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Neil Lennon: Celtic boss tells want away players to settle down

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Celtic manager Neil Lennon has told his want-away players to settle down and focus on securing 10 titles in a row.

The Parkhead boss threatened to rid the club of uncommitted players after they were knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers by Ferencvaros on Wednesday to leave the Scottish champions looking for Europa League qualification.

Kristoffer Ajer and Olivier Ntcham's representatives have asked Celtic for valuations of the two players ahead of potential moves and following the 2-1 home defeat to Ferencvaros an angry Lennon revealed some of his squad had been "making waves to leave".

Asked if he had any regrets about making his feelings known publicly, Lennon, whose side celebrated their ninth successive Premiership title win last season when the campaign was ended early due to the coronavirus crisis, replied, "not really" and then called for the players to refocus.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, he said: "I don't want to elaborate on it. We want them all here.

"We have a big year ahead of us, this is a difficult time of the year as you know, people are unsettled.

"We want them to settle down and do what's best for the club and that means winning the league and trying to make the best of what's left of the European campaign."

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