BBC understands lawyers acting for more than 20 players have been told the club intends to seek a settlement.
for a US style "class action" group litigation to proceed against Celtic for alleged abuses at Celtic Boys Club.
Lawyers acting for the former players argue the boys club and Celtic were "intimately connected" and the senior club was "vicariously liable" for assaults carried out in the youth set up.
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