Melbourne City want to take flop Celtic star Marco Tilio back to their club on loan when the Australian transfer window reopens.
Celtic reportedly paid £1.5million to land the winger from Melbourne City this summer, where he won three A-League titles in a row.
But his move to Glasgow has not gone well so far and he’s played just 28 minutes for the Hoops in substitute appearances against Motherwell and Hibs. Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers admitted earlier this month that he wasn’t in his plans for now. He said: “He’s okay. He is training away. I think because we had some injuries he got himself onto the bench (against Motherwell and Hibernian) but other players have come back and he found himself outside of that again.”
And reports in his homeland have indicated Melbourne City will try to get him back on loan when the Australian transfer window reopens on January 11. It’s also been suggested they will be challenged for his services by Sydney FC – his first club too. He left Sydney to join Melbourne in 2020 to get more playing time and broke into the Australia squad.
He was surprisingly recalled for the Socceroos place for the Asian Cup where his nation will play against India, Syria and Uzbekistan.
And he could return to Melbourne after the tournament on loan. Yosuke Ideguchi has moved back to Japan and the likes of Gustaf Lagerbielke, Kwon and David Turnbull could seek regular game time when the window opens.
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