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Co-operative Insurance Cup penalty shoot-out: Celtic v Dundee United
Dundee United midfielder Willo Flood has criticised the way his proposed move to Celtic has been handled.
And he hinted the speculation affected him as he missed a crucial penalty in Wednesday's Co-operative Insurance Cup semi-final defeat by Celtic.
"It's stupid the way it has gone on. I've a wife and kid and we don't know if we're coming or going," he said.
"If it was going to be done, it should have been done. If not, then Celtic should make a statement saying that."
Celtic have confirmed their interest in Cardiff City player Flood, who has impressed during his loan spell at Tannadice.
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I speak to my agent every day and we don't know what's happening
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The Scottish champions' coach Neil Lennon believes the 23-year-old could fill the position vacated by Shunsuke Nakamura when the Japan star returns to his homeland at the end of the season.
Flood is out of contract in the summer and Cardiff manager Dave Jones says he has spoken to Celtic counterpart Gordon Strachan about the Irishman.
Celtic midfielder Barry Robson says he was in the same position as his former United team-mate before completing a £1m switch to Parkhead this time last year.
"I know how Willo is feeling, I had a few teams chasing me and I didn't know where my future lay," said Robson.
"You're a football player and you need to be strong. You need to try and blank everything out and get on with it.
"Because you never know, you might go somewhere else or something else might happen."
Flood stated earlier that switching to Celtic would be a "dream move" for him.
But now the former Republic of Ireland under-21 player is becoming frustrated with the uncertainty surrounding his future.
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"I speak to my agent every day and we don't know what's happening," said Flood.
"I think it's a bit disrespectful to Dundee United when they have done so well for me, that there are things in the papers saying 'Celtic want Flood'."
Flood struck his sudden-death penalty in Wednesday's semi-final, the 23rd of the shoot-out, against the bar, following which Scott McDonald scored to set up an Old Firm Co-operative Insurance Cup final.
"After the first round of penalties at the start I thought 'thank god, that's me over'," said Flood.
"I was laughing with the boys on the halfway line. Then it came back to me and I thought 'oh, no'.
"When I went up to take the kick I was thinking of going the opposite way, which I never do."
"I think that's why I just gave it a little bit too much."
Although he says he would seriously consider any offer from Celtic, he admits he would have mixed feelings about leaving the Terrors.
"I would be very disappointed because the manager has been unbelievable to me," he said.
"He has put my career back on track and everything I gain in football I owe to Craig Levein and Peter Houston.
"They have got confidence in me and I think they have made me a better player.
"It would be a sad, sad situation if I was to leave but, who knows, I might be here for a few years to come."
Dundee United are also keen to make Flood's contract at Tannadice permanent after nearly two seasons on loan from Cardiff.
The Tannadice club's chairman Stephen Thompson said: "We've made him a fantastic offer and would love him to stay. But, in the end, he'll make up his own mind.
"If Celtic have an offer accepted, which we presume they will, the decision will be Willo's."
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