Torino are pursuing a £3.75million deal for Celtic defender Jozo Simunovic.

And the Serie A club hope to fly the Croatian international to Italy on the same private jet as England goalkeeper Joe Hart before Wednesday’s transfer deadline.

Manager Brendan Rodgers is poised to secure his fifth signing of the summer after West Brom right-back Cristian Gamboa travelled to Glasgow for a medical - a move first revealed by Sportsmail.

Torino are pursuing a £3.75million deal for Celtic defender Jozo Simunovic (pictured)

Parkhead sources have dismissed talk of a loan deal for Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva.

Keen to slash a bloated squad, however, the SPFL champions are reluctantly prepared to let Simunovic leave for a profit after a mere 17 appearances for the club.

Yet to play for Rodgers after knee surgery earlier this year, the 22-year-old has been identified by Torino boss Sinisa Mihajlovic as the replacement for AWOL Nikola Maksimovic.

Torino have already made provision plans to fly Simunovic to Manchester on Tuesday

Mihajlovic appeared to back away from the deal earlier this month when he signed Sampdoria’s Lorenzo De Silvestre.

Currently seventh with three points in Serie A after the opening two games of the season, however, the Turin club are ready to redirect a chunk of an anticipated £21million fee for Napoli bound Maksimovic.

Torino have already made provision plans to fly Simunovic to Manchester if a loan deal for frozen out Manchester City keeper Hart is completed on Tuesday.