THE ODSONNE FAVOURITE

Rodgers a HUGE fan of French kid Ed

AT times he’s seemed like the Od man out at Celtic.

There’s been plenty of debate around Moussa Dembele, chat over Leigh Griffiths but barely a word about Odsonne Edouard. Brendan Rodgers reckons it’s about time the on-loan PSG hitman got tongues wagging after his star turn against Hearts in midweek. Celtic have an option to buy the 19-year-old at the end of the summer but at around £7million it would be a hefty outlay for a kid with potential.

But Rodgers (right) is convinced the hitman will show his worth as he’s a star in the making who has somehow managed to hover under the radar despite firing six goals in just nine starts for the club.

The Hoops boss said: “Odsonne has come in here and he doesn’t have people behind him trying to piece together a load of propaganda about how good he is and how he’s linked to other clubs.

People can then just pick up on he’s a young player.

“This is a boy from PSG, who is their top goalscorer through all their levels of football and this includes when Moussa was there and all other players.

“He’s gone into international football and broken all types of records. He’s been brought in here because I think he can go into the team and play at any time. “It was difficult for him when he first came in but he played in a role just off the side the other night and he can do that because we’ve worked on it in training and we’ve seen how clever and bright he is, how fast he is.

“He’s got goals in him and what’s pleasing for me is the graft he puts in.”

Jack Hendry and Scott Bain are included in the Celtic squad.

Leigh Griffiths, Marvin Compper, Tom Rogic, Patrick Roberts and Stuart Armstrong remain out.

DANGER Edouard gets a goal against Hearts and is congratulated by Dembele