Neil Lennon is planning to have talks with Olivier Ntcham about his weekend comments about wanting to leave Celtic.
The midfielder told French publisher L’Equipe about how disappointed that he was that a transfer to Porto fell through last summer and spoke positively about the attractions of moving to Marseilles.
Neil Lennon will speak to @CelticFC midfielder Oliver Ntcham when he returns to club: “I think it is fair to say that a lot of us, would it be management, players or people at the club were not satisfied with the comments.”
— Ronnie Esplin (@RonnieEsplin) July 8, 2019
Celtic paid £4.5m for Ntcham exactly two years ago with the Frenchman playing an important part in the 2018/18 treble success as he partnered Scott Brown in the centre of the park.
Last season was a big contrast despite the early boost of scoring the only goal of the game in the September Glasgow derby.
Ntcham was injured when Lennon took over from Brendan Rodgers but only made fleeting appearances in the final stages of the season although he did play in the French u-21 side that reached the semi-finals of the European Championships in Italy last month.