Christopher Jullien one of five big-name Celtic transfers who could be on way OUT of Parkhead this summer
CHRISTOPHER JULLIEN cost Celtic £7m in 2019.
The fee outlaid for him is second only to the £9m paid for compatriot Odsonne Edouard in terms of the club's all-time most expensive signings.
Yet just three years after that money-spinning move, the defender looks certain to be on his way OUT of Parkhead.
What other big-name signings could follow him out the door?
Here, SunSport takes a look at some similarly high-profile figures in the Celtic squad who may be offloaded - or prized away - in the summer transfer window.
Albian Ajeti
Like Jullien, Ajeti ranks as one of the Hoops top ten most expensive signings.
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Bought for £4.5m from Premier League outfit West Ham, there were high hopes for Ajeti after two successive seasons with 14 goals for FC Basel in the Swiss league.
But he never caught on and has struggled with a combination of injuries, lack of fitness and gerenally poor form since his arrival at Parkhead. He's scored only nine goals in 47 matches across all competitions.
The Hoops may look to recoup sum of the outlay for the Swiss international this summer given he's so far down the striking pecking order now with Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda and Giorgos Giakoumakis ahead of him.
Scott Bain
Capped three times for Scotland and a squad member during a lot of Celtic's recent success, Bain is a great option as a backup keeper.
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But as a third keeper, would he almost be too good?
With a contract until 2024, could the Hoops see some value in shopping Bain around for a fee or getting him off the wage bill with a loan deal?
Or might Bain himself not be content with sitting behind Joe Hart and Benjamin Siegrist and go looking for playing time elsewhere?
It's also worth noting that all three goalkeepers are over 30 so could Ange Postecoglou want a younger keeper as his third choice in order for them to gain more first team experience?
Boli Bolingoli
Like Ajeti, it's perhaps not a surprise to see Bolingoli's name on here.
A £3m buy from Rapid Vienna in 2019, the Belgian has played just 30 times for Celtic in three years - 28 of those coming in his first season.
He was infamously caught flouting Covid guidelines by jetting off to Spain and since then has been shipped out on loans to İstanbul Başakşehir in Turkey and FC Ufa in Russia, neither of which really panned out.
He was spotted training on his own in his homeland in April and hasn't been seen since.
Josip Juranovic
Unlike our first three names, Juranovic leaving Celtic would register as a massive blow to Postecoglou and every Hoops fan.
The Croatian defender was a stand-out last season, excelling at right-back but also filling in capably at left-back.
Despite the fact he signed a long-term cntract last summer that runs until 2026, that might not deter some of the clubs interested, like Atletico Madrid.
Celtic could demand as much as £15m for the Croatia international.
Ismaila Soro
Soro fits the definition of a forgotten man.
The midfielder cost a not-so-modest £2m in January 2020 but has rarely featured for the Hoops since his arrival from Bnei Yhuda in Israel.
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Capped once by the Ivory Coast and with a contract running for another two years, he has previously been linked with a move to New York Red Bulls that would see him reunited up with former Celts Lewis Morgan and Patryk Klimala.
Coincidentally, Klimala was the only other signing the Hoops made in the January 2020 window.
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