Celtic boss Ronny Deila believes that it is natural for clubs to be interested in a player of Charlie Mulgrew's stature.
The 29-year-old has been linked with a move away from Celtic Park with Premier League side Bournemouth and Championship side Blackburn Rovers having been linked with identifying the player as a possible transfer target for this summer.
The 40-year-old manager though remains calm about the entire situation, insisting that it is quite natural for clubs to be interested in such a talented player.
"It's normal for a player of Charlie's standard that other clubs are looking at him", Deila said at a press conference this afternoon when asked about the speculation around Mulgrew.
Meanwhile there has been a question mark over winger James Forrest, whose contract at Celtic has less than a year left to run.
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Deila was asked about progress in making sure that Forrest remains at the club, but was not willing to be drawn on individual cases.
The Norwegian boss explained: "We haven't commented further on that.
"We work on different cases all the time."
Celtic are next in action against Ross County this coming weekend.
