ASTON VILLA star Trezeguet has revealed how he would have been a Celtic player a few years ago if the Hoops had only raised their offer for him.

The 26-year-old moved to Villa for £8.75 million two years ago and the Egyptian international is now a key player for the Birmingham side.

But Trezeguet has revealed he could have been lining up for Celtic if they had made a better offer when he was leaving his Al Ahly in 2015.

He said: "When I decided I was going to go to Europe, there were a lot of clubs who were interested.

"One of them was Celtic and I was going to sign for them, but the deal was never completed because of the poor financial compensation the Scottish club offered Al Ahly.

"Instead, I ended up signing for Anderlecht instead. They made an appropriate effort to sign me on loan with the right financial outlay and I signed for them permanently eventually.

"That move didn't really work out for me and I ended up joining Mouscron on loan and then had a choice whether to move to Aston Villa or clubs in Italy and I am pleased I chose to go to England.

"But I could have been a Celtic player before then."