Defender is silent on Celtic departure

Thomas Rogne hasn’t given up on agreeing a new deal with Celtic.

The defender fell out of favour as the clock ticked down on his contract with Neil Lennon preferring to go with the partnership of Kelvin Wilson and Efe Ambrose.

Rogne signed a three and a half year deal during Tony Mowbray’s brief Celtic reign but has found his progress hampered by injury.

Celtic haven’t commented on the 22-year-old’s contract, which expires at the end of June, with Rogne blanking out his club situation as he prepares to play for Norway in the u-21 European Championship finals in Israel where Norway have been drawn alongside the host nation, Italy and England.

“The only thing to do is to play U21 Championship for Norway,” he replied after being asked where his future lies. “The rest we will take later.

“It’s (the European Championships) basically a perfect showcase. Doing well down there, it’s a very nice window. But it can go both ways, you could also make a bad championship.

“We have to have faith in their own abilities and faith in the system we have. It is a happy squad who like to play football and have good cohesion.

“England will be favourites to win our group but Israel will also be difficult, they have invested a lot in this squad because they are playing at home.”

Rogne started 13 games in the season just ended with his last appearance coming in the 3-1 defeat at Motherwell on April 28.

Paddy McCourt and Daryl Murphy are also out of contract. Anthony Stokes is expected to sign a new deal but Celtic have a 12 month option to extend his current contract.

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