Nir Bitton has insisted that he is settled and Celtic and is not eyeing up a move to the Barclays Premier League.

There is a perception that Bitton could be the next saleable asset for Celtic, with his agent talking up a summer move to England, despite the fact the player committed his long-term future to Celtic in November when he signed a five-year contract extension.

And the player maintains that he is in no rush to leave Celtic.

“I don’t think about it really,” he said. “I have just signed a new contract. I play for a big club and sometimes it is better to play for Celtic than at the bottom of the Premier League.

“For me, right now I am in the right place. Maybe in the future, you never know.

“I will be on my holiday in June. I don’t look at it. If I was looking at it, I would not have signed a new contract. I am happy here, the fans are great, it is a huge club with the chance of the Champions league and you don’t need more than that in your life but you never say never in football or life and we will see.”

The 24-year-old has also defended Celtic's transfer policy of buying young players and selling them on for profit rather than spending big bucks to bring in players to the club.

Virgil van Dijk, Fraser Forster, Gary Hooper and Victor Wanyama are recent success stories for Celtic after the club made significant profits following their sale down south.

It is a strategy that has been successful in a business sense for Celtic but Bitton believes it has been the only option for the club given the "crazy money" that has dominated England.

“I think this is the way that football works today," he said. "The big teams can spend money. A few months ago a team from League One bought a striker for £9m. The money today is crazy and you need to be smart. This is the best way for Celtic. You cannot compete with this money. This is what I meant – if you have an offer for someone like Virgil, well, if the offer is good enough then you need to sell the guy because it is his career and it is good money for the club. Right now the money in the Premier League, the Championship and even League One is a joke. This is the best way for Celtic, they don’t need to do more than that."

Meanwhile, Ronny Deila will not ask his players to quit social media platforms after a week in which a 15-year-old was charged for the online abuse of Leigh Griffiths.

"People have to be allowed to do whatever they want to do in their spare time and private life," said the Celtic manager.

"But it's about understanding what consequences there can be if you have a lot of opinions in the media.

"You can get the kind of things that Leigh is into. It's something to reflect over and to try to do the best out of the situation so you perform well on the pitch."