Celtic striker Giorgos Giakoumakis has "agreed a deal" with Sampdoria, according to reports in Italy.

The Greece international has been the subject of much transfer speculation since before the January window opened.

And now it looks like he could potentially be on his way out of Parkhead.

Outlet Calciomercato claims that "Sampdoria have agreed a deal for Giakoumakis" but are still waiting for the Hoops to sign off on the switch.

The report also states that Sampdoria would like to take the forward on loan with a view to making the deal permanent in the summer.

It goes against previous links which stated the 28-year-old was a target for J1 League side Urwara Red Diamonds.

The Italian club sit second bottom of the league, having gained only nine points from 17 matches.

The Hoops forward has nine goals and one assist in 30 appearances for club and country this season. 

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Ange Postecoglou was asked but the Giakoumakis links at a recent press conference and refused to give anything away.

The Australian praised the Greek for his contribution on the pitch and maintained that he does not "fall in love" with any particular player.

"I don’t think about those things,” he said. “I don’t think about who I want to keep or who wants to leave. I just work on the basis of the group I have in front of me.

"If anything changes I deal with it. People have their own ambitions in their football career.

"My goal is to make sure we are supporting them in their endeavours. If they think opportunity is better for them elsewhere then we will go through that process.

"I don’t think about it because I may want to keep all of them but I could get offers in for them.

"I think it was my first year of coaching that my favourite player left me after two games because he had a better offer so I have never fallen in love with them.

“I just deal with what is in front of me. Jacko [Giakoumakis] has been working hard and Kyogo [Furuhashi] is in great form, scoring every week.

"So he is having to come on and make a contribution and he hasn’t flinched from that."

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