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Leicester City reportedly made a last minute approach for Callum McGregor, but were rebuffed by Celtic on deadline day.

Lennon today told reporters the Scottish champions had no interest in selling another top player after losing Kieran Tierney to Arsenal for £25m.

As such, Celtic owner Dermot Desmond is said to have told City that midfielder McGregor would not be leaving and as such, no bid was made for the Scotland international.

"We are not interested in selling any of our better players now," Lennon said.

"It's well documented that there was interest in Callum. It was just an approach, no bid. That's over now and we will settle him down.

"He is playing as well as he has ever done and hopefully he will again have another fantastic season as he has done the last couple."

Lennon believes the record fee for Tierney and interest in McGregor is a positive for the club.

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"I think it's a fantastic example of the work that's done behind the scenes, not just at academy level but development coaches, first-team coaches and the way the club is hell-bent on developing their own," he said.

"We take a huge amount of pride in home-grown players coming through.

"Kieran is the latest one and obviously Jamesy (Forrest) and Callum and now Mikey Johnston are making significant contributions to the first team.

"And that shows the younger ones that there's a pathway here if they do the right things and protect their talent. If we recognise the talent there is a real ambition and opportunity to play first-team football on a regular basis.

"We have some good ones bubbling under. Look, it's not a conveyor belt where you can produce, one, two, three a year.

"It's very, very difficult to produce a quality long-term first-team player but we have done that over the last 10-15 years very well compared to a lot of other clubs."