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CELTIC are set to land Belgian winger Zakaria Bakkali for a bargain £750,000 – if they move for him tomorrow.

MailSport can exclusively reveal Ronny Deila may not have to wait until the summer to land the PSV Eindhoven star on a Bosman deal.

Bakkali is stalling on a new deal with the Dutch club. That’s left the door open for Celts to swoop before tomorrow night’s transfer window deadline.

PSV director of football Marcel Brands is aware of Deila’s interest and would rather sell the player now than allow him to agree a pre-contract with another club.

That would only pocket PSV around £200,000 in a development fee – that’s why they would accept £750,000 hard cash for him now.

Bakkali’s agent Marcel Veerman said: “I don’t know anyone who lives for football more than Zakaria. Money is not the motive for him.

“He wants to leave PSV because of sporting reasons.”

The 19-year-old Belgium international is on Deila’s radar after falling out of favour with boss Phillip Cocu.

He shot to fame in August 2013 by becoming the quickest player in PSV history to score a hat-trick when he bagged a treble against NEC Nijmegen.

But he hasn’t progressed the way Cocu had hoped and Celtic are one of a number of clubs interested in snaring the youngster who is of Moroccan descent.

Celtic have already tied up Dundee United wideman Gary Mackay-Steven on a pre-contract agreement for next term .

Meanwhile, Deila hopes a victory over Rangers today can set him on his way to becoming a legendary Celtic boss like Jock Stein, Martin O’Neill and Neil Lennon.

The Norwegian will experience his first Old Firm clash today at Hampden in the hugely anticipated sell-out League Cup semi-final clash.

Celtic are odds-on favourites to beat their Glasgow rivals and Deila admits if he’s to achieve his aim of becoming a Parkhead great – a victory over Gers could be vital.

As he geared up to face Kenny McDowall’s men, Deila said: “My target, my goal and my dream is to be up there with successful Celtic managers of the past like Stein, O’Neill and Lennon.

“I want to put myself in their company. I love to win, I’ve said that from my first day – that’s why I’m here.

“When you take the step from Norway to see how far you can go as a manager, it’s all about winning.

“This would be a huge game for me to win.”

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