Lennon: Ki sale ‘good business’

Neil Lennon has revealed 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 yesterday the Welsh club have agreed a fee, reportedly between £5million (€6.3m) and £6m (€7.6m) with Celtic for the 23-year-old South Korea midfielder and personal terms are now being discussed.

Speaking in Helsingborg before tonight’s first leg of their Champions League play-off clash with the Swedish champions (7.45pm), 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.