article_snippet: Meanwhile, Ronny Deila claims Ronny Deila wants Craig Gordon to stay with Celtic for the remainder of Craig Gordon career.
article_snippet: Craig Gordon's excellent performances since then have been key to Celtic's progress under Deila and brought the 32-year-old firmly back into contention to be Scotland's No1.
article_snippet: Gordon's acquisition on a free transfer was one of the best bargains of recent time in Scottish football.
article_snippet: Deila wants Craig Gordon (above) to remain at Parkhead for the remainder of his career .
article_snippet: On the prospect of Gordon signing up for life on the Chelsea bench after coming through two years of injury anguish and rekindling Gordon career at Celtic, Deila said: 'It would be a shame
article_snippet: but I don't think Gordon wants to do that – Gordon wants to play football until the end of his career. '
article_snippet: There will be clubs interested if Gordon wants to go, but we want to keep Gordon. '
article_snippet: Gordon's performed great and without Gordon we wouldn't have gone through the group stage (in the Europa League).'
article_snippet: Gordon will again form Celtic's last line of defence as they seek to open up a nine-point Premiership lead with victory over St Johnstone on Wednesday night.