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Melbourne City are keen to bring Celtic star Marco Tilio back to his club on loan when the Australian window reopens. Celtic reportedly paid £1. 5 million to sign the winger from Melbourne City this summer, where they won three consecutive A-League titles.
But his move to Glasgow has not gone well so far and he has played just 28 minutes for the Hoops in replacement games against Motherwell and Hibs. Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers admitted earlier this month that he is not part of his plans at the moment. He said: “He’s fine. He trains outdoors. I think because we had a couple of injuries he ended up on the bench (unlike Motherwell and Hibernian) but other players came back and he ended up out of it. “
And reports on home soil imply Melbourne City will try to get him back on loan when the Australian moving window reopens on January 11. It has also been reported that they would be challenged by him through Sydney FC, his first club as well. He moved from Sydney to Melbourne in 2020 to have more time to play and made the Australia team.
He was strangely called up for the Socceroos’ position in the Asian Cup, where his country will play India, Syria and Uzbekistan. And it’s possible he’ll return to Melbourne on loan after the tournament. Yosuke Ideguchi has returned to Japan and Gustaf Lagerbielke, Kwon and David Turnbull could have a look to play when the window opens.