Brendan Rodgers has addressed suggestions of a potential Celtic return for Odsonne Edouard.
The French striker, who scored 87 goals across 179 appearances during a four-year spell at Parkhead between 2017 and 2021, has been mentioned as a potential transfer option for the Scottish champions this summer.
Rodgers, however, moved quickly this evening to cool any links, outlining that he wants players with hunger and desire, not big names.
He said [RecordSport]: "I’m not worried so much about a big name. It’s about the collective of the team.
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"Big names don’t always give you want you need. This team needs hunger, goals and work rate and intensity.
"Big names don’t always give you that. It’s about big players.
"I just want players who are hungry to learn but also ready now. There are lots of players linked with us.
"Odsonne hasn't been on my radar, to be fair. I obviously know him, but it’s about a player who will fit into the structure of the team."
Rodgers was speaking after Celtic defeated Sporting CP 2-0 in the Algarve this evening: "It was excellent," he said.
"It was always going to be a very good test against a team with very good players who play their system very well.
"I thought our pressing was good and we had to be brave. We did that and played well through the thirds.
"We could have finished off a few more moves but we looked very good for this stage of preseason.
"It’s about consistently improving."
