Matt O’Riley: Celtic reject fifth Atalanta bid for midfielder

Celtic have rejected a fifth bid from Atalanta for midfielder Matt O’Riley.

It’s understood the Serie A membership’s newest provide was £21.5m, plus add-ons.

Atalanta have been attempting to land the Denmark worldwide for over a month with earlier bids of £14m, £14.3m, £15m and £20m all rejected by Celtic.

Brighton have been additionally in talks with the Scottish Premiership champions for O’Riley, with Chelsea amongst quite a lot of different golf equipment keen on him.

O’Riley, who scored 19 targets with 18 assists in 49 appearances for Brendan Rodgers’ aspect final season, arrange the second of Celtic’s targets of their 4-0 win towards Kilmarnock of their Scottish Premiership opener.

The 23-year-old is underneath contract at Celtic till 2027, with the membership knocking again a suggestion of £20m from Atletico Madrid in January.

Rodgers: Worth the participant, not the league

Rodgers has beforehand warned golf equipment that O’Riley is not going to be leaving Celtic on a budget this summer time:

“There are obviously bids that will come in for Matt O’Riley but, I repeat, there is no need for us to sell and we don’t want to sell,” he informed Sky Sports activities Information.

“If there’s an offer that comes in that fits the valuation of the player then that’s a different matter.

“Till that second I am pretty relaxed as a result of he is coaching rather well, working actually onerous and till that modifications we simply proceed centered on performing.

“The challenge for teams coming to a club like Celtic is they sometimes can place their value on the league and not the player.

“What’s essential for me is that if a participant does depart right here, they pay the worth for the participant and that is not one thing that at all times occurs.

“No player will leave here unless it’s for the right valuation and at this moment in time there’s been no team that’s been anywhere near that.”