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title: "Reporter claims Celtic were unwilling to part with £4m for target Kevin Nesbit"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/reporter-claims-celtic-were-unwilling-to-part-with-4m-for-target-kevin-nesbit-e255/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Danny Rust"
section: "Celtic Transfer Rumours"
published: "2021-09-04T16:15:42Z"
modified: "2021-09-04T16:15:42Z"
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# Reporter claims Celtic were unwilling to part with £4m for target Kevin Nesbit

**Celtic were keen on securing a late deal for striker Kevin Nesbit but baulked at Hibernian’s £4million asking price, according to [The Celtic Way](https://www.celticway.co.uk/) reporter Anthony Haggerty.**

Ange Postecoglou, who was [appointed](https://www.celticfc.com/news/2021/june/Celtic-appoint-Ange-Postecoglou-as-new-football-manager/) as the Bhoys’ new manager in June, brought in a host of fresh faces during the transfer window and was also [eyeing](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9747875/Celtic-eyeing-Hibernian-striker-Kevin-Nisbet-Edinburgh-club-holding-4m.html) Scotland international Nesbit all summer.

According to PLZ, via the [Daily Record](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/celtic-keen-kevin-nisbet-hibs-24808630), Celtic also sounded out the possibility of being able to clinch Nesbit’s services with former Hibs frontman Leigh Griffiths and cash going in the opposite direction.

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However, Hibs boss Jack Ross [rubbished claims](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58297923) of a transfer being in the offing a matter of days before the deadline and, while Griffiths has joined Dundee [on loan](https://www.skysports.com/app/transfer/news/12691/12395752/transfer-news-celtic-forward-leigh-griffiths-joins-dundee-on-loan) until the end of the season, Nesbit has remained with his current employers.

The 24-year-old has already scored [three goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kevin-nisbet/leistungsdaten/spieler/360661) this season and Haggerty insists Celtic were interested but unwilling to meet the frontman’s valuation.

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He told The Transfer Tavern: *“They quite like Kevin Nesbit but they didn’t know if he was worth the £4million Hibs were looking for in terms of a transfer fee.*

*“There was talk of Celtic offering cash plus a player on loan and I thought there might have been a deal to be done there.”*