No Celtic move for Blackburn’s Pedersen

Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce has played down the link between winger Morten Gamst Pedersen and Scottish Premier League outfit Celtic.

Recent reports suggested that the Norway international had welcomed the interest of the Glasgow club but Allardyce has cooled those rumours, saying nobody has contacted the club and that he expected to keep all of his top players in the January transfer window.

"I've had no enquiries for my players at this moment," said Allardyce.

"Someone has whispered in my ear about the first bit of speculation, that Morten is going to Celtic.

"We're going to get the normal chip paper flying around in the next few weeks."

Pedersen’s contract at Ewood Park expires at the end of the season but despite that fact, Allardyce is more focused on the on-pitch task at hand rather than re-signing players.

“We're not in a contract sort of mood at the moment - I'm certainly not," added Allardyce.

"Talking about contracts and talking about ins and outs at this stage of the season - we've got a massive December coming up and a massive January and the distractions that come our way can destroy what you do on the field of play.

"So I want to keep as far away from that as we possibly can and cover it when we are good and ready and consider it to be the right time."