The Parkhead boss was forced to throw untested youngsters on at Villa Park as they tried to get something out of the game late on

But it is Europe's top table under the lights tonight as Aston Villa welcome Brendan Rodgers and co to Birmingham. Both teams have already stamped the ticket for the play-off round but Unai Emery's men can still finish in the top eight with three points and a slip up from a rival above,

It looks like Celtic winger Luis Palma is close to completing an exit before the winter transfer window closes.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has named his side to face Aston Villa in the final Champions League group phase game. The Scottish champions have already guaranteed themselves a place in at least the play-off phase of the elite competition but still have a slim chance of breaking into the top eight and taking direct entry to the last 16.

If a recent report from Sky Sports (as cited by BBC’s Transfer Gossip) is believed to be true, Celtic have held talks with Tobias Slotsager ahead of a potential summer move. But they are not alone

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Celtic travel to Villa Park safe in the knowledge of progression to the knock-out round after beating Young Boys in their penultimate league phase game.

Brendan Rodgers said was proud of Celtic's performance at Villa Park even though a 4-2 defeat condemned them to a play-off tie against one of the giants of European football.

According to information, Olympiacos will bring the player from Celtic on loan, while the deal will also include a purchase option next summer, which is estimated to be 3.5 to 4 million euros. This was also reported by the media outlet “Diario Diez”, which confirmed the information in question.

According to 67 Hail Hail, Sarpsborg have rejected the initial approach from Celtic for Sondre Ørjasæter. It is understood that the Hoops went in with a bid of around €5.25million which equates to around £4.4million.

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