Three days after Toronto FC star Dwayne De Rosario arrived in Glasgow, his team and Celtic football club said they are drawing up the paperwork for the loan.

Major League Soccer was in contact with the Scottish Premier League side for the first time Tuesday morning about De Rosario, MLSsoccer.com reported.

De Rosario’s agent insisted Wednesday that the TFC captain was not on trial with Celtic, but he was training there “and we will see what develops,” according to The Scottish Sun.

De Rosario, 32, has been in Glasgow since Sunday for a week-long practice with Celtic.

He is also quoted in The Scottish Sun as saying his hometown of Scarborough is worse than gang-infested south central Los Angeles.

“I didn't stick around to see if people were dead when they were shot, but I've been at places where suddenly there's stuff being shot up and you're diving over pool tables,” De Rosario is quoted as saying.

“LOL, never would say that!” De Rosario emailed the Star. “Haven't spoken to anyone!”

De Rosario, three times Canadian player of the year and Toronto FC’s top scorer, has been battling with his home club over his $443,750-a-year salary.

“He didn’t want to lie idle in the MLS off-season,” said Baldwin, an agent with top-flight Base Soccer Agency in London. “He wanted to stay in shape and keep learning as a footballer and we will see what develops from here.”

The news blindsided Toronto FC and its owners, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.

“Dwayne’s agent approached us a month ago about a loan concept,” MLSE vice-president Tom Anselmi told the Star.

“We said we would absolutely consider it, and if they found an interested club, the club needed to deal with TFC and the league on things like formal permission, insurance, loan fees and the like.

“That was the last we discussed it with them and we were never approached by Celtic.”

De Rosario’s brother and business partner, Mark De Rosario, said: “He’s still very much a Toronto FC player.”

The Sun, describing De Rosario as the “wantaway Canadian ace,” speculated “it would take a bid of around £1.25 million (just under $2 million)” to land the midfielder, who is in the middle of a four-year contract.

“I would imagine some sort of deal could be done which won't cost us a lot of money,” Celtic manager Neil Lennon told theScottish Daily Record of De Rosario. “There are players available who won't cost us big bucks but could turn out to be a huge bonus for us.”

“I hope that this comes off because Celtic fans will love Dwayne,” said former Tampa Bay FC coach Paul Daglish, who coached the TFC captain at Houston Dynamo.

“Dwayne is a bit special,” he told the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph. “He’s one of these guys who can make something happen out of nothing: a real X-Factor player.”

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As for De Rosario’s age, Daglish said, “he’s a vegetarian and he’s always looked after himself so he has great fitness levels.”

Also training this week with Celtic is former Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg, 33, who was given a training kit for Wednesday night’s Celtic Park match with Motherwell, the Record said.

As for whether Ljungberg or De Rosario would play in Celtic’s big match on New Year’s Day against fierce local rivals Glasgow Rangers, Lennon said, “making your Old Firm (Celtic and Rangers) debut after only training for a few days would be very difficult, no matter who you are.”