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This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…

Russian Premier League side FC Zenit are targeting Celtic attacking midfielder Tom Rogic this summer, according to The Evening Times.

What’s the story?

Rogic is currently out with injury and didn’t make the Hoops’ pre-season trip to Austria and Switzerland, and it appears he could be nearing a Celtic exit if a buying team stumps up enough cash.

The paper report that Zenit are preparing to make a £9m bid for the player this week, with another unnamed English Premier League side showing interest too.

However, the Hoops will hold firm in the face of any incoming bids, with the report stating they won’t entertain bids of less than £15m, due to the player still having four years left on his current contract.

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Should Celtic sell?

Rogic is a wonderful player on his day, able to do things with the ball that most players in Scotland simply can’t.

During his time at the Hoops he’s created some classy assists, scored some belting derby goals and even won a Scottish Cup with the last kick of the ball.

For a player considered an established first-team star though, he simply doesn’t start enough games. In fact, he hasn’t started over 30 games in a single season once during his time at the club.

When you consider that Celtic play 60 or more games in a season on a consistent basis, that makes him unreliable for the team’s needs.

At 26 years old he’s entering his peak years and this could well be the best summer to cash in on his talents and reinvest in the position for a player who can start more matches and play more minutes.