Brendan Rodgers refused to be drawn on experiences he may very well be reunited with striker Jamie Vardy at Celtic.
Vardy is a free agent after leaving Leicester on the finish of final season and experiences on Monday claimed that 38-year-old striker had his coronary heart set on a transfer to Celtic.
Sky Sports activities Information understands there was no contact between Celtic and Vardy at this stage.
“Listen, I would not speak about any individual player,” stated Rodgers stated.
“Of course I worked really well with Jamie, he was brilliant for me in my time at Leicester. But there’s been so many names floated about. I wouldn’t disclose either way.”
The switch window closes on September 1, with Hoops followers annoyed by the shortage of latest signings whereas some gamers might additionally nonetheless depart Parkhead.
“There’s so much noise, especially as it ramps up towards the end,” the Northern Irishman added.
“I’ve been in enough changing rooms to know how stability can be lost in this moment, because some players will be thinking, are they staying, are they going?
Jahmai Simpson-Pusey has joined Celtic on mortgage from Man Metropolis
“But in the midst of that, you’ve got really important games.
“I’ve already talked about this to gamers quite a lot of weeks again, and respecting and acknowledging that it’s a tough a part of the season.
“However, the money will be in your bank every month and it’ll be from Celtic, whilst you need to perform so you don’t need to worry about anything else.
“I respect and acknowledge that it may be powerful, particularly, are you going to be right here or are you not?
“But Celtic pay your wages, and while they do, you focus on doing the very best you can for Celtic.”
‘High quality over amount’
It is about high quality over amount for Celtic captain Callum McGregor
Celtic captain Callum McGregor believes the membership ought to solely add new signings that can enhance the squad.
“Everyone is impatient in football,” he stated.
“Everybody wants the next new shiny thing and that’s just where we are. That’s the way the world is and obviously we have to keep progressing.
“We’ve got to maintain bringing in high quality and that is the one factor I’ll say is we’ve got so as to add high quality.
“We don’t just want to add numbers for the sake of it because we’re getting close to the window and you think ‘we need bodies, we need bodies’.
Benjamin Nygren has joined Celtic this summer time with Kieran Tierney returning to the membership
“We need quality players and the guys that are here, the guys that have done really good work in the last 12 months, we have to trust them as well.
“We’ve got to belief the workforce. The workforce are in good momentum, received some good outcomes final yr within the Champions League.
“We’ve started well so we have to trust the team that’s there to go and do the job as well and of course like everyone we want quality players to come in and add to that and help.”
Sky Sports activities to point out 215 reside PL video games from this season
Sky Sports activities to point out 215 reside Premier League video games this season
From this season, Sky Sports activities’ Premier League protection will enhance from 128 matches to at the least 215 video games solely reside.
And 80 per cent of all televised Premier League video games subsequent season are on Sky Sports activities
