Southampton admit failure to sign Celtic's Gary Hooper
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E-mail this to a friendPrintable version Hooper has scored 16 times in his second season with Celtic Southampton boss Nigel Adkins has all but given up hope of persuading Celtic to part with striker Gary Hooper.
The Championship leaders have already had two bids rejected by the Scottish Premier League pacesetters.
And Adkins told BBC Scotland: "Celtic say they don't want to sell him. So that's it, end of story.
"I know Gary and I'm delighted he's doing so well. He's a top-class striker, but we have other good strikers here, so we move on."