Shota Arveladze warns Kris Boyd agent against an auction

Bursaspor and Ankaragucu are also interested in Boyd, who has been reportedly offered a two-year deal worth 50,000 per week from the former Rangers and Georgia striker.

Arveladze is looking forward to the 26-year-old striker – out of contract at Rangers this summer – and his representative, Mark Donaghy, flying to Turkey this week for talks but will insist on exclusivity.

"They have promised to come out to our place and are trying to find the best way to come," said Arveladze. "I just want to let Kris feel that he is important to us and that he will feel happy living here and scoring goals for our team.

"I have to get a striker as soon as I can. I hope this can work out. I said that if he comes to speak to other teams then my offer is out. If he comes to see other teams then all the media will be watching, taking photos of him everywhere.

"It is like a gamble and if he chooses another team then I look silly. I said if you come, then just visit me and make your mind up after that.

"So I hope he comes this week to see the place and finally agrees that he will come and play for us."

Meanwhile, Celtic midfielder Ki Sung-Yong was hailed "the future" of South Korean football after his country's World Cup dream was crushed by Uruguay.

The 20-year-old played a crucial role in his country's run to the last 16. However, a 2-1 defeat by Uruguay ended South Korea's stay in South Africa.

The country's media, though, are only taking positives from an encouraging campaign. And the biggest boost for South Korea was the performances of Celtic starlet Ki and his young team-mate, Lee Chung, of Bolton.

Chosun Ilbo, the country's biggest selling newspaper, said: "South Korea took one step forward and, in Ki and Lee Chung, our football has a bright future."

The Korea Daily added: "With the two young dragons, Ki and Lee, we can look ahead to Brazil 2014 with great hope."

Ki has made just five starts for Celtic since joining from FC Seoul in a 2 million move in December.

He apologised to South Korea's fans for the team's failure to reach the quarter-finals, saying: "I'd like to say to our supporters, 'thank you deeply'.

"I'm sorry we didn't do it, but hopefully they will have seen that we gave everything.

"Let's hope we can be there in Brazil in four years time and make you proud once again."

Former Dunfermline, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock manager Jimmy Calderwood reckons he could be out of work until September at the earliest.

The 55-year-old, who replaced Jim Jefferies at Rugby Park in January after being out of the game for eight months, kept the Ayrshire club in the SPL but walked away at the end of last season rather than implement the 25 per cent budget cuts chairman Michael Johnston demanded.

However, even though his assistant, Jimmy Nicholl, has been appointed manager of First Division new boys Cowdenbeath, he faces another long spell as a reluctant spectator.

"I had a couple of options in Holland but they didn't work out," said Calderwood, who also managed Willem II and NEC Nijmegen in The Netherlands.

"Now I'll just have to wait and see but I'm not expecting anything to happen until September or so because most clubs seem to have their manager's position filled at the moment.

"I'm now just waiting for someone to have a bad start, which is a horrible thing but that's the way of it in football.

"There's no doubt that when I've been in a job other people have been waiting for me to fail so they could apply for it.

"I don't like that side of the game but it's always been that way. Not being involved in the game will drive me daft – just like it did last year – but this holiday I'm on will just have to last a little longer."