Hands off Omar, Greek boss warns Celtic
Olympiacos boss Pedro Martins has told Celtic to forget about signing his defender, Omar Elabdellaoui.
The Hoops are interested in the Norwegian international full-back and are weighing up a £4 million bid for the 27-year-old. However, the Greek club value him at double that and have insisted they aren’t interested in selling Elabdellaoui, who has been at the club for almost five years. And manager Martins has warned off the Scottish champions. He said: “Many European clubs have been interested in our players.
“But I have not had a single player who has come to my door asking to leave.
“To achieve our goals this season, we need a quality squad so none of our first team players will be sold this month.” Dundee were last night anxiously awaiting news on Andrew Davies’ fitness after he was carried off in a bounce game against St Johnstone.
It is understood the Dee signing left the field suffering from a suspected broken foot in what was his first taste of match action since signing from Hartlepool United.
The 34-year-old penned an 18-month deal at Dens Park on Thursday and has been tasked with shoring up the Dark Blues’ defence ahead of a crucial run of fixtures.
But should his injury turn out to be as serious as feared, his absence is likely to stretch into months rather than weeks.
That could impact on gaffer Jim Mcintyre’s transfer window plans, with a potential move to Partick Thistle for Darren O’dea likely to be shelved. Southampton are trying to hijack Motherwell’s superkid Stuart Mckinstry’s £400,000 move to Leeds after mounting a late bid. The Yorkshire club invited the 16-year-old winger to their training complex and looked set to seal a deal that could land Motherwell a bumper windfall, which includes add-ons and a selling-on fee. However, the Saints have also agreed a fee with Well and are trying to persuade Mckinstry to move to the south coast. The youngster signed his first professional contract with Well in the summer was on the bench for the first time for last month’s home defeat to Kilmarnock. Mckinstry – son of ex-motherwell player John – is highly rated and has had clubs watching him after impressing for their youth side. And the English Championship side will now have to fight off late competition from the Saints to land Mckinstry.