After a three day trial, Dmitry Verkhovtsov has accused Celtic of wasting his time. The 23 year old spent time last week with the Hoops before returning to Naftan Novopolotsk.

He said: "I honestly still do not quite understand what happened.

"I went to Scotland but didn't do any medicals nor participate in training sessions.

"Throughout the three days, all I had to do was wait until they bought me a ticket to return home. I was given no explanations by any of their managers.

"Naturally, I would like to test myself playing for such a famous team."

Celtic refuted the player's claims, saying he was treated with "the utmost respect".

Despite the experience, Verkhovtsov's agent hopes a move could be resurrected at the end of the season.

Valeri Isayev said in the Scottish Sun: "Initially, we talked not about a full-scale contract but a half-year loan.

"Celtic let us know their conditions, but when we arrived in Glasgow those were changed.

"As a result, we failed to reach agreement. I don't want to go into more details about it now.

"As for Verkhovtsov's transfer value, it was not even discussed.

"We are going to return to the issue in summer."