Matt O’Riley’s brilliant performance for Brendan Rodgers’ team during Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid created a spectacular atmosphere at Parkhead, serving as a painful reminder that Leeds lost a fantastic chance.
The 22-year-old O’Riley has been a star for Celtic since January 2022, when Ange Postecoglou brought him from MK
Dons to Glasgow. Up until this season, he had shown promise, but this term, O’Riley has shown much more growth
He has participated in 13 games and contributed to 10 goals, including six goals and four assists. O’Riley’s brilliance started Celtic’s scoring this week. His exquisite initial pass, which found Kyogo for the goal.
Fantastic outcome for Celtic, and as usual in the aftermath, Fabrizio Romano turned to Twitter to declare that a Scottish record sale would be necessary if Celtic were to profit from O’Riley. North, amounting to £25 million
Jota and Kieran Tierney, who each left Celtic for payments of £25 million to join Al-Ittihad and Arsenal, respectively, currently hold that record. Celtic is now requesting a price over that in order to sell O’Riley.
That follows news from Sky Sports that Leeds attempted to sign O’Riley for £10 million in the summer, but their approach was turned down. A move Celtic has benefited from. Not least of all since he is currently dominating the field.
Additionally, because they can now sell him for a lot more money. Perhaps a price somewhat above the £10 million Leeds put out in the summer would have prompted Celtic to consider a possible deal.
Leeds now lost that chance as Celtic demanded a record fee exceeding £25 million due to his performance. A figure beyond our grasp. Gone was the opportunity to sign a game-changing player.
That follows news from Sky Sports that Leeds attempted to sign O’Riley for £10 million in the summer, but their approach was turned down. A move Celtic has benefited from. Not least of all since he is currently dominating the field.
Additionally, because they can now sell him for a lot more money. Perhaps a price somewhat above the £10 million Leeds put out in the summer would have prompted Celtic to consider a possible deal.
Leeds now lost that chance as Celtic demanded a record fee exceeding £25 million due to his performance. A figure beyond our grasp. Gone was the opportunity to sign a game-changing player.
