Anderlecht midfielder Adrien Trebel was could have joined Scottish champions Celtic in the summer.
The Scottish giants were in advanced talks to sign the 27-year-old but Anderlecht’s asking price was too steep. Celtic did not want to pay £10million for the Frenchman.
The player was a target for Porto and Hertha Berlin as well in the summer. None of his suitors agreed to pay the asking price.
Trebel, speaking to Belgian newspaper HLN, said (via Daily Record): “I even had a personal agreement with Porto, I was also well advanced with the other teams you mentioned, but nobody wanted to pay the asking price.