Halmosi won’t become one of the Bhoys

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan will not be handing Hungarian trialist Peter Halmosi a full-time contract.

The 26-year-old Debrecen winger, who faced Manchester United in a Champions League qualifier in August, was looking to secure a move to the Glasgow giants but failed to convince Strachan he was any better than the players already at Celtic Park.

The Celtic boss has already signed Mark Wilson from Dundee United during the January transfer window and Kenny Miller and Gary Caldwell on pre-contract agreements.

But Strachan said: “There’ll be nothing happening with Halmosi.

“He’s a good player, but he’s not so outstanding as to be better than the lads we already have at the club. So we’ll be leaving it at that.”

Stanislav Varga is also on his way out of Parkhead, after his agent confirmed the Slovakia international defender will be leaving Celtic in the summer. However he has ruled out the player following Chris Sutton to Birmingham.

Tony McGill joked that Rangers chairman David Murray is more likely to get a contract at Parkhead than Varga, having fallen out of favour with Gordon Strachan until recently.