Celtic Must Share Lucrative TV Rights with Rivals

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Byline: ROGER HANNAH

CELTIC'S SPL rivals will receive an unlikely financial kickback from lucrative broadcasting deals linked to Shunsuke Nakamura, Du Wei and the Parkhead Poles.

Sportsmail understands that broadcasting giant TWI - which has an agreement to sell SPL broadcast rights overseas - is on the brink of concluding a six-figure deal to beam Celtic matches to China.

Similar contracts are already in place for Japanese and Polish audiences to monitor the progress of Namakura, Artur Boruc and Maciej Zurawski.

Parkhead chief executive Peter Lawwell has hailed the signings of Nakamura and Du Wei as crucial in exposing the Celtic 'brand' to new …