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Celtic Treble hero told to find a NEW CLUB by his international boss as he demands positional change
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EX-CELTIC star Kris Ajer has been told to find a new club by his national team boss.
The Norwegian defender left Celtic for Brentford in 2021 after making 176 appearances for the Hoops.
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Kris Ajer left Celtic for Brentford for a fee of £13.5million
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After four years at Brentford, his national team manager has told him he needs to find a move away from the Bees
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Life at Brentford started bright for Ajer, as he made 28 appearances in his first season in England.
Injuries have hampered the 27-year-old's Brentford career since then however.
Ajer has been playing out of position when he has been fit in recent times, with manager Thomas Frank using the six-foot-five Norway international as a right-back.
Ståle Solbakken, manager of the Norway national team, has told Ajer he needs to leave Brentford and England if he wants to improve.
He told NRK: "He can be a very good and stable centre-back, and he was today, but he has to change clubs.
"He cannot play right-back in every third game if he is to be a proper, safe and good centre-back. Because he has all the prerequisites.
'I think Ajer would have been better suited to playing centre-back in another league.
"He has had some tough injuries in England. He will never be a super right-back, at the same level he is as a centre-back.
"At the age he is now, I think he is allowed to put his foot down. You can't be a 'cover' right-back at his age now."
Ajer has played less than half of the minutes available to him this season with Brentford.
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He was originally a midfielder in his early days at Celtic, but matured into a fine central defender for the Hoops.
Ajer won three league titles, and the same amount of Scottish Cups and Scottish League Cups during his time in Hoops as he won the treble-treble.
He netted the Hoops a whopping £13.5million transfer fee when he left for the Bees.
Manager Thomas Frank looks set for Spurs after the sacking of another ex-Celt, Ange Postecoglu, with the Aussie linked with the Brentford job.
Whoever takes the job will likely have a fight to keep Ajer at the club.
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