Ex-Celtic star Matt O'Riley ‘agrees deal to leave Brighton for Italy as huge wage packet revealed'
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FORMER Celtic star Matt O'Riley is reportedly edging closer to the Brighton exit, with a number of clubs in Italy keen on the attacker.
It's being reported by Tuttosport that Serie A giants Juventus have been interested in the Denmark international for some time and now want to make a concrete bid for the 24-year-old.
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Two former Hoops stars O'Riley and Kuhn
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O'Riley in action for Brighton in pre-season
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The report says initial approaches have been very positive and it claims that O'Riley would welcome a move to Turin.
The Bianconeri are reportedly set to "guarantee him a five-year contract" worth around "£2.6million a year".
However, they will need to sell players such as Douglas Luiz, Weston McKennie and Fabio Miretti to raise funds to make the move happen.
Brighton are asking for £26m, which is slightly more than the £25m they paid Celtic for him last year.
The Hoops made a substantial profit on O'Riley after paying MK Dons just £1.5m for him in January 2022.
O'Riley made a huge impact in Scottish football, scoring 27 goals in more than a 100 games for the Hoops.
As well as winning the Scottish Premiership three times, he helped the club win a treble in the 2022-2023. He was also Celtic Players' player of the year the following season.
Just hours after completing his move from Celtic to Brighton he suffered a serious ankle injury on his debut against Crawley Town.
Despite the setback, he would go on to make 23 appearances that season, scoring twice and assisting three goals.
But he was left frustrated at being played out of position.
Also the 24-year-old isn't getting regular game time and has been attracting attention from other Serie A giants including Napoli and Roma.
Awkward Matt O'Riley moment has fans convinced 'he thinks he's still at Celtic'
Meanwhile, on Saturday O'Riley revealed he still has a soft spot for Celtic and follows the team's results.
He told the Celtic Way: "Even though I don't post that much on social media, I'm still watching every single game and trying to keep tabs on them.
"I'm still in contact with people.
"It's hard in football to keep contact with everybody because it moves so fast and things change, but I did make some good friends up there, and I'm still in contact with a lot of staff at Celtic, which has been nice."
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