Out-of-favour Tottenham defender Dean Richards claims Celtic are interested in signing him. The 30-year-old has not played first-team football this season, and recently had tests for a brain tumour after complaining of dizzy spells.
"I've spoken to Southampton and turned them down, and I spoke to Wolves before Glenn Hoddle arrived," he told the Scottish Daily Mail.
"Celtic have offered me a chance but I'd like to stay in the Premiership."
However, Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell was quick to distance the club from a move for Richards.
"We were approached by the club and his agent but we refused to take it any further," said Lawwell. "We didn't make any approach and I was surprised to see that this morning."
Richards, a former Wolves player, played under Hoddle at Southampton before following him to White Hart Lane in September 2001 for �8.1m, scoring on his debut.
But in recent years, the former England U21 player's career has been blighted by illness and injury.
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