The Celtic boss reckons the club stalwart still has plenty to offer after turning back the clock at Easter Road last weekend
Brendan Rodgers is in no hurry to send James Forrest to the scrap heap – because the Hoops ace is the one man in his squad who can give speed merchant Daizen Maeda a run for his money.
“He’s up there with Daizen Maeda, believe it or not, in terms of sheer speed. He might not be able to do it as much, or for prolonged periods of the game. But his actual football is still outstanding – and he can come in and impart the game. Rodgers said: “Mikey is an interesting one. I played him here when he was 18 and he’s now a 24 year-old man. He hasn’t quite had the run here as he would have liked.
“You don’t just get presented it, you’ve got to produce, but he knows he’s at an age where he wants to be a first team regular. I think towards the end of the window there was maybe a rush and maybe him feeling he needs to get out on loan, but at that stage, he hadn’t trained with the team. “He’s earned his chance to come in and play, but it’s a big squad, and that’s what I’ve got to look at. But certainly, he warranted the opportunity to come in and affect the game.”
“You’re going to be be playing twice or three times a week. Of course, we’ll make some little adjustments and changes. And we have some players who have come in who aren’t used to that level go intensity and regularity of the games. But certainly we won’t be making wholesale changes.”
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