Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says midfielder Matt O’Riley is expected to complete a move to Brighton 'over the course of the next couple of days'.
The 23-year-old is absent for Sunday's league visit to St Mirren, with Rodgers telling BBC Scotland: "He'll be down in Brighton completing his medical.O'Riley, who has two Denmark caps, has scored 27 goals in 125 appearances for Celtic, collecting six winners' medals, including three Scottish Premiership titles.
"He has been absolutely magnificent in this last year," added Rodgers. "He gave everything to the team and the club."So, I'm pleased for Matt in terms that he gets a move to the Premier League - and for us, we push on. That's the model of the club." The fee could constitute a Celtic and Scottish record transfer sum as the Scottish champions were insisting on surpassing the fees paid by Al-Ittihad for Jota last summer and for Kieran Tierney's 2019 switch to Arsenal.
It means Celtic stand to make a huge profit on the London-born player who joined from MK Dons in January 2022 and is under contract until May 2027."The club have done great from a business perspective. From a football perspective, we're sad to lose a top player." Celtic had rejected an approach for O'Riley from Atletico Madrid in January and he had also been linked with Atalanta, Chelsea and Southampton this summer.The maid who inherited a castle she’s not allowed to sellWhat now for Clarke as Scotland's ongoing deterioration continues?Ko, Korda & Shin star in best shots of Women's Open day three.
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