Celtic hope to tie Daniel Kelly down to five-year contact

Celtic are set to offer midfielder Daniel Kelly a five-year contract time keep him at Parkhead, according to a report from Lanarkshire Live Sport.

The teenager has been linked with numerous English Premier League sides over the last few weeks, with the likes of, Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester, Liverpool Manchester United and Tottenham all apparently scouting the youngster ahead of potential swoops to poach him from Parkhead, whilst Benfica have also had their eyes on him too.

However, Celtic want to keep Kelly at the club and will offer him a five-year pre-professional contract to tempt him to stay with the Scottish champions

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The way of the world is that clubs can often poach the best youngsters away from the academies of others and do so for just a tiny compensatory fee.

Whilst it hardly seems fair, that’s how the system works, so it’s great to see Celtic do all they can to keep a prized youngster at the club.

Hopefully, for Celtic, Kelly will stay and if he’s as good as all these clubs think he is, he should become a first-team player at the Hoops in the future.