Joe McConnell
Celtic have rejected a fifth offer from Atalanta for midfielder Matt O’Riley.
The Serie A club’s latest offer is understood to have been £21.5m, plus any extras.
Atalanta have been trying to land the Denmark international for over a month, with previous offers of £14m, £14.3m, £15m and £20m, all of which were rejected by Celtic.
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Brighton were also in talks with the Scottish Premiership champions over O’Riley, while other clubs interested in him included Chelsea.
O’Riley, who scored 19 goals and provided 18 assists in 49 appearances for Brendan Rodgers’ side last season, provided the assist for Celtic’s second goal in their 4-0 win over Kilmarnock in their Scottish Premiership opener.
The 23-year-old has a contract with Celtic until 2027, after the club rejected a £20m offer from Atletico Madrid in January.
Rodgers: Value the player, not the championship
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Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers with the latest on Matt O’Riley’s future amid interest from Brighton and a potential return for Norwich striker Adam Idah
Rodgers has already warned clubs that O’Riley will not leave Celtic on a low budget this summer:
“There are obviously offers that will come in for Matt O’Riley but, again, we don’t need to sell and we don’t want to sell,” he said. Vscek News.
“If an offer arrives that fits the player’s valuation, then that’s another matter.
“Until then I’m quite relaxed because he’s training very well, working hard and until the situation changes we’ll continue to focus on the performance.
“The challenge for teams coming to a club like Celtic is that sometimes they can value the league and not the player.
“For me the important thing is that if a player leaves, you pay the value of the player and it’s not something that happens all the time.
“No player is going to leave here unless they are properly evaluated and, at this point, there hasn’t been a team that has even come close to that.”
