CELTIC have been linked with a £2.6m move for former Rangers target, Roland Juhasz, during the January transfer window.
The Parkhead club are eager to sign a new centre-half following a catalogue of defensive errors this season.
Rangers made several attempts to sign the Anderlecht defender during the summer, only to repeatedly fail to meet the Belgian club’s £3.5m valuation.
Juhasz, who has been capped 69 times by Hungary, even made a personal plea to Hermann Van Holsbeeck, the Anderlecht general manager, to allow him to join the Ibrox side and had a £3m release clause written into his contract after the move failed to materialise.
Anderlecht want the defender to extend his stay beyond his current deal, but have admitted that they will allow the 28-year-old to move on in January should a club firm up their interest.
“Roland still hasn’t left us. But if he wants a change of scenery after seven years of loyalty towards us, we won’t stand in his way,” said Van Holsbeeck. “He was right to stay loyal with us despite several offers from Glasgow Rangers in the summer and we still want him here.”
Rangers are unlikely to return with another bid for Juhasz in January with the club still embroiled in a tax case with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, which is due to run into next year.
The Ibrox club also have Carlos Bocanegra and Dorin Goian as their established partnership in central defence and so do not need to spend more money strengthening that area of the team.
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