Manchester City, who is parent club to Melbourne, says Arzani will be sent out on loan “to progress his career”.

Celtic coach Brendan Rodgers said they hope to complete the deal “in the next few days”.

The Premier League transfer window closed on Thursday at 17:00 BST, but the transfer window remains open in Scotland until 31 August.

Rodgers added: “We are hopeful. He has completed on the Man City side and I think most of it is virtually complete on our side.

“He hasn’t done anything since his last game for Australia, and that is a little while back. So he is going to have to come in and adjust and get up to speed and adapt, and get some hard work in before we can consider him for a game.”

With Manchester City, five other clubs under the group’s umbrella and various loan partnerships open to Arzani, theworldgame.sbs.com.au reported.

“It’s safe to assume he’ll be here next year. We have no intention of selling,” Melbourne City Football Group executive Brian Marwood said.

“What he needs is games. He needs games in a competitive environment. Like many young players that have left Australia, they’ve gone and they’ve very quickly come back,” he added.

“Right now, it’s going to be incredibly unhelpful for him if he goes somewhere and doesn’t play. To stay here and get those games under his belt, to continue to learn in a good environment, I genuinely believe that is the right thing for him,” Marwood said.