Celtic is turning up the heat on Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Alfie Devine, with the Scottish champions conducting multiple scouting missions over the past six months and interim manager Martin O’Neill personally endorsing the young Englishman as a key transfer target.
The move signals Celtic’s ambitions to add creative depth in midfield ahead of the upcoming season, and a complicated transfer situation involving Preston North End may have just cracked open the perfect window.
A Championship loan spell that turned heads
Devine, who turned 21 last August, spent the 2025-26 season on loan at Preston North End in England’s Championship. He contributed 8 goals and between 4 to 6 assists across roughly 40 Championship appearances.
Devine operated primarily as a number 10, the classic playmaker role sitting behind the striker, but he also showed the versatility to drop deeper and function as a number 8.
