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CARLTON COLE has revealed that he has rejected a move to the United States in order to try and impress Celtic manager Ronny Deila to earn a deal at Parkhead.

The former West Ham striker was a surprise attendee of the Celts' 6-0 demolishing of Dundee on Sunday and that fuelled rumours that he was a signing target.

It has since emerged that he will be training with Dela's squad with a view to impressing and earning a permanent deal.

The 31-year-old said: "Glasgow has surprised me, I've never been to Scotland before so hopefully we can do a deal. I'm going to go and train and see how I like it and see how the boys are.

"I was almost going to MLS instead of coming here so hopefully I do like it here."

Cole turns 32 next month but he insists there's plenty of miles left in his career, adding: "Yeah of course that's why I'm trying to take it in this morning, have a little walk around and see how I like the place.

On the Premiership mauling of Paul Hartley's Dundee, Cole commented: "It was really interesting. I thought Dundee didn't come out and put up a good challenge but credit to the Celtic players. It was mind over matter because they had the midweek game against Ajax and they came up trumps and it was really intense."

Speaking about a potential contract for Cole, Deila said: "We will have talks with him and see him in training as well. We will see then if something is going to happen or not.

"I think he is a very good football player. He has shown in the Premier League and in the Championship that he can score goals. He is different from what we have."

Cole is open to sign for any club, having been a free agent before September 2nd, and several English clubs are reported to be chasing the attacker - but it seems Cole is set on a switch north of the border.