Former Celtic player Andy Lynch is hopeful LA Galaxy midfielder Steven Gerrard could be reunited with Brendan Rodgers at Parkhead.
Gerrard, 36, is out of contract at the Galaxy next month and sources have told ESPN FC the former England captain is keen to prolong his career and is open to offers.
Galaxy coach Bruce Arena has said he hopes Gerrard will sign a new deal with the MLS club but the ex-Liverpool star has been tipped for a move to the Scottish Premiership with Celtic.
"When you hear stories about really big names coming to play in Scotland you usually think, 'Ah, they'd never be able to get him,' but in this case it's not such an outlandish idea," Lynch said in the Daily Record.
"I don't think it's outrageous at all, or just another rumour. I think it could be very probable to see Steven Gerrard at Celtic.
"If he has decided to come back -- and I've read he wants to get into coaching too -- Celtic would be a perfect fit for him."
Celtic and Liverpool have a strong relationship going back several decades, and Lynch said Gerrard is a keen follower of the Scottish champions.
"The decisive factor could be that he is a real Celtic man," he added. "That took me by surprise when I met him at half-time during a Liverpool game at Stoke. I had travelled up from London with the club owners, [Tom] Hicks and [George] Gillett, to be guests of Liverpool. Gerrard wasn't playing so at half-time he was introduced to me.
"It was him who brought up the subject of Celtic and you could see he was pretty excited talking about it. He said: 'That's my team, that's who I support.'
"Obviously, I'm sure he's got a great love for Liverpool and I'm not saying Celtic would have been a greater love, but he was very adamant about his passion for Celtic and said whenever he gets opportunities he would come up and see them because that was his team when he was younger."
Rodgers, who managed Gerrard at Liverpool, said after taking charge of Celtic in May that he would be keen to sign the midfielder if the opportunity arose.
"He was outstanding for me as a captain, so maybe one day," he said then. "You want to work with the best people and he's certainly one of the best."