Vakoun Bayo has walked out of the Ivory Coast Olympic football squad to enter into talks to clinch a move away from Celtic to Belgium.
And he's left his country one player short for their quest at Olympic glory in Japan. The Celtic flop spent last season on loan at Toulouse and impressed during their French second tier campaign as they failed to win promotion in the play-offs.
Toulouse had an option to buy him for £1.3 million, but wanted him to return to the club on loan instead and their president, Damien Comolli, insisted the player had promised him he wanted to come back and play for them in France.But Bayo is on his way to Belgium to clinch a deal with a yet-unnamed club there and end his Parkhead hell.Get all the latest Celtic news.
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