Celtic reject Monaco bid for Larsson

MARTIN O’NEILL faces more frustration in his bid to make a transfer deadline day signing — but the good news is that Henrik Larsson looks set to stay after the club rejected a bold approach by Monaco.

The Swedish international showed just how big a loss he will be when he leaves the club at the end of the season after a brilliant hat-trick in Saturday’s 5-1 demolition of Livingston at Parkhead.

But it has emerged that French league club Monaco made an audacious bid to lure him away. Monaco’s sporting director Henri Biancheri revealed: “We contacted Celtic at the beginning of the week to ask if Henrik could be transferred, but the price was too high. We also asked about a loan, but the matter is closed for now.”