Toulouse could be ready to offer Thomas Gravesen a way out of Celtic, as manager Gordon Strachan�s patience with the midfielder seems to have finally run out.

Toulouse could be ready to offer Thomas Gravesen a way out of Celtic, as manager Gordon Strachan's patience with the midfielder seems to have finally run out.

The £2.2m signing from Real Madrid was a half-time substitute, coming on with the score at 1-1, in the Uhren Cup meeting with Young Boys of Berne on Saturday. However, the Dane was continually caught in possession and sent a string of passes astray in a lacklustre display as Celtic slipped to a 4-1 defeat.

Strachan sighed: "I won't work with him any more than I will work with any of my players. It is quite simple. Marcello Lippi said it best. If you tell a player four times where to be and what to do and they don't get it, then forget it."

However, the word from France last night was that Elie Baup, the Toulouse coach, is keen to sign Gravesen. The move could appeal to the Dane, as the French outfit can also offer him Champions League football.

Meanwhile, Celtic target Rod Fanni has been told he is not for sale, unless clubs meet Nice's £3.4m valuation for the French defender.

However, Ricardo Faty will definitely not be coming to Parkhead. The 20-year-old defensive midfielder had been linked with a loan move, but has now joined Bayer Leverkuson from Roma.

Elsewhere, John Collins has rubbished reports that David Murphy is on the verge of a £500,000 move back to England. West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest were both linked with the Hartlepool-born left-back over the weekend, but Hibernian manager Collins said: "I honestly do not know where that is coming from, but it's simply not true.

"We expect stories like this to come out at this time of the year, in particular, and there is not much we can do about speculation other than assure our own supporters that our focus is on having the strongest possible squad ready for the new season."

One player who is heading south is Stephen O'Donnell, who decided to leave Falkirk at the end of last season and is now on trial at Bournemouth.

Kevin Bond, the English League One club's manager, said: "Stephen has been recommended to me."