Brendan Rodgers: Celtic won't sell Craig Gordon to Chelsea

Celtic boss have categorically stated that Craig Gordon will still be at Parkhead after the transfer window.

The Ladbrokes Premiership leaders last week rejected an offer from Chelsea of around £3million for the 34-year-old, with the Hoops boss knowing nothing about a reported second bid from the London club.

Rodgers, who insisted Gordon will be in goal for the home game against Aberdeen on Wednesday night, said: "It is worth noting, I have seen one or two comments in terms of how he was treated by me earlier in the season. Him and I have a great relationship.

"If treating a player that badly (is) by taking a player out and putting him back, which raises the level of his game, which gives him his first international cap for seven years, if I treated him that badly, I am sure there would be others who would want to be treated like that as well.

"So it is no different to what happened to the likes of Stuart Armstrong and Dedryck Boyata.

"I am always open and honest with players and if they are not playing how I expect them to play, I will tell them.

"In the modern game that can sometimes be difficult for the players to take because they will always find an excuse and look for someone to blame, and it is never normally them.

"But what I have found here is the responsibility the players have taken and how we have developed them, the staff, all of us together, has made many of the players make good performances this season and Craig has been no different to that."