Celtic manager Ronny Deila is still hoping to keep James Forrest at the club despite the winger rejecting a new deal.
Forrest, who has attracted attention from two clubs south of the border in the shape of QPR and Norwich City, sees his present deal with the Bhoys expire in the summer.
Celtic have offered Forrest a new four-year contract, but the winger has opted against signing it as he waits to assess his options at the end of the current campaign.
Deila feels Celtic's offer was "really good" and explained talks are continuing as he hopes to be able to keep the wide-man at Paradise beyond the end of the season.
And the Norwegian is taking a relaxed approach to the situation, claiming he is making no big deal of Forrest's refusal to put pen to paper.
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"I haven’t spoken to James directly about this. We know James is part of this squad and has been for many, many years", the Celtic manager told a press conference earlier today.
"We wanted to keep him here but it’s an issue between the club and the player.
"There’s always negotiations but we got a no for that offer that we felt was really good. We just have to keep going.
"You can make a big deal out of this but for me it’s not a big deal", Deila continued, before stressing his desire to see Forrest stay put.
"We want to keep James but this is happening all the time with different situations and different players and we have a lot of players here. We’ll see."
