CELTIC are on the trail of £1.5million-rated American midfielder Darlington Nagbe.

SunSport understands Hoops chiefs will try to woo the Portland Timbers ace with the Parkhead VIP treatment at tonight’s Champions League clash with Barcelona.

2 Darlington Nagbe Credit: Getty Images

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is desperate to sign a No 10-style player and Nagbe, 26, has emerged as a target.

It is believed Liberia-born Nagbe flew into Glasgow yesterday and was whisked to Celtic Park for a look around the stadium.

It would be a major coup for Celts to lure the ten-times capped USA international to Scotland.

Nagbe only made his debut for his country last year when he officially became an American citizen.

But he then fell out with boss Jurgen Klinsmann with the German coach slated for continually benching him.

2 Brendan Rodgers in training Credit: Getty Images

Fed-up Nagbe refused to accept a call-up last month with his international career seemingly in serious doubt.

But Klinsmann was sacked earlier this week and Nagbe is expected to be recalled by his replacement Bruce Arena.

Nagbe — whose parents fled war-torn Liberia when he was a five-month-old baby — is certain to have other offers from Europe.

But Celts hope to convince him that working with Rodgers will take his career to the next level.

He currently earns $500,000 a year with Timbers — around £8,000-a-week — with his wage demands unlikely to faze the Hoops’ money men.