Celtic have been linked with a move for Benjamin Nygren over the past 24 hours.
The 23-year-old scored 16 goals in 32 appearances for Nordsjaelland last season.
The Athletic claims that the Scottish Premiership champions have made an 'official approach' to sign Nygren from the Danish top-flight outfit.
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The attack-minded midfielder recently bagged his second goal on his fourth outing for the Swedish senior side.
He also grabbed headlines in the 2023/24 season, when he netted a hat-trick in the UEFA Conference League for his club against Fenerbahce.
Nygren fired into the top-right corner for his first before finishing well after a fine solo run to bag his second of the match. He completed his hat-trick with a powerful close-range effort.
Benjamin Nygren = hat-trick hero ⚽️⚽️⚽️#HBD || #UECL pic.twitter.com/iMsyhLtgSy
— UEFA Conference League (@Conf_League) July 8, 2024
Celtic appear to have ramped up their transfer activity over the past few days.
Kieran Tierney's return was made official on Tuesday, and the club have also been linked with a raft of wingers of late, including Nilson Angulo of Anderlecht, Royal Antwerp's Michel-Ange Balikwisha and Sondre Orjasaeter, who plays for Sarpsborg.
Shay Given, who spent time at Parkhead as a teenager, thinks a Celtic loan for Evan Ferguson would be perfect.
He said: "Evan just needs to find a home, if I’m being honest," said Given.
"Be it here [at Celtic] or somewhere else. He needs someone to say, ‘You’re my player.’
"He went to West Ham for Graham Potter and you thought that was the perfect fit because Graham had him at Brighton. But then he didn’t play so much at West Ham either.
"I just feel he’s ready now to burst onto the scene for a full season with somebody. For us, with Ireland, it would be great too.
"I don’t know if the finances would be to buy him, but if you said for a loan for the season, it would be perfect. But I’m not the financial power at Celtic or Newcastle, so I don’t know!"
