Overview
- Celtic have stepped up scouting of Alfie Devine and interim manager Martin O’Neill personally watched him at Deepdale, publicly saying the midfielder impressed him.
- Preston reportedly tried to trigger a permanent option on Devine but local reporting says that agreement has run into complications and may have lapsed, leaving the move unresolved.
- Sources put Devine’s market value at roughly £6 million, a figure that Preston, Tottenham and interested clubs would use as a starting point for talks.
- Tottenham are understood to be open to letting Devine leave for the right offer, so the breakdown or restructuring of Preston’s option would create a direct path for Celtic to negotiate.
- Devine is a 21-year-old England youth international who scored and assisted regularly during a 2025–26 loan at Preston, and his move would give Celtic a technically creative midfield option while shaping Spurs’ squad decisions.