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Gvidas Gineitis 'ready' for Celtic transfer consideration as interest in Torino star directly addressed Hoops are reportedly very keen on the midfielder, who has scored five times in 29 caps for Lithuania Gvidas Gineitis' agent has revealed he has held talks about a potential move to Celtic and that the player is 'ready' to consider joining the Premiership champions. However, he insists that the Hoops are yet to table Serie A club Torino with an official offer for the Lithuania star. The Parkhead giants were linked with the midfielder earlier this summer and are now said to be ramping up that interest. Boss Martin O'Neill is keen to bolster his options in the middle third of the pitch, with West Ham set to return with an improved offer after seeing a bid of £20million plus a further £5million in add-ons for Arne Engels thrown out by Celtic. Japan international Reo Hatate also faces an uncertain future with the club. Despite reports suggesting that a Hoops' bid for his client has been launched Gineitis' representative Dmitry Vinokurov is adamant a deal is far from being done. But he admits the player has responded well to Celtic's interest. Speaking to CeltsAreHere, he said: "Some representatives from Celtic have contacted me, but I haven't received any offer yet. "I appreciate their commitment and am ready to collaborate, but I also need to keep working on other options for Gvidas. "It's not true that an offer has already been made. Gvidas appreciates the interest from such an important club and would be ready to evaluate any potential offer." Celts also remain in discussions with Paderborn to try and sign playmaker Mika Baur. The Germany U21 international is into the final year of his contract with the Bundesliga new boys who insist they are willing to run the risk of losing the player for nothing next summer if he sticks around for the coming campaign. Get more Daily Record exclusives by signing up for free to Google’s preferred sources. Click HERE. Tune in to Hotline Live every Sunday to Thursday and have your say on the biggest issues in Scottish football and listen to Record Sport's newest podcast, Game On, every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks. Follow Record Sport on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond. You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Celtic pages and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. We're also on WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Celtic community here. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.