Neil Lennon says that money made from the sale of Ki Sung-Yueng to Swansea will be used to pay off some of Celtic's debt.

Swans chairman Huw Jenkins confirmed last night that the Welsh club have agreed a fee, reportedly between £5million and £6million, with Celtic for the 23-year-old South Korea midfielder and personal terms are now being discussed.

Speaking in Helsingborg, the Celtic boss spoke about the money the sale of Ki will generate, more in relation to the club's debt, which stood at just over £7m in February, than reinvestment into his squad.

Lennon said: "It will help fund the debt, we have to get the debt down a little bit so that will help towards that.

"We will see where we go after these two games and see what money we have to spend, if (any) at all. I might not (get the Ki money) I might get some of it, I don't know.

"One, I don't know what the fee will be and two, I don't know how much we will use to service the debt.

"We are in advanced discussions with a club at the minute and we are hoping that the deal will go through.

"I am not at liberty to say (if it's Swansea) but there may be interest from other clubs as well.

"He is not here, we have given him a bit of extra time because he has a lot to think about."

After beating HJK Helsinki home and away in the third round qualifier, Lennon is confident that his players are ready to break through the glass ceiling to reach the group stage of the Champions League.

The former Hoops skipper said: "We have been together two years and a lot of players know we haven't done as well as we maybe should have.

"We got through a tough tie in Helsinki and that will give the players a lot of confidence.

"They all want to play Champions League football but we have two difficult games to overcome before we can start talking about that."

Lennon is delighted Helsingborgs' top scorer, Alfred Finnbogason, has left the club but admits he knows little of Nikola Djurdjic, the replacement striker who signed from Haugesund yesterday and who is available to play tonight.

He is more familiar with Alejandro Bedoya, the Rangers flop who recently moved to Helsingborgs and who scored a spectacular goal in their 2-1 defeat by Elfsborg at the weekend.

The Parkhead manager said: "No doubt he will be a threat, we had him watched at the weekend, he scored a very good goal and I think he more than most will be motivated to play us."