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Celtic boss Rodgers confident keeping hold Man Utd, Bournemouth target Tierney

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is confident keeping hold of Kieran Tierney.

Linked with Manchester United, Bournemouth and Atletico Madrid, the Scotland left-back has left the door open to a move away this week.

But Rodgers says: "It's not about a club if you move, because he could move to a number of clubs if he wanted, it's about it being the right club.

"I think at this moment in time in his life he's at the right club. At a club like Celtic it's quite natural, really, because it tends to be more that sort of moral issue that comes into it - in terms of being on 'x' amount at Celtic.

"Another club can give him 'y' and they give you that (fee) as a club.

"Then it's very, very difficult for a young player, or any player, to turn that down.

"I've been up here a few years now and everyone talks about loyalty and all that sort of stuff. But it's also a business for players.

"It has to work for both. If the player doesn't want to go, it's okay, we won't be pushing him out the door."

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