Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle is determined to prise Beram Kayal away from Celtic.
Celtic boss Neil Lennon is eager to keep hold of his star player - and is set to increase his £7,000-a-week wages despite him only being 12 months into a four-year deal.
The Bolton News says Wanderers scouts watched Kayal and his Hoops team-mate Emilio Izaguirre, the Honduran left-back, regularly at Parkhead last season.
The Reebok boss sees the tough-tackling ace as the perfect foil to Stuart Holden in the centre of midfield once the American returns to full fitness. But the Glasgow giants would want at least £7m to let the former Maccabi Haifa player leave the SPL club.
