Chelsea clear a path for possible transfer move over Celtic star as Fabrizio Romano makes €40m Blues claim By Ben Banks Published 5th Aug 2024, 09:00 BST Comment Chelsea look to be making room in their midfield room amid reports they are keen on Celtic star Matt O’Riley.

John Collins believes his former club Celtic are right to demand top dollar for their in-demand playmaker Matt O’Riley. The 23-year-old is attracting interest from Atletico Madrid, Chelsea and Southampton, while Atalanta have already failed with two bids. The Danish internationalist once again impressed in on Sunday and speaking on BBC Sportsound, Collins urged Celtic to recoup a high fee should they sell him.Would Celtic laugh £15million out the door?” said Collins. “You talk about Scott McTominay being £30million. If I was analysing it, I like Scott McTominay, but I think Matt O’Riley’s a better player. I think Matt O’Riley has more in his locker than Scott McTominay. Does McTominay make better passes forward? No. Is he better at set-piece deliveries? I don’t think so. Does he score more goals? No.Does he create more goals? Okay, (O’Riley) is playing in Scottish football but when I’m watching Matt O’Riley I see a player with good balance, his head’s up all the time and if he’s playing with even better players in front of him he can pick passes left, right, through the middle and what else he can do is play it around corners, bounce it off centre-forwards, get strikes at the edge of the box. And he’s only 23-years-old with a good attitude. If I was a big club out there I’d be bidding for him.”