Defender Korcsmar flies in for Celtic trial

Willie McStay is resigned to losing defender Zsolt Korcsmar as the 20-year-old prepares to fly into Glasgow tomorrow.

The Ujpest Dozsa defender spent the first part of the week training with Feyenoord and will now be watched closely by Tony Mowbray and his coaching staff.

Korcsmar has been an important part of Ujpest's success this season but McStay is realistic enough to realise that it's unlikely that he will be able to hold on to the defender.

The Ujpest boss said: "I don't want to lose Korcsmar but if he is going to go I'd rather he went to Celtic than anywhere else.

"Celtic have been monitoring his progress since August and now with the winter break in Hungary they can take a closer look at him.

"It's upto Celtic to decide if they need that type of player. He was the captain of the u-20 international side that has just finished third at the World Cup.

"He played against Italy in an u-21 European Championship qualifier two weeks ago and he played really well in a 2-0 win.

"Firstly he is a defender but he is talented and uses the ball well. He can play in centre midfield or at the back, he's comfortable on the ball and is being watched by a few clubs.

TOUTING

"We aren't touting him around any other clubs, people know what he can do. I'm desperate to keep my players at Ujpest but like any club we live in the real world and know that there is interest in the players.

"Any other interested clubs know how to contact us if they want our players."

Korscmar won't be without company at Lennoxtown with three other young Ujpest players already being watched by Celtic.

Matyas Magos, Daniel Kovacs and Krisztian Simon are less likely to be in contention for first team football but are the best of the young players emerging at Ujpest.

McStay added: "Myself and Joe (McBride) have been happy with the results but also with the way that the players are developing.

"Gyorgy Sandor has become a full international and other players are making progress into the under-age international squads

"I'm pleased to see players develop and making their way into the international side.

"Spending some time with Celtic can only help the players development, if they do get transferred I hope that I'll be given the money to reinvest in the team for the second part of the season."

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