Brendan Rodgers discusses Celtic's draw to FK Suduva
Rodgers admits Dembele disappointment
Brendan Rodgers has revealed his disappointment at Moussa Dembele's social media antics before his Celtic exit.
The France under-21 striker sealed a £20m switch from the Glasgow giants to Lyon in his homeland yesterday.
But that followed Dembele taking to Twitter to seemingly hit out at Rodgers via a series of tweets and likes.
In response, Rodgers said: "Sometimes people will react in certain ways to suit a narrative, I get that. Of course, I’m disappointed by the lengths they would go to to do that.
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Dembele banished from training
Brendan Rodgers says Moussa Dembele was banned from first-team training because of his attitude on the day of his move away from the club.
Rodgers said: “He came in to report for work with his team-mates and, very early on, it became clear he wasn’t up to the expectations we [require players to] meet for training.
“It is best not to work if he is still not quite right; it was best for him to get inside. It doesn’t matter, to be honest. The rest of the players trained very well.
“We had recovering players from last night and the two new guys [Youssouf Mulumbu and Filip Benkovic] came in and fitted in very well. My job is to protect the environment and how we work.”