Celtic's O'Riley on verge of Brighton switch

Celtic head Brendan Rodgers has confirmed midfielder Matt O’Riley's move to Brighton is imminent.

The 23-year-old is absent for Sunday's convention sojourn to St Mirren, pinch Rodgers telling BBC Scotland: "He'll beryllium down successful Brighton completing his medical.

"That move should beryllium done complete nan people of nan adjacent mates of days."

O'Riley, who has 2 Denmark caps, has scored 27 goals successful 125 appearances for Celtic, collecting six winners' medals, including 3 Scottish Premiership titles.

"He has been perfectly magnificent successful this past year," added Rodgers. "He gave everything to nan squad and nan club.

"Right up to his very past time he was retired doing other work. That shows nan mentality he has.

"So, I'm pleased for Matt successful position that he gets a move to nan Premier League - and for us, we push on. That's nan exemplary of nan club."

The interest could represent a Celtic and Scottish grounds transportation sum arsenic nan Scottish champions were insisting connected surpassing nan fees paid by Al-Ittihad for Jota past summertime and for Kieran Tierney's 2019 move to Arsenal.

It intends Celtic guidelines to make a immense profit connected nan London-born subordinate who joined from MK Dons successful January 2022 and is nether statement until May 2027.

"I said earlier nan model opened, you salary for nan subordinate not needfully nan league," said Rodgers.

"The nine person done awesome from a business perspective. From a shot perspective, we're sad to suffer a apical player."

Celtic had rejected an attack for O'Riley from Atletico Madrid successful January and he had besides been linked pinch Atalanta, Chelsea and Southampton this summer.