Celtic manager Ronny Deila believes Jozo Simunovic will prove a major signing and may well turn out as good as predecessor Virgil van Dijk.
| “We know that we have got a very talented boy” – Ronny Deila |
Croatian Under-21 international centre-back Simunovic was recruited from Dinamo Zagreb for a fee of around £5.5m while the Dutchman was exiting for Southampton in a reported £11.5m deal.
“I think he has the potential,” Deila told the Daily Record. “I gave a lot of credit
to Virgil last year and I did it because I really meant that he is a top player.
“We have scouted Jozo for a long time and we think he has the attributes that [means] we can make him a big player,” he added. “But he is 21 and it will take some time to get to the highest level, of course. But we know that we have got a very talented boy.”
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