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Thomas Gravesen is just hours away from being announced as a Celtic player. Celtic have agreed a £2 million deal with Real Madrid and the 30 year old will recieve a wage package in the region of £45,000 a week in a three-year deal with the option of a fourth year, making the Dane the highest earner is Celtic's history.

Celtic's move for former Everton and current Real Madrid ace Gravesen was cast in doubt on Tuesday when the player left Glasgow without signing a contract following a three hour medical at Ross Hall and contract negotiations. However this was also the case with the signings of Maciej Zurawski and Jan Vennegor of Hesselink and both deals were concluded successfully. Gravesen had left Scotland to return to Copenhagen on Tuesday to join his international team-mates for training ahead of this weekend's Euro 2008 qualifier.

However Gravesen revealed yesterday that an agreement had been reached with the Scottish champions, "I can only say Gordon Strachan, John...

Stilian Petrovs £6million move to Villa may have taken a dramatic U-turn as Tony McGill (Petrovs Agent) throwns yet another spanner into the transfer works.

Early reports suggested that Petrovs move was a done deal and a fee had been agreed for the Celtic and Bulgarian Star.

However, McGill said on Tuesday afternoon: "I am working on other projects now. I have spent too much time on this now.
"If it happens somebody is going to have to do an awful lot of work and it's not going to be me."



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Celtic's proposed signing of Real Madrid midfielder could collapse if Newcastle United make a last minute attempt to sign the player.

Gravesen was in Glasgow yesterday to complete a medical with the Scottish champions but nothing has been confirmed by the player or the club.

A fee of around £2 million has supposedly been agreed with Real Madrid and Gravesen's wage demands, reported to be around £45,000 a week, have been accepted by Celtic.

But the club are still waiting on Gravesen to sign a contract with Celtic.

The player though, says English clubs Newcastle United, Middlesborough. Bolton and his old club Everton are also very much interested.

His agent said last night: "There may still be a surprise to come. We will see what happens on Tuesday."

"Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has admitted defeat in his pursuit of Stilian Petrov after revealing the Celtic star is heading for Aston Villa.
Villa and Pompey have both been interested in signing the Bulgaria international who is rated in the £7million bracket by the Bhoys.
But Redknapp told BBC Radio Five Live: "I think you will find Petrov has gone to Aston Villa. That is the plan and we wish him all the best."
Petrov has been O'Neill's number one target since he came to Villa although he has been reluctant to make any comment about any potential transfer dealings.
The possibility of him arriving at Villa would appear to have increased if reports indicating Celtic are about to sign Thomas Gravesen from Real Madrid for £2million prove accurate."

Teamtalk.com / 28.08.06 / 10:43

Celtic have agreed a £4.5 million fee with Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven for striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.

The Holland international will fly into Glasgow within the next 48 hours to complete his move.

Vennegoor, who scored for PSV yesterday in their opening game of the season, is excited about the move.

He said: "Celtic are a great club and they will be playing in the Champions League this year.

"But it is too difficult for me to say anything more until this is fully resolved."

PSV general manager Stan Valckx confirmed: "We have agreed a fee with Celtic and it is now up to the player."