Virgil van Dijk has vowed to be "straight" with everyone as he looks to the future.

The Dutchman, shortlisted for the PFS Scotland Player of the Year award, has been linked with a move to the Premiership this summer.

Ronny Deila insists he wants to talk the player into remaining in Glasgow, and Van Dijk has admitted the size and clout of any potential club he may move to is as much of a consideration as any financial package.

"We'll see what happens in the summer, but for now I'm a Celtic player and we'll see if that is or isn't the case after the summer," he said. "It's an amazing club and you don't want to leave a club like this for one that is not as big.

"You need to know what you want - you don't need to lie. You have to be straight. I will be straight with everyone. I'm focusing on the present."

The dilemma for many players in Van Dijk's position is the matter of being at a big club in a small league. But, as others have found to their cost, being at a smaller club in one of the bigger leagues isn't often as attractive as it may initially appear.

"It depends on the club," he said. "If Celtic was playing in the Premier league then they would be one of the best clubs in the world and to stay here would be much more interesting than anything else.

"It is what it is right now. I just want to win the league as soon as possible and hopefully get a nice game maybe before we have to go to Aberdeen - or maybe Aberdeen away will be nice to win the title."

Van Dijk is keen to get the title wrapped up after admitting that last Sunday night was spent tossing and turning as he re-ran Celtic's William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final defeat over and over.

"I was devastated, especially during the night, I couldn't sleep that well," he revealed. "But by the next day I was already thinking about the Dundee game on Wednesday and needing to recover physically and mentally, and that's what I did.

"That was the biggest chance to get the Treble and everyone at Celtic, and I think around Celtic as well, had the feeling it was going to happen.

" If the right decision had been made in the game on Sunday we would have been in the final and would hopefully have won the final. The Treble was very close, but it's not going to be turned around any more. We need to put all our energy now into winning the league."