No Celtic bid for Phillips

SOUTHAMPTON chairman Rupert Lowe has dismissed reports that Celtic have bid £700,000 for striker Kevin Phillips.

And Lowe made it clear that a player who Rangers were keen on signing a year ago would cost much more than that if he were to leave St Mary’s.

New Celtic manager Gordon Strachan signed the former England man for the Saints in the summer of 2003 for £3.25million.