Brendan Rodgers won’t be offering a Celtic deal to his son Anton.
The 24-year-old played in the second half of the hoops 1-0 win over BW Linz as the hoops opened their pre season tour of Austria and the Czech Republic.
Anton was released by Swindon at the end of last season and has made 100 appearances in the English lower divisions.
For almost the first time ever there has been some criticism and questioning of Rodgers over the decision to give his son game time.
Injuries to Eboue Kouassi and Kristoffer Ajer left the Celtic boss short of midfield options as he made ten half time changes giving Anton 45 minutes that he won’t forget.
“In fairness, Anton has come with us to train and get in good condition for when the English season starts, but we had a few injuries to Eboue Kouassi and Kristoffer Ajer and one or two others,” Rodgers told The Sun.
“Anton is a capable player, he’s not just here as my son. He’s here because he can cope and is technically very gifted.
“He has a good view of the game and can pass the ball and to play for us you obviously need to be able to do that.
“Given we were short of numbers he was able to go in and play.
“I thought without really knowing the other players he did well.”
Asked if there was any possibility of a deal being put on the table Brendan added: “It’s never been the case of that. We have a lot of midfield players and it’s maybe different types we need. He always wants the ball and is very good on set-pieces.
“He has confidence to play, but it’s never been a notion to sign him. It’s just to give him a couple of weeks and then he can see where the next venture is.
“His son lives down in Reading, so the ideal scenario is that he finds a club close to where he lives, but this has been a real good exercise for him.”
