Brendan Rodgers is hopeful that an agreement can be reached on giving Gourock footballing ace Greg Taylor a contract extension. 

The Celtic defender's current deal expires next summer, but the Hoops manager isn't panicking as he detailed the players qualities and suggested that a renewal is very much on his agenda. 

Taylor, 26, who came through the ranks at St Andrews Boys Club joined the Scottish champions from Kilmarnock in 2019 and has made 178 appearances for the club, 

Speaking ahead of Saturday's league meeting with Heart of Midlothian, Rodgers was asked about Taylor's future and said: "No update.

"I really hope that we can get something organised on that. He's a fantastic player for us, how he makes that position work, how we want it to look, he's first class. 

"He knows we really want him to stay and hopefully between his representatives and the club, we can organise that because he is a player that I really rate. 

"I've seen him grow here from the outside looking in and obviously having the chance to work with him now for over a season. 

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"I really like everything about Greg. I love his personality, I love his spirit, I love how he plays the game of course.

"He plays the game like a midfield player coming from that outside position in, so he really makes it difficult for the opposition. 

"He's technically strong for what we could say smaller in stature, he competes in his duels, he wins headers, so he does a lot of really good things in games which I really like and really appreciate. 

"I really hope that we can tie him down in this period now. That would be a real priority for us to try and get something sorted for him."