POSSIBLE PROGRESS IN CELTIC TYRELL MALACIA INTEREST
- BY LIAM CARRIGAN
- Jul 8
- 2 min read
I reported earlier this week on the prospect of Tyrell Malacia, Manchester United’s frozen-out left back possibly coming to Celtic.
We know Celtic were in for the player in January, and were forced to turn to Jeffrey Schlupp for a short term fix when, first Arsenal declined to let Kieran Tierney leave early, and then Malacia opted to return to his native Netherlands and play for PSV Eindhoven for the rest of the season.
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However, PSV decided not to follow up on this by making the deal permanent, which piqued my own interest.
That being said, a number of you in the comments were quick to shoot down the idea. I received several comments along the lines of “Are you daft? He’s on £75,000 a week!”
Except, he isn't. At least not as far as base salary goes.
And this, dear friends, is why you don’t trust Wikipedia as your sole source for fact-checking.
It turns out, according to records documented on the site SalarySport, which is a bit more reliable than Wikipedia, Tyrell Malacia is currently on £47,000 a week.
It is possible that added bonuses and incentives could take it up to the £75,000 figure, but given how little he’s played for Man Utd in the past few years, I doubt he’s hit those benchmarks.
Now, don’t get me wrong, £47,000 a week is still a massive wage, and outside of Celtic’s current pay structure.
However, Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim has told Malacia he’s not part of the club’s future plans, and Manchester United need to offload the player in order to comply with PSR regulations.
So, the harsh reality facing Malacia is that he will have to lower his wage demands, unless he wants to take the easy option and head to the Saudi semi-retirement league.
Of course Tyrell Malacia himself has not spoken publicly either recently or in January about the prospect of joining Celtic.
If he does drop his wage demands then a return to The Netherlands, be it with PSV or the club where he first emerged as an international talent, Feyenoord, might be his preferred option.
Better the devil you know, and all that.
Overall, this move is still unlikely, but the fact that Man Utd have now been effectively cornered into selling for a cut-price deal of around £3.5 million may make it a bit more of a realistic option for Celtic.
As before, the player himself and his personal terms would be the major stumbling blocks to any deal.
Nonetheless, this is still one to follow in the days ahead.
