Nottingham Forest have tabled a 3rd bid for Celtic midfielder Arne Engels value as much as £25m.

The English Premier League membership failed with an preliminary £14m supply for the 22-year-old Belgium worldwide after which had an improved £17m bid additionally turned down.

Sources have indicated Forest’s newest proposal remains to be wanting the Scottish membership’s valuation.

Engels joined Celtic for £11m from German membership Augsburg in August 2024.

He has performed 89 occasions in all competitions for the Glasgow membership and helped them win the Scottish Premiership and Scottish League Cup final season.

“Actually, I’m telling you, I did not know something about it,” stated interim supervisor Martin O’Neill when requested about Forest’s transfer for Engels following Celtic’s 2-0 win over Falkirk on Sunday.

“If they’ve, then they will need to have performed it through the recreation. And I might need it rebuffed, except it was £100m.

“Then I feel the board would step in there. No, completely, I might relatively preserve him.”

Each Celtic, who O’Neill says are shut to creating two signings, and Forest are within the Europa League play-offs that happen this month.

O’Neill’s aspect are second within the Premiership, six factors behind leaders Hearts, whereas Forest are seventeenth within the Premier League.