Overview
- Reports on Sunday say Celtic are ready to test Hearts with an offer for Claudio Braga after tracking the 26-year-old through the summer window.
- Hearts have lost several key players this transfer window, a turnover that clubs see as an opening to approach their best performers.
- Brighton and Rangers have also been linked to Braga, and commentators note Tony Bloom's ownership links between Hearts and Brighton as a possible influence on any move.
- Earlier reporting put a likely valuation near £5 million while some sources say Hearts may seek closer to £9 million, but those figures remain unconfirmed.
- No transfer has been completed and clubs are still at the reported-interest stage, with formal offers and player decisions expected to determine how the Edinburgh club's squad is reshaped.