'Some interest' in Celtic striker Oh - Rodgers

Hyeon-gyu Oh helped South Korea reach the Asian Cup semi-finals in February

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed "there's some interest" from other clubs in signing striker Hyeon-gyu Oh.

The South Korea 23-year-old fell down the pecking order at the Scottish champions after the arrival of Adam Idah on loan from Norwich City in January.

This week, the Championship club rejected an offer from Celtic to secure Idah on a permanent transfer.

"Adam is a Norwich player, so I'm not in the mood to be talking about other players at other clubs," Rodgers told Sky Sports. "But he's a player who came in here and did exceptionally well and we'll see what happens."

Oh, meanwhile, could be leaving 18 months after his arrival from Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

"There's some interest in Oh, so again we'll assess that as a club and just manage that," Rodgers said after Friday's 1-1 friendly draw away to Ayr United.

"But you'll see tonight, his attitude is great and he had a good 45 minutes and worked hard. Let's see what the coming days bring on that one."

Celtic continue their search for a replacement first-choice goalkeeper after veteran former England international Joe Hart decided to retire.

"It's certainly one of the areas we need to improve and we've know that since Joe said he was leaving," Rodgers said. "A bit of time, but we hope to have that done by the start of the season - that's for sure."

Again, the Celtic manager would not be drawn on the possibility of being reunited with 37-year-old Kasper Schmeichel, with whom he worked at Leicester City and who is a free agent after a season with Anderlecht.

"There's lots of names flying about - I just want a good one," Rodgers said. "Kasper is a very good one. I know him well, but there are lots of names and I'm clearly not going to tell you what those names are."

Celtic have yet to make a summer signing, but Rodgers is hopeful of adding to his squad before their pre-season trip to United States in a fortnight.

"The players we want are targeted - we know what we want," he added. "We could have had nine players in now if we wanted, but it's all about the right players that we want to improve the squad.

"Sometimes that takes a little patience. There's always a collaboration between ourselves and another club to get the players we want.

"But I'm very hopeful that, by the end of the window, we'll have a very strong squad and will be ready and prepared for an exciting season."