Former Celtic boss Ronny Deila would cost Club Brugge £2 million if they want him to quit Standard Liege after his release clause was revealed.

The Norwegian coach has been widely praised for turning around the fortunes of Standard Liege - who narrowly avoided relegation last season - into a fight for the title play-offs in just one season.

Brugge have targeted Deila as the man they want to replace former Fulham and Bournemouth boss Scott Parker, who was axed after a disastrous spell at the club earlier this season.

But they will have to fork out £2 million to land the 47-year-old, who has been in charge of Valerenga and New York City FC since quitting the Hoops in 2016.

Deila is under contract at Standard until 2025, but his deal has a release clause that would cost any interested club £2 million this year, which reduces to £1 million next year if they want to take Deila to a new job.

And Brugge must now weigh up whether to splash out on what would be the biggest fee in Belgian history to land a new manager.

Deila won two league titles and a League Cup during his two-year spell in Glasgow and then went on to win the MLS Cup with New York City.

Meanwhile, Matt O’Riley admitted he finds Celtic team-mate Kyogo Furuhashi’s positive attitude “incredible” after a penalty miss failed to wipe the smile off the Japanese forward’s face.

Furuhashi opened the scoring in Celtic’s 4-1 win at Kilmarnock on Sunday but later hit the post with a spot-kick to keep him on 29 goals for the season.

O’Riley, who scored two goals at Rugby Park, said: “He’s probably the nicest man I’ve ever met. It’s not just on the pitch with what you see, he’s genuinely the nicest man I’ve ever met.

“That guy could miss four open goals in a game and still be smiling, which I find incredible.

“It shows the kind of guy he is, and it’s really nice to have someone like that in your team – regardless of whether they miss or score, they’re still going to work hard.

“He knows he’s already got, I don’t know how many goals, so I don’t think he’s too fussed about missing one.”