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RONNY Deila last night revealed he’s confident of sealing a deal for red-hot hitman John Guidetti in talks this week.

The Hoops boss will meet the Swede’s agents in the next few days to discuss personal terms after a £3m transfer fee was struck with his club Manchester City.

The Celtic gaffer said: “There has been some movement on Guidetti.

“Hopefully that’s encouraging. If it wasn’t, I don’t think he’d want to meet us, so it’s positive.

“There is no problem with his club Manchester City. It’s now about gettingthe player on board.” The 22-year-old hitman has bagged 11 goals for Celtic since arriving from City in August.

His contract at the Etihad Stadium is up this summer and Celts have sealed a deal with Man City for Guidetti’s permanent transfer.

However, Deila’s hopes of signing Norwegian prodigy Martin Odegaard faded last night as it was revealed he was training with Bayern Munich who were confident of winning him over.

The Hoops gaffer is looking to make three new signings in the January transfer window.

And despite scouting in his native Scandinavia, he’s keen to add some Scots. He said: “We have a list of players and are trying to sort them out now, who is available and what is our best option.

“Two or three coming in would be good. I’d be happy. But it’s about making sure they’re of the quality we want. It could be loans again but with an option to buy.

“We’re also looking at players in Scotland. It would be good for togetherness, they’d know the culture and the environment.”

But the gaffer also stressed keeping the likes of Guidetti, Virgil Van Dijk and on-loan defender Jason Denayer is a priority. He said: “We’re in the last 32 of the Europa League and that could be tempting.

“But it’s much more secure to keep than to buy. That’s why it’s important we keep Guidetti, Denayer and Van Dijk for as long as possible.”

Meanwhile, Deila unveiled Bard Homstol, who he worked with in Norway at Stromgodset, as the new Parkhead physio. Deila said: “We’re working differently and that has made the medical department better.”