Leicester, Crystal Palace and Watford all chasing £9m-rated Celtic defender Jozo Simunovic
All three Premier League clubs have enquired about the Croatian defender hours before Thursday's transfer deadline
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CRYSTAL PALACE, Leicester City and Watford have contacted Celtic for defender Jozo Simunovic, according to reports.
All three Premier League sides are scrambling around for defensive reinforcements just hours before Thursday’s 11pm deadline.
The Daily Mail report the 23-year-old has attracted interest from Burnley and Huddersfield.
The Scottish giants value the Croatian defender at £9million who played a pivotal role in the Bhoys winning the treble last season and going the whole league campaign unbeaten.
Despite signing Harry Maguire, the Foxes have struggled to land another centre back with failed bids for Jonny Evans and Calum Chambers.
After losing the first three Premier league games of the season -Palace have been scratching around for a defender.
Under-fire Eagles boss Frank De Boer has so far failed with a bid rejected for Liverpool stopper Mamadou Sakho and they are pushing for Manchester City reject Eliaquim Mangala.
Hornets boss Marco Silva is looking to make his 11th additon of the summer if he can bag the Croatian.
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Simunovic moved to Celtic in 2015 as a replacement for Virgil van Dijk who joined Southampton.
Rodgers will be keen to hold on to one of his star performers with huge interest in striker Moussa Dembele and defender Kieran Tierney.