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Celtic transfer news: Hoops ‘could land’ Tottenham star Victor Wanyama in £8m move

A SHOCK deadline day transfer taking £8m-rated Victor Wanyama from Tottenham to Celtic could still happen today, according to reports.

The former Hoops hero, now 28, earns around £60,000-a-week at Spurs.

The chance of him making an emotional return to the club under his former gaffer Neil Lennon had been thought to be fading as Celtic bolstered their midfield resources by picking up Ivorian midfielder Ismaila Soro.

Hardline Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is also demanding a £1.5m loan fee then an obligation to buy the player in the summer.

But talkSPORT sports reporter Ian Abrahams claimed on one of his morning bulletins that it still "looks like" the transfer will happen.

While the likes of Scott Brown and Callum McGregor currently have the deeper midfield roles at Celtic nailed down, Wanyama would certainly be a popular arrival should he return for a second stint.

Plucked from Germinal Beerschot for a bargain £900,000 in 2011, the Kenyan earned the club £12.5m when he moved on to Southampton just two years later, picking up two league titles and scoring a famous goal in the 2-1 victory over Barcelona into the bargain.

More money came Celtic's way when he moved on again to Tottenham in the summer of 2016, with the fee thought to be in the region of £11m.

Regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in Europe when he arrived at the club, niggling injuries have pushed him down the pecking order.

While he has battled back to fitness, the midfielder has been limited to just four appearances this season, his last coming against Bayern Munich in December.

Bayer Leverkusen, Fiorentina, Rennes and Strasbourg have all expressed an interest in the Kenyan international, although talkSPORT still feel a move to Celtic could be on the cards, perhaps to fill a space freed up should Olivier Ntcham move to West Ham for a fee in the region of £14m.

Discussing the proposed move, TalkSport pundit and Rangers legend Ally McCoist said: "Wanyama would be a good signing.

"Ntcham is an excellent player and he would be absolutely brilliant for Moyesy at West Ham."