£30m Celtic transfer scenario reduces Rodgers to laughter amid question 'you don't need to waste your breath on'

Brendan Rodgers offered a humorous response after being asked if Celtic could spend the £25million banked from the pending sale of Matt O'Riley on ONE player.

The Denmark star is close to completing a move to Premier League club Brighton after travelling to the South Coast of England yesterday. The Hoops will bank a club record transfer fee for the midfielder, with the initial £25million fee set to increase in add-ons over time.

LAFC playmaker Mateusz Bogusz has been identified as a potential replacement for O'Riley, and Record Sport understands that talks over a deal for the Poland international are progressing well. The champions are also in the market for another left back to give competition to Greg Taylor and are interested in Liverpool's Owen Beck, Sheffield United's Auston Trusty and Ajax full back Owen Wijndal.

After his side continued their fine start to the campaign with a 3-0 away win against St Mirren on Sunday, Celtic boss Rodgers was reduced to laughter as he interpreted BBC reporter Kheredine Idessane asking if the proceeds from O'Riley's sale would fully go towards one new signing.

Chuckling, he replied: "You've covered Celtic for a long time, eh? You should know that is a question that you don't even need to waste your breath on."

When asked further if the huge chunk of cash would be reinvested in two of three new faces, he added: "I don't know and we will have to see what we can do in the market. But what I do know is that come next Friday we will have improved the squad.

"To cover all the competitions we are in we want to have the strongest squad possible. The squad has worked very well over pre-season and we have lost some players but our job is to continue putting the best team on the pitch and that