The Kazakh side have battled through three rounds of qualifying to set up a Champions League play-off with Celtic.

Celtic and Rangers are reportedly among the teams looking to sign Jamie Vardy on a free transfer. The veteran striker remains without a club after leaving Leicester City at the end of last season. He scored 200 goals in exactly 500 games for the Foxes, establishing himself as a modern-day legend at the King Power Stadium.

The Caledonian Stadium is home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club in the Scottish Highlands, Photo Imago. Under the new cooperation system, clubs can register up to three players on a ‘Cooperation List,

Celtic have shown they are "best team in the country" and Martindale fully expects them to beat Kairat Almaty on aggregate to make the Champions League proper. He stressed the need to add to his Livingston squad before the end of the window with a right-back the priority.

Celtic are on the brink of securing a deal for a versatile Royal Antwerp attacker, with only minor legal details delaying the transfer, TEAMtalk can reveal

Celtic have reportedly suffered a fresh blow in their protracted pursuit of long-term target Michel-Ange Balikwisha with a scheduled medical scuppered.

Kairat Almaty head coach Rafael Urazbakhtin insists his side won't be intimated by the Celtic Park atmosphere, with the game approaching a 60,000 sell-out. Kazakhstan has only been represented once in the group stage by Astana in 2015-16, and Celtic have previously overcome Shakhter Karagandy and Astana at the same stage.

Celtic are one aggregate victory away from securing a place in the league phase of the Champions League. Kairat of Kazakhstan stand between the Hoops and a seat at Europe’s top table for 2025/26.

Qualifying for the Champions League ramps up as Rangers, Celtic, Fenerbahce and more try to book one of the final seven places

Celtic's move to bring in Antwerp attacker Michel-Ange Balikwisha is still stuck due to complications relating to the player. The post ‘Complicated’ – Celtic Transfer Swoop Stuck appeared first on Inside Futbol | Latest Football News,