And, although no firm offer is on the table for the former Under-21 international, it’s believed Celtic may make a move before Sunday’s Tennent’s Scottish Cup tie against Clyde

However, United chairman Eddie Thompson insists he is in no rush to sell his prize asset, and certainly not below face value.

He said, “As far as I am concerned, if anyone came in with less than £500,000 I wouldn’t bother even looking at it. Right now, there is no offer on the table for Mark, but Celtic have shown an interest, while Wolves boss Glenn Hoddle has asked us not to do anything without informing him.”

Wilson is signed on at Tannadice until May 2008, which can only strengthen United’s hand in any signing talks.

The Tangerines won’t budge unless they receive an offer, they feel, matches their value of the player.

“Mark is going to be a full Scotland international player. Not only is he a top player, he is also a good guy off the park. Any club would be getting both should we decide to sell,” added Eddie.

Meanwhile, Wilson remains firmly in United’s plans for Saturday’s Scottish Cup third-round clash at home to Aberdeen.

However, Paul Ritchie is suspended for that one, while Grant Brebner and Collin Samuel remain doubtful.

“Grant has been able to do some light work, but, along with Collin, it will be later in the week before we can make any decision on the pair of them,” said boss Gordon Chisholm today.

While admitting he would have welcomed an easier route to the fourth round, Gordon is confident his side have what it takes to send the Dons crashing out of the competition for the second year running.

“It would have been nice to get one of the smaller teams at home, but we beat Aberdeen last year and we’ll be positive again this year,” said Gordon.

“We’ve got a decent home record and I think the atmosphere at Tannadice on Saturday will be electric. It should be a right good game.”

Kilmarnock boss Jim Jefferies, linked to the manager’s job at Tannadice recently, is set to sign an extended deal at Kilmarnock which will keep him there until 2009.

Meanwhile, the Dens Park gaffer declared himself “quite pleased” with the weekend’s work, which saw the his men pick up points in goalless draws at Hamilton and St Johnstone.

Indeed, those two stalemates made it five clean sheets in the last six games, but, with only two wins and also a calamitous collapse against Airdrie included in that sequence, Alan knows there is still much work to be done.

“It seems to be feast or famine with us. In general, I think Bobby (Mann) and Callum (Macdonald) have done well for us recently, but we seem to be falling down at the final hurdle and can’t seem to deliver the final pass,” said Alan.

“But I’ve no problem with the work-rate in the last few games and the players have battled away really well.

“Up front, Craig O’Reilly is still learning the game and I thought Simon Lynch sacrificed himself a lot of the time against St Johnstone.”

Keeper Kelvin Jack remains a doubt for Sunday’s Tennent’s Scottish Cup tie at home to Stranraer. The Trinidad and Tobago international has a knee injury and will be nursed over the next few days.

Fellow-keeper Derek Soutar, who has also been sidelined by a knee injury, will be back in training tomorrow, although he remains some two or three weeks away from match action.

However, the manager will have no worries about utilising 17-year-old Scott Murray between the sticks once again. The youngster has kept clean sheets in the last two games.

“Scott has been great. He didn’t have much to do against Hamilton, but did the little bits well and he had a couple of decent saves against St Johnstone,” added Alan.

Meanwhile, Saints believe midfielder Neil Janczyk will recover in around a week from the ankle knock which saw him taken off against Dundee.

However, it’s likely that Steven Milne, taken off in the same game, will be out for longer.

McDiarmid team boss Owen Coyle confirmed the club are “actively looking” to bring in new players during the transfer window.

Saints’ U/19s beat Hamilton 2-0 on the McDiarmid Park Fieldturf.