Celtic target Aissa Laidouni has slammed the door shut on any possible move to Parkhead...because he wants to play in Europe this season.
The Tunisian midfielder impressed during the World Cup and Celtic have been credited with being the leading pursuers of the 26-year-old, who plays for Ferencvaros. The Hungarian club's chief executive Pal Orosz revealed last month that they would not be willing to let Laidouni go for less than 10 million Euros, around £8.7 million.
Ferencvaros are on their winter training camp in Spain and have a Europa League campaign to look forward to, having topped their group ahead of Monaco, Trabzonspor and Red Star Belgrade. They are also eight points clear with two games in hand on top of the Hungarian League. And Laidouni has now confirmed he has no intention of leaving the Budapest club this month. He said: "I feel good at this club. I have a great relationship with my teammates. We are so close it is like we are all brothers.
"The only thing I am thinking about with regard to my future is the Round of 16 at the Europa League with this club. It would be huge for us if we were to advance to the next round.
"For now, it's important we work hard at the training camp so we can return and try to maintain our lead at the top of the league. I won't be going anywhere. We are a good team with great players, I believe we can achieve more good results this season in both competitions."
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