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Robert Snodgrass is set to abandon his lifelong dream of a move to Celtic to commit his future to a club in England’s top flight.

The Hull City talisman is being tracked by West Ham, Middlesbrough and Sunderland after it emerged he has knocked back a bumper new three year deal at the KC Stadium.

Snodgrass is out of contract in the summer and had initially been hoping to return to Scotland by sealing a fairy-tale move to Parkhead. In fact, the 29-year-old would have been willing to take a huge pay cut in order to help facilitate a deal.

But Record Sport understands, although Brendan Rodgers has been made aware of the player’s burning ambition to end his career in a green and white shirt, the Celtic boss has shown no interest in offering Snodgrass a passage home.

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And that has convinced Snodgrass to secure a future elsewhere.

West Brom are also reported to be interested in making an offer when the January window opens for business but West Ham, Boro and Sunderland are understood to be at the front of the queue as they wait to discover if Hull will accept bids for the Scotland international.

The Humberside outfit are anchored to the bottom of the Premier League table with just 17 points from 20 top flight games and owner Assem Allam has been desperately seeking a buyer for the club since the end of last season.

Against a backdrop of such huge degree of uncertainty Snodgrass has decided against pledging his own long term future to Hull and is, instead, ready to consider offers from elsewhere.

But, with the door slammed shut on his preferred option of a return to his roots in Glasgow’s East End, it seems likely that his next stop will be to one of Hull’s top flight rivals.

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A source said last night: “Snoddy has never hidden his desire to play for Celtic and he would have taken a massive cut in wages to make it happen but if he’s not wanted then there’s nothing much more he can do about it. The dream was to end his career playing for Celtic and winning trophies with them. But the word is that Brendan Rodgers simply is not interested so that is that.

“As much as Snoddy is a Celtic fan at least he knows now that the option of playing for the club is not going to be on the table. He can plan his future accordingly.”

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Aston Villa are also closely monitoring the player’s situation as Hull consider their position ahead of the January sales.

But with at least three Premier League clubs set to enter the race for his signature, Snodgrass looks set to remain in the top tier of the English game for the foreseeable future.