Falkirk have stated that no approach was made by Celtic in relation to winger Calvin Miller before the transfer window closed…
Bairns chief executive Jamie Swinney says there were no discussions or formal communications from the Scottish champions over a late move for the player.
Speculation had emerged last week after former Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew suggested Miller had been poised for a sentimental return to the club where he began his career, before the deal was reportedly halted late on deadline day.
However, while Swinney conceded it was possible Miller featured on Celtic’s list of targets, he moved to clarify Falkirk’s position amid the swirling rumours.
Speaking on STV Radio’s Football Show, Swinney said: “It’s only natural. The thing is, there’s always bigger clubs than Falkirk, and therefore, there’s always going to be interest in our players.”
“Calvin Miller’s numbers in League One, the Championship and now the Premiership are astronomical as a wide player. From my point of view, we understand there’s going to be interest.”
“There was no contact from Celtic whatsoever, however, that doesn’t mean that he wasn’t discussed. He might well have been discussed, but certainly from our point of view, there was no contact.”
Swinney added: “What’s been really pleasing is that we’re doing this essentially with a full team of Scottish players. We’ve got quite a lot of young players in the team, so we are going to have people saying ‘Who are some of these guys?”
“We’ll hopefully keep them here for as long as possible because we feel that we’re building something really exciting. I think we’d have been in a pretty good place given it was the last day of the window and he [Miller] still has 18 months left of his contract.”
“We certainly wouldn’t have been easy to deal with us as such. We don’t want to lose Calvin, of course we don’t. The fact the phone call never happened, I was quite pleased when I went to bed that night.”
Watch below…
👀 @JamieSwinney86: “There was no contact for Calvin [Miller] from Celtic whatsoever…Calvin has 18 months left, we wouldn’t have been easy to deal with!”
👊 Falkirk CEO Jamie Swinney joined @EwenDCameron & @STVRonnie – Celtic fans, would you have taken Calvin Miller?? 🤔🟢 pic.twitter.com/nVAvm75QTo
— STV Radio Football Show (@STVFootballShow) February 9, 2026
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