Matt O’Riley on Celtic fast track to the top as Denmark insider labels him the next Christian Eriksen

O’Riley was snubbed for the Denmark first team but his time will come according to Peter Kjaer.

Big-name stars Christian Eriksen and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg are the mainstays. While Brentford pair Mathias Jensen and Christian Norgaard are ripping it up in the Premier League.

Even the emerging talent – Jesper Lindstrom and Morten Hjulmand – are plying their trade at clubs like Napoli and Sporting Lisbon. So it won’t be easy for Celtic star Matt O’Riley to break into Denmark’s high- calibre midfield. But his time will undoubtedly come.

That’s according to former Aberdeen keeper Peter Kjaer, who is now a top football pundit for Danish station TV3. He has been impressed by O’Riley’s start to the season at Parkhead. So much so that he expected national team boss Kasper Hjulmand to hand the 22-year-old a call-up for their Euro 2024 double-header against Kazakhstan and San Marino. But it didn’t come – much to O’Riley’s disappointment.

Kjaer, who spent two years at Pittodrie in 2001, knows all about Scottish football. He believes that playing under pressure for Celtic and in the Champions League means O’Riley WILL get his chance for the Danes. And Kjaer feels it’s only because he’s up against some top-quality players in Hjulmand’s engine room that a first full cap hasn’t come sooner.