Christian Eriksen has Celtic admirer in Brendan Rodgers as transfer 'reality' strikes again with Man Utd exit close

Christian Eriksen is reportedly still set to leave leave Manchester United despite the arrival of new boss Ruben Amorim.

And that could open the door for Brendan Rodgers to finally snap up the midfielder with the Celtic boss holding a long-term admiration for the Dane from his days as Leicester City boss. The 32-year-old has impressed amid a dismal campaign at Old Trafford chipping in with seven goal contributions so far this term with his contract set to expire at the end of the current campaign.

Following the arrival some United punters expected the experienced midfielder to earn an extensions following the departure of Erik ten Hag - with Amorim officially stepping into the hot seat last week after leaving leaving Sporting. But transfer guru Fabrizio Romano claims Eriksen "will leave" United at latest by the end of the season and will begin negotiating with potential suitors when the January window opens.

And Celtic could present an interesting option for the Denmark international. During his time as Foxes boss, Rodgers made an attempt to sign Eriksen from Inter.

But in January 2022 talks were brought to an abrupt halt due to the £300k-per-week wage demands of the playmaker - and any similar salary expectations would see a similar end to the Scottish Premiership champions chances of bringing in Eriksen. At the time Rodgers said: “Ideally we would like to bring in someone who is more offensive if that player is available. But it is very difficult.

“Some will be out of our price range and we won’t be able to do it. If there is someone who can come in and support us in this period then we will look to do that.

“We can’t move away from what is our market and that is just financially the position we are in as a club. But