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Celtic boss Rodgers rules out Arzani Man City return

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers insists on-loan Manchester City striker Daniel Arzani will stay with them for the season.

Rodgers has had his say on the situation.

"There is nothing. His situation is very simple," Rodgers said. "He is a 19-year-old boy who has come in for two years to get experience. He has burst onto the scene and of course they will want him to do well, but there is no exit clause.

"He has adapted very well and much as people would love him to come in and play he wasn't ready. So it's all a process.

"Coming in after a World Cup with players a number of weeks ahead of him in terms of fitness and training, he is adapting to a more physical game.

"There are lots of things, but he is very happy and we have been very pleased in terms of how he is making progress.

"It's not easy to just snap your fingers and just come into a top team with top players who have done very well, but I have been really pleased with how he is developing and working and adapting to how we want to work.

"It's a really good education for him."

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