Ange may have made a grave mistake on "immense" 21 y/o, it could cost Celtic big time - opinion

Celtic defender Osaze Urhoghide has dropped an update on his future at Parkhead.

In a recent interview with Football Scotland, the 21-year-old centre-back revealed that he does not know where he will be playing his football in 2022/23, following his season-long loan move to Belgian side KV Oostende in the January transfer window.

However, despite the defender – who only joined Celtic from Sheffield Wednesday last summer – claiming that Ange Postecoglou informed him that he does have a future at Parkhead, the Bhoys agreed to include an option to buy clause in the youngster’s deal with the Belgian Pro League side, meaning KV can sign Urhoghide permanently at the end of the season.

Speaking about his future at Celtic, the 21-year-old said: “The option [to buy] is there, but at the moment I’ll be going back to Celtic and we’ll see what happens in the summer.

“Obviously, I want to do well for Celtic as well, but we’ll see what happens in the summer in terms of that clause, really. I’m just enjoying my football at the moment and focusing on improving. We’ll see what the future holds.”

Regarding Postecoglou’s role in his move away from the club, Urhoghide added: “We had conversations. He wanted me to go out on loan. He still has a future with me there at Celtic. They obviously wanted me to get games and improve. He sees that I have potential as well, but felt it would be best to get games elsewhere to develop, really.”

Considering the fact that Celtic sent Jack Hendry out on loan to exactly the same club with exactly the same clause last season, it is not a difficult argument to make that repeating this feat with Urhoghide could easily be something of a grave mistake by Postecoglou.

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