Celtic Glasgow attempted to outbid OGC Nizza for Niels Nkounkou, but the player has approved a move to Nizza.

According to FT, Celtic Glasgow has a strong interest in Niels Nkounkou and is attempting to secure his signing quickly to preempt OGC Nice. The report adds that the Scottish club is capitalizing on OGC Nice's hesitation to finalize the transfer.

Celtic have reportedly increased their efforts to sign Eintracht Frankfurt's Niels Nkounkou. The 25-year-old French left-back is under contract with the German club until 2028 and was left out of his team's first two matches of the season. Nkounkou originally joined Frankfurt from AS Saint-Étienne in 2023 for €7.5m and is valued at around €3m.