being positioned to capitalise.
Two Liel Abada deliveries were converted in the first half, one inadvertently by Livi defender Ayo Obileye and the other by Kyogo Furuhashi, but Celtic had some anxious moments after the interval after Nicky Devlin scored with his side’s first foray forward in first-half stoppage time.
Postecoglou said: “The performance wasn’t our best to be fair. I thought first half we controlled the game and did the things we wanted to do but I was disappointed, we created some good opportunities, and didn’t have people in the box doing their jobs.
“Balls are getting flashed across and people aren’t in the areas they should be, and that’s disappointing because we work on that constantly and we have had a lot of success playing that way.
“When it doesn’t happen I get frustrated because I see no reason why it shouldn’t.
“The amount of time the ball got flashed across the six-yard box and we weren’t there is unacceptable. We work on it constantly so players know they should be in that area.
“Having said that, at 2-0 the game should have been over. We conceded a really soft goal which we’ve not done a lot of either. We have been really disciplined in not giving silly goals away. We lost concentration for a moment.
“The second half was OK. We controlled the game but there wasn’t a great deal of rhythm. But I guess we saw the game out.”
Celtic lost Anthony Ralston to injury in the second half and had to play Greg Taylor at right-back.
Postecoglou said: “I don’t think it’s anything too bad. He had a bang on the nose and his back seized up after a challenge but I’ll wait until after the physio has seen him.”
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