Polish sides Jagiellonia Bialystok and Lech Poznan have reportedly joined the race for Celtic target Luke Graham.
Both Celtic and Rangers have reportedly been scouting Graham, who is widely expected to move after a stellar season at Dundee.
A left-sided central defender, he was named in Scotland’s matchday squad for their first warm-up friendly against Curaçao as a reward for his form.
This has reportedly caught the eye of clubs in Poland and other European leagues.
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Jagiellonia Bialystok and Lech Poznan join race for Luke Graham
According to Newsy.Sporty in Poland, both Jagiellonia and Lech are considering moves for the 22-year-old.
They join Valencia and Danny Rohl’s Red Bull Salzburg among the interested clubs.
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Graham was nominated for the Scottish PFA Player of the Year award this season, though he lost out to Mikey More.
Dundee boss Steven Pressley has tipped Graham as a Premier League defender, insisting that any club interested in buying him will have to fork out.
Graham is an academy product at Dens Park, and has spent time on loan at Albion Rovers, Montrose and Falkirk.
He has eight caps for Scotland under-21s, scoring for them against Azerbaijan last October. Colby Donovan and Kyle Ure are among his teammates there.
Graham particularly impressed in Celtic’s 2-1 win over Dundee back in April, and has all the tools to make it as a modern centre-half at 6 foot 4 in.
Oskar Wojcik and Zinedin Smajlovic have also been linked with Celtic, with central defence among many positions requiring reinforcements.
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Celtic target Luke Graham on his future
Speaking about his future back in April, Graham said: “To be honest, I couldn’t give you a proper answer on where I envision myself next season.
“All I’m trying to do is focus on keeping Dundee in the league.
“A few of my mates have been texting me saying ‘where are you off to?’ and stuff like that but you just try to block it out…
“I think I did that really well in the January window, to keep focusing on my own game and not listen to the outside noise.”
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