Balde mulling over offer
Bobo Balde has been offered a new deal by Celtic.
Bobo Balde has been offered a new deal by Celtic, but manager Martin O'Neill is unsure if the towering defender will accept the terms which have been put to him.Balde's situation is similar to a number of his Pakhead team-mates in that his contract is up for renewal in the summer.
O'Neill is concerned a number of his key figures could sign pre-contracts with other clubs and is looking for his board to settle a number of pressing issues in the near future.
Balde is clearly a cause of concern for O'Neill, who said: "We`ve made him an offer and he`s mulling it over.
"We obviously want him to stay but like everything else it might come down to finance.
"It is a concern now that we're in January. You would like people you want to keep at the club to have been signed up."
John Hartson's contract also has less than six months to run and he has been linked with a move to The Premiership, but Celtic chairman Brian Quinn believes the Welsh forward will still by plying his trade at Parkhead next term.
"I don't think that a move will happen," Quinn told Five Live.
"I'm pretty confident that John Hartson will be staying at Celtic, not just this season but for one or two more seasons to come.
"Negotiations are very well advanced and they are advanced in a direction that makes me confident that those Celtic fans nervous about John Hartson can relax."
