Vasilis Barkas set for Celtic transfer exit as IFK Goteborg poised to end horror spell

IFK Goteborg are poised to end Celtic keeper Vasilis Barkas ’ horror spell in Scottish football.

The Swedish outfit are hunting a new No.1 and the Greek – who has failed to live up to his £5milllion transfer fee – has moved onto their radar.

Barkas has slipped down the pecking order at Parkhead with Joe Hart and Scott Bain, who recently signed a new contract, holding the top two positions. The Gothenburg outfit are scouring the continent for a keeper after last term’s first-choice Giannis Anestis left the club.

FC Copenhagen’s Sten Grytebust was lined-up to fill the void but that deal fell through on medical grounds. They last night secured a deal to take their 18-year-old former Academy graduate Gustav Lillienberg back to the club from Southampton.

Fellow teenager Adam Ingi Benediktsson, 19, also inked a long-term contract last autumn but IFK are still after an established No.1 who’s top-team ready.

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Gothenburg have looked into a loan for Barkas but would need to stump up the cash to make a temporary agreement suitable to Celtic.

Celtic spent big on Barkas at the beginning of last term but he has failed to hit the heights and Hart’s long-term contract makes him No.1.

Ange Postecoglou has