It, like Torino, plays in Italy’s top league Serie A, and will also compete in the main stage of the UEFA Conference League.
The favorite to acquire G. Gineitis was the legendary Scottish club Glasgow Celtic, but they managed to squander a 4-goal lead in the qualifying final against Linz LASK and missed out on the UEFA Champions League.
According to another Italian journalist Flavio Brambillo, this completely disrupted the talks between Celtic and Torino regarding the Lithuanian.
“Failing to qualify for the Champions League changed the situation. Now G. Gineitis’ transfer to Scotland is unlikely to happen,” writes the mentioned reviewer.
The double defeat of Celtic after the painful collapse in the qualifying final was also discussed by the team’s head coach Martin O’Neill.
“As I said before, if we had qualified for the Champions League, some players would have wanted to join us just because of that fact. Now that won’t be the case,” said the Celtic team’s head coach.
The Italian media also trumpet that G. Gineitis remains a “player on the shelf,” as Torino, seeing interest in the Lithuanian, hopes to make a good profit from his sale.
The Turin team values the 22-year-old midfielder at 15 million euros, but according to sportal.it, they would also consider “offers around 10 million euros.”
It is noted that Torino’s management has already identified a possible replacement for G. Gineitis – according to A Bola, they are preparing a 7 million euro offer for 27-year-old Portuguese Daniel Bragança from Lisbon’s Sporting.
With the possible transfer of G. Gineitis to Scotland falling apart, the new favorite to win the race for the Lithuanian is the Austrian Salzburg.
Previously, candidates mentioned included London’s Crystal Palace, Brussels’ Anderlecht, and several German Bundesliga clubs.
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An important detail in G. Gineitis’ story is the closing dates of the football transfer windows in each country. In Germany, this deadline will end the earliest – already on August 31.
In England and Italy – September 1, while the Scots and Austrians will still have a few extra days to complete a possible deal – their countries will no longer allow registering new players acquired from other teams from September 3.
