Celtic have a discounted contract for Preston North End defender Ben Davies before January, Football Insider said.
The Hoops saw the championship’s central defender as a possible winter window to upgrade Kristoffer Ajer, as through headquarters in August.
A recruit told Football Insider that Celtic are keeping a close eye on 25-year-old Davies over the next few months.
Preston valued Davies at 10 million pounds over the summer and turned down a five million pound offer from Bournemouth before the window closed.
Premier League duo West Ham and Sheffield United piqued interest before last week’s national deadline.
Alex Neil’s team has rejected interest and is willing to secure a new contract for Davies to update his contract that expires next summer.
They threaten to waste the experienced interpreter in the next window if he has committed to a new deal.
Your value will most likely be reduced to about part of your existing sum if an expansion is completed mid-campaign.
This opens the door to the defender’s many suitors and one of Celtic’s benefits is that they can use cross-border regulations to secure it in a pre-contract agreement.
Davies has Preston’s five league games this season, adding his 1-0 loss to Cardiff City last Sunday.
He has now played 131 times for his club for years of training and has had loan terms in York, Newport County, Fleetwood Town, Tranmere Rovers and Southport.
In other news, Celtic can simply restart his resolve to point to the Premier League midfielder in January following the revelation of Sky Sports.