Neil Lennon Transfer Update on Celtic Midfielder

NEIL LENNON confirmed on Tuesday that there has been ZERO bid for Olivier Ntcham this summer despite all the speculation.

The Frenchman was subject to a bid from Porto last season but Brendan Rodgers knocked it back and Celtic gave Olivier a new bumper deal as a result.

While away this summer, it came to light that Olivier had spoken about leaving Celtic this transfer window. The Celtic manager spoke to Ntcham on his return about the comments and Neil Lennon is satisfied by his midfielder’s response.

When it has come to firm interest in the former Man City player, the Celtic boss made it clear there was nobody bidding for Olivier at the moment.

“There has been nothing so far.” he told CelticTV.

“It’s a question of him knuckling down now, being a Celtic player and doing what he is good at. That’s what we want from him.

“He is back in with the squad and the players so it is not an issue now.”

“He gave me his side of it and we gave him our side of it and the slate is wiped clean.

“I don’t want to go into detail but I made my feelings pretty clear when I responded to it last week.

“I don’t like that sort of mindset towards the club.

“We’re not a stepping stone for anyone, we’re here to win things and be successful and progress players if that’s what they want — or keep good players for as long as possible.

“We’re a big club and you’ve seen over the years that top-quality players have progressed here in the Scottish environment.

“He has looked at that and he will look to start getting better again.”

Ntcham will not be part of the squad which takes on Sarajevo on Wednesday evening but he could be back in contention next week when Celtic play their second qualifier.

As long as as Ntcham’s a Celtic player he will be expected by his manager and teammates to give his all for the club.