Brendan Rodgers admits his failure to add a midfielder to Celtic's squad on deadline day, but refused to sign someone just to add numbers.

The Northern Irishman revealed that his top targets proved out of reach on the final day of the transfer window, with the Hoops linked with moves for Everton's James McCarthy and West Brom's James Morrison.

But Rodgers refused to sign someone for the sake of signing someone, instead choosing to stick with the options he already has in the centre of the pitch.

He told Celtic TV: "I wanted to bring another creative player into our midfield to support the players we had here but I'll never bring in anyone just for the sake of bringing in a player. It has to be the right type of player and profile otherwise you waste time, money and energy.

"We brought in five players that can make a difference to the squad and can help the squad. We tried everything we could to get the right level of quality player in, but the players we wanted in just weren't available to get and you can't get a player if a club doesn't want to sell him or loan him.

"But I'm more than happy with what we've got for now, the work we've done in this first window as a club has been very, very good and now gives us a chance to really focus and analyse on our recruitment with the recruitment team over the course of the coming months to maybe do something in January.

"But the players I have here - I'm absolutely delighted with their attitude and energy and they're only going to improve now as we progress over the next few months."