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Celtic Fire Warning Shot At Saints

Celtic manager Ronny Deila has warned Southampton Football Club that they will not get central defender Virgil Van Dijk on the cheap.

It is a crucial day for Saints in the Champions League, no you havent fast forwarded to the future, but Celtic's game against Azerbaijani side Qarabag could hold the key to how soon Saints could sign Virgil Van Dijk if at all.

Celtic hold a slender 1-0 lead from their game in Glasgow and if they go out in the 2nd leg played this evening then that could smooth the path to Van Dijk joining Saints.

Celtic want to secure their Champions League place before they let Van Dijk leave the club, however if they go out in this round that will see them perhaps eager to bring in cash from a big money sale to plug the financial gap left after failure to qualify.

If they go through however it will put them in the play off round tat will mean they will be unlikely to want to sell till after that is completed on 25/26th August.

But they are not going to let Saints get Van Dijk on the cheap and manager Ronny Delia after confirming that the club had not received a bid from Saints so far, let alone one for £7 million said.

"It is the same things I say all the time.

"We don't need to sell him, we want to have him here and it is a day before a very important game. Virgil is very focused, happy and really wants to play Champions League with Celtic.

"Seven million? You think we would say yes to that? They haven't bid. He is a top international player and everyone knows that.

"We want to reach the Champions League. We want to make this big club be successful, we need the best players and he is one of them."


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