Celtic transfer news latest as Nat Phillips nears Liverpool exit and pundit slaps bold price tag on Matt O'Riley
Nat Phillips will leave Liverpool again this month after his Celtic loan spell came to an end.
The centre-back was drafted in by Brendan Rodgers to help with a defensive crisis at Parkhead, but he has returned south with numbers now swelling. His time in Glasgow was far from smooth though, playing eight times and seeing performances like his display in a 2-1 Premiership defeat to Kilmarnock put under the microscope.
Uncertainty surrounded what would come next for him with Liverpool also struggling with some injuries, but assistant boss Pep Lijnders has confirmed he will leave on loan alongside Scotland international Calvin Ramsay. Lijnders said: "Him (Ramsay) and Nat [Phillips], good examples. There's interest – what is good. We have to find – with the agent, with himself, with the clubs – the right decision for the player. He needs to have game time, needs to play, have a lot of success.
"That's why I like the move of Fabio [Carvalho], for example. He plays a lot, is straight away decisive – together with Tyler [Morton]. Matt Newberry, our head of loans, he's full of business this winter.
"He needs a holiday after this for sure! These boys all have potential, otherwise they would not be with us. But they need as well the right pathway. What you said, a good loan can do wonders."
Another who could leave Celtic this month is Rocco Vata, with a clutch of Italian clubs after the youngster. He is out of contract in the summer and netted in the weekend's 5-0 Scottish Cup win over Buckie, with Hoops legend Peter Grant sensing something is afoot when it comes to the winger.
He told Go Radio: “I said at the start of the season that I saw him playing wide and I thought he did really, really well. But if you listen to Brendan’s
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