Matt O'Riley subject of comprehensive Celtic answer over his transfer future as Atalanta and Co left wanting

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. Matt’s been at the club for three years he’s developed into the player he has and he knows the privilege it is to play for Celtic and of course naturally how it works is the player get that opportunity to move on. Celtic is a club where you can move on but you don’t have to and it’s a very difficult club to move on from.

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.”