Brøndby chairman Jan Bech Andersen has addressed the bids that the Danish side rejected on transfer deadline day for Mathias Kvistgaarden in February.

With Celtic consistently linked with a move for Kvistgaarden, it appeared that the winter transfer window this year would finally be the time for the Danish striker to join the club. With Kyogo leaving for £10 million, it looked to be written in the stars — however, that simply didn’t materialise.

Instead, Brøndby slapped a £13.5 million price tag on Kvistgaarden — a figure that appeared too much for a striker midway through the season and would have exceeded Celtic’s club-record transfer fee, which they only recently broke last summer for Arne Engels.

Since the window has closed, Daizen Maeda has thrived in Kyogo’s absence in his new role up front, with Brendan Rodgers recently discussing how he believes signing a new winger is a priority over a striker. Despite being forward-down after Kyogo’s departure, it remains to be seen whether Celtic will return to sign Kvistgaarden this summer.

With Andersen discussing exactly what happened on transfer deadline day.

He said: (RecordSport), “Yes, we turned down offers – concrete ones and less concrete ones. There were never any numbers that made us deviate from our plan not to sell him in this transfer window.

“They weren’t good enough, but hopefully it will be when the time is right for him and the club. It was 100 per cent a goal for us to keep him for the rest of the season. There have been many enquiries about him – on the last day and the penultimate day of the transfer window.

“But we have a good dialogue with Kvistgaarden and his agent about what we are trying to achieve together. And the plan was for him to play for us in the spring, when we have many big goals to achieve and then we have to see what happens in the summer.”

It sounds like the summer transfer window will be the perfect time to sign Kvistgaarden; however, having netted 3 goals in 6 league games since transfer deadline day, that may further increase his value to Brøndby — another blow for Celtic.

Kvistgaarden is undoubtedly a talented striker at 22 years old, with the potential for a big career ahead of him. However, with the transfer fees being bandied about by Andersen and the Brøndby hierarchy, Celtic may be hesitant to pay that amount for a forward. However, if the Hoops were to sign Kvistgaarden, it would undoubtedly be a signal that they are looking to progress further in the Champions League next season, with one round of qualifying in late August.

For the time being, speculation will continue over a potential Kvistgaarden move to Glasgow, but it’s clear that he is highly valued by Brøndby, and that may yet again prove to be the stumbling block if Celtic return to attempt to sign him in the summer.