Celtic are monitoring Torino midfielder Gvidas Gineitis as a contingency option should they sell Arne Engels to Roma, with the Lithuanian's own camp having already signalled openness to a move if a formal offer materialises.
The timing is pointed. Torino finished 2025-26 in 12th place on 44 points — a record of 12 wins, 8 draws and 17 defeats across 37 matches, with 42 goals scored and 61 conceded. That is a squad that underperformed its potential, and the summer rebuild under new sporting direction is already moving quickly: incoming arrivals have been confirmed, and a goalkeeper target has been identified. In that context, Gineitis is not the only piece being reassessed — he is one of several decisions the club must make about its midfield identity.
The 22-year-old appeared in 28 Serie A matches this season, contributing one assist and carrying an average rating of 6.80. Those numbers are modest but not damning for a player of his age and profile. His AI overall score sits at 66 out of 100, with a projected ceiling of 78 — a gap that represents genuine developmental upside, the kind of trajectory that makes him attractive to a club like Celtic, who would be acquiring a player still ascending rather than one already plateaued.
What the numbers do not capture is the structural problem Gineitis faces at Torino. A team that conceded 61 goals in a season is one where midfielders are asked to defend as much as create, and a single assist across 28 appearances reflects a system stretched thin rather than a player without ideas. Whether Leonardo Colucci's Torino can provide the environment for Gineitis to close that gap between 66 and 78 is the real question the summer poses.
His agent's position — that any offer would be considered — is not a demand for a transfer, but it is a door left deliberately ajar. Celtic's interest is conditional on their own outgoings, which adds uncertainty to the timeline. Gineitis enters this window as a player with clear value on paper and an unresolved question about where he develops it.
The answer will define the next chapter of a career that is still, at 22, very much in its first act.