Neil Lennon: Celtic have identified 'a few players' they would like to add

Celtic have identified a number of players they hope to bring into to club ahead of next season, Neil Lennon has told STV.

The Glasgow team's manager expressed his disappointment that a £3m bid for Latvian striker Artjomas Rudnevs was turned down, but said the club had "other options" at that position.

He said: "Unfortunately, he decided to go to Hamburg. He's a player we've identified for a while as a very good goalscorer and a quality player.

"We were disappointed it didn’t work out, but we have other options at that position so we'll just move on."

Lennon said he had spoken to "three or four" of his players in the wake of Daniel Majstorovic's departure to AIK Stockholm this week.

However, the manager could not confirm whether Glenn Loovens and Cha Du-Ri would be spending another season at Celtic Park.

"Ideally we’d like to keep them but they might have offers elsewhere. They’ve made great contributions to the club, and I’d be very sorry to see them go, but that’s the progression of football," Lennon said.

The former Celtic captain will also be looking for new blood at the Euro 2012 tournament, but added: "It would be nice to sign them before then, because if they have a good tournament then their stock rises very much.

"I’ll be keeping an eye on the Euros, but we've already identified a few players we can hopefully bring into the club – although it won’t be a large number."

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