Celtic won't sell Gordon to Chelsea - Rodgers


Brendan Rodgers confirmed Celtic have received an offer from Chelsea for Craig Gordon but remains adamant that his keeper is not for sale.

The Stamford Bridge club are looking to line up a replacement should Asmir Begovic, number two to Thibaut Courtois , move to Bournemouth.

Chelsea reportedly bid around £3million for the 34-year-old Scotland keeper but speaking at Celtic’s Lennoxtown training complex, Rodgers said: “There has been an offer but nothing that we would (make us) even think about moving him.

“He is a player very much part of what we want to do.

“He has 18 months left on his contract and I want to keep him here to build a team around.

“We have no interest in selling him.

“When the club spoke to me about it, my message was very simple. He is not a player we want to sell.”
Rodgers believes that the former Sunderland keeper will remember that Celtic helped resurrect his career in 2014, when then manager Ronny Deila signed him after he had been out for two years due to a knee injury.
Rumors say that Gordon want to move to Chelsea despite Celtic's determination to keep him.

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