Celtic miss out on Dylan Reid as he rejects transfer to continue development at St Mirren

Dylan Reid has rejected the chance to move to Celtic to remain at St Mirren.

The Buddies granted the 17-year-old permission to speak to Ange Postecoglou's side after the Hoops had a £125,000 offer accepted from the Premiership outfit. However, after taking time to consider the offer the youth academy graduate has decided against the switch and will remain in Paisley to continue his development.

He became the Buddies' youngest ever player to turn out for the club as well as the youngest ever Premiership player when he made his debut in March last year at the age of just 16 years and five days. He has since gone on to feature for the top team on five occasions and he will be looking to push for first-team chances under Stephen Robinson this season after opting against a switch to Celtic.

A club statement read: "St Mirren Football Club can confirm that last week it allowed Dylan Reid permission to speak to a fellow cinch Premiership club regarding a possible transfer.

"We can now confirm that Dylan has turned down the opportunity to leave St Mirren at this point in time.

"The St Mirren Youth Academy graduate became the youngest ever player to play for St Mirren, as well as the youngest ever Scottish Premiership player, when he made his debut for Saints at just 16 years and five days old in March 2021.

"He has since gone on to play for the first-team on five occasions - most recently as a substitution in our 2-0 win over Cowdenbeath on Saturday.

"We are pleased that Dylan will remain at St Mirren and look forward to him continuing his development at the club."