Centre-back Loovens and winger Parry also attracted interest but Ridsdale hopes the pair sign on at City.
That is what we did with Aaron Ramsey and Glenn Loovens in the past.
Glenn Loovens was dropped from Celtic's starting line-up, with Thomas Rogne and Mark Wilson stepping in.
Loovens was recalled for his first outing since October to cover for injured centre-half Daniel Majstorovic.
Adam Rooney slammed in a penalty on 44 minutes after Glenn Loovens had clumsily upended Richie Foran.
But Dutch defender Loovens says it is vital the players sharpen up ahead of the double header against Dinamo.
Loovens said he was confident Celtic would be firing on all cylinders in time for the Champions League qualifiers.
"They have already played about 13 games, so they have played a quarter of the season already, " said Loovens.
Club chairman Peter Ridsdale also told BBC Sport the Championship club has offered new two-year deals to Paul Parry and Glenn Loovens.
Kevin Kyle could have pulled a goal back straight after the re-start after taking advantage of a Glen Loovens mistake.
With 25 minutes played, Jutkiewicz broke free inside the Celtic penalty area but lost out to a well-timed Loovens challenge.
Celtic forged ahead after 21 minutes through Loovens after United skipper Lee Wilkie had conceded a corner defending an Andreas Hinkel cross.
Mexican Efrain Juarez and Dutchman Glenn Loovens were among those given a chance to impress and Thompson was pleased with their contributions.
With the fog descending over Fir Park, Jutkiewicz cleared the air with an early effort from 20 yards out, but Loovens blocked.
Mowbray appears to be happy with his central defensive pairing of Gary Caldwell and Glenn Loovens, with Darren O'Dea as a potential back-up.
The physical nature of the match was evidenced by a series of second-half bookings to Pedro Mendes, Wilson, Novo, Scott Brown and Loovens.
The striker smashed the spot-kick beyond the outstretched arm of Fraser Forster after Foran had been felled by Loovens following Russell Duncan's through ball.
Loovens revealed he was enjoying life under new manager Tony Mowbray as the club look to wrest the Scottish Premier League title back from Rangers.
Loovens' presence at a Celtic corner caused problems for the Rangers defence and Ledley got a shot away only to be foiled by Alexander's positioning.
Shaun Maloney had a strong appeal for a penalty turned down by Craig Thomson before Miller out-muscled and out-sprinted Glenn Loovens to add a second.
Lennon added that defender Glenn Loovens, linked with a possible move away from Celtic, had not been dropped, but was absent because of a hamstring strain.
Loovens nodded in from six yards out to seal all three points for Celtic after Wallace mistakenly allowed the ball to run out for a corner.
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As half-time approached, Jamie Murphy gave the Celtic defence a scare with a blazing run into the penalty area, but Loovens and Caldwell cleared the danger.
The favour was repaid by United in the 21st minute when Loovens rose free to glance Shunsuke Nakamura's front-post corner past Lukasz Zaluska and put Celtic 1-0 ahead.
Aaron Ramsey has left for Arsenal, Cameron Jerome to Birmingham, Chris Gunter to Tottenham, Michael Chopra to Sunderland - before his return last season - and Glenn Loovens to Celtic.
Glenn Loovens and Cha Du-Ri were dropped from Celtic's starting line-up, with Thomas Rogne and Mark Wilson stepping in, although Cha did start after Shaun Maloney was a late withdrawal.
Motherwell took the lead on the stroke of half-time when Hateley delivered a searching free-kick that was nodded down by Loovens for Reynolds to shoot past Boruc from six yards.
Captain Scott Brown and defenders Thomas Rogne and Mark Wilson returned to the Celtic line-up, replacing Ki Sung-Yeung, Glenn Loovens and Efrain Juarez, all of whom featured on the substitutes' bench.
Brown and Rogne had made way for Ki and Loovens respectively and Rangers made an enforced change of their own when Madjid Bougherra came off to be replaced by Kyle Hutton.
Celtic's central-defensive frailties were cruelly exposed when Miller latched onto McGregor's long punt and outmuscled Loovens before despatching a shot past Boruc - despite the Pole getting a hand to his effort.
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