Atalanta are pushing hard to land the playmaker with more than £15m currently on the table.
Brendan Rodgers insists Celtic are under no pressure to cash in on Matt O’Riley after another bid from Atalanta was booted into touch. writes Michael Gannon in America.
The Italians are pushing hard to land the playmaker with more than £15m currently on the table. Rodgers admitted every player has a price – but O’Riley won’t be allowed to go on the cheap. He said: “We’re all quite relaxed about it. Every player has a value but we see him as a really important player and while he’s here we’ll continue to develop him and improve. There’s no update. We’re fairly relaxed, you saw him in the game the other night.
"He’s working well and is focus. Naturally when you’re a good young player who’s committed and professional as he is he will get attention. He’s working so well but there’s nothing to report on him I think we al understand the people close to Celtic understand the model Celtic works.
But naturally with the wages that are on offer for players then that makes it a real challenge for Celtic to compete at that level. But what I’ve seen with Matt is he’s a first-class professional. He’s a really humble guy who’s really devoted to his profession and he knows what he has here.”
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