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Aston Villa lead in Turkey after a Jadon Sancho goal, his first ever for the club, while Celtic lead 2-0 in Italy despite having Reo Hatate being red-carded. He had scored their early goal, before Auston Trusty got the second. Share The later games Celta Vigo v Lille Dinamo Zagreb v Steau Ferencvaros v Panathinaikos Nice v Go Ahead Eagles Rangers v Ludogorets Red Bull Salzburg v Basel Roma v Stuttgart Braga v Nottingham Forest Utrecht v Genk Share

Celtic are looking to improve their attacking unit in the January transfer window and have identified Leeds United forward Joel Piroe as a target. Apparently, Celtic have already held talks with the Premier League club regarding a move for the Striker, but the Premier League side is uninterested in letting the player join Celtic, as per Anthony Joseph from Sky Sports.

Rangers are keen on Motherwell winger Tawanda Maswanhise and have initiated preliminary discussions by sounding out the 24-year-old Zimbabwe international's agent. (TeamTalk), external Manager Branislav Fodrek admits Dunaksta Streda will be powerless to stop Rangers transfer target Damir Redzic, 22, from leaving the club for the right fee, while RB Salszburg and FC Copenhagen are also keen on the Hungary winger. (Sport.SK via Daily Record, external)

Starting with the hosts, while Bologna might have entered November's international break in the midst of a real purple patch, Vincenzo Italiano's men have drastically failed to find any kind of stability over the past couple of months. Tumbling down the Serie A standings and desperately searching for a much-welcomed boost, the Greyhounds have recorded just a single win from any of their previous nine appearances across all competitions within 90 minutes.

So we've been supporting him and we'll be going along with that. Again though, like a lot of things, we'll obviously see as things progress through January where everyone is and make sure everyone is on the same page. But, certainly at this moment in time, Kyogo is an important player in the squad and will continue to be so.

Image source, SNS Three defeats in a row under a new manager. Beaten in the past two domestic cup finals. Trailing in the Scottish Premiership. These turbulent times are not what those associated with Celtic are used to. Add to the above list an up and down Europa League campaign and growing unrest among supporters and there is far from a festive feeling afoot this mid-December. It's more like bleak mid-winter.

This is Wilfried Nancy's second game in charge of Celtic since taking over from interim boss Martin O'Neill last week, and pressure is on after that first game ended in a defeat to Hearts. The pressure is certainly on in the Europa League table, with Celtic 21st on seven points and needing a win to have a chance of challenging for the top eight places that earn automatic qualification for the knockout rounds.

Celtic are interested in signing Stefan Ortega from Manchester City in 2026, according to Football Insider .

It feels cruel in part to use Thursday's meeting of Feyenoord and Celtic to reflect upon illustrious times. The Dutch side are 29th in the 36-team Europa League table, with Celtic's position in 27th only more slightly more palatable to supporters because Rangers are bottom of the pile. Those fans disrupted an annual general meeting to the point of abandonment last week, demonstrating the disharmony that has engulfed Celtic for months.

Eventually falling to a worrying 4-2 loss at home against Nijmegen, it appears that Robin van Persie has some serious pressure mounting on his shoulders at De Kuip. Heading into November's fortnight interval with a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Go Ahead Eagles, the former Arsenal skipper has seen his downbeat squad lose all of their previous three appearances across all competitions by an aggregate score of 8-3.