Maik Nawrocki Celtic transfer fee 'revealed' amid social media powerplay as 'radical' move set to pay dividends

Legia Warsaw are believed to have set a price for Maik Nawrocki as Celtic and Galatasaray look to come calling for the defender.

The Werder Bremen youth product, according to the Polish press, is a target for both the Premiership and Super Lig champions this summer. Cameron Carter-Vickers is on his way back from injury, leaving Carl Starfelt, Yuki Kobayashi and Stephen Welsh as the natural centre-backs currently at Parkhead, with Brendan Rodgers eyeing depth. Super Express Sport now suggest that a valuation of €5m (£4.3m) is held by Legia, who sold Josip Juranovic to Celtic two summers ago for £2.5m.

Some Galatasaray fans had worked themselves into a shoot over the 21-year-old after it appeared to emerge that Nawrocki had followed the club on social media. But a quick glance at his Instagram shows - at the time of writing - that isn't the case, and he may already have unfollowed one of the clubs on his case. Nawrocki rocked up in Warsaw with just three senior appearances under his belt, during a loan spell in Poland with Warta Poznan. He admits to thinking Poland perhaps was too bold a step that provided little security but a move to one of Europe's big names could make his risky Werder Bremen exit strategy fruitful.

He told Legia's club media in 2022: "To be honest, no, because I could come to Warsaw in winter. Werder got a loan offer, but with an option to buy, i.e. I had to be loaned for half a year and then bought by Legia.

"I was afraid, I thought it was too radical a step. I wanted to test myself outside of Werder, but still have the opportunity to return. For six months, however, the situation changed, I knew that I had no future in Bremen at the moment, so when I got a second offer from Legia, I decided to