Still 21-years-old, Liel Abada is the same age Jota was when Benfica sent him out on a season long loan to Valladolid. The insanely valuable talents of Jota were not evident at his mother club and remained hidden for his duration in Spain.
Kyogo was 23 before he played top-flight football in Japan, also as a winger. His prodigious talents took years longer to mature into the goal scorer he is today. This is what successful player development often looks like and it is why Brendan Rodgers persuaded Liel Abada to get his head down for another season at Celtic.
Like Kyogo, Liel has an innate understanding of space and timing in front of goal. He is also a big game player, having scored three times against Newco in his two seasons here, only Dundee United have conceded more to him, including a memorable last-minute winner with 10-men, and, of course, a Scottish Cup Final goal.
He has played through the middle on a couple of occasion without success but I think he has what it takes to make it as a striker, all he needs is time to learn the position and good coaching.
Joining him for competition on the wing will be Korean Hyunjun Yang, also 21, whose signing from Gangwon was confirmed this morning. Hyunjun leaves a team who were fighting relegation all season, which is quite a different prospect from what he will experience at Celtic.
The developmental opportunities for wing players at Celtic have been one of the highlights at the club in recent years. As we discussed last week, wingers are changed during a game more often than any other position, we need volume and variety in the squad.
Welcome to Celtic, Hyunjun.
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BADA
Close, given big Ron connection.
There is a loose connection with Brendan Rodgers.
Ron
The old Leicester ground had a warm air tent – so could have been there
GENE and others
The ground was home of a non league club.
More to the point
Our first game is 12.30pm Celtic Park Time
On Sat 5th August
Which is a week on Sat
OMG!
Hyde
Apols, got excited
Home to Ross County
Which is flag day
And if I remember correctly
The first time in a few years we
As champions
Have kicked off the season first
GENE and others
I don’t expect anyone to get the answer, even with GOOGLE. I only know because I was on the committee of the other football team and was at the match.
RON BACARDI @ 8:05 PM,
Never underestimate the power of Google…
V Exeter City
St James Park
Hail Hail
CHAIRBHOY
Miles out, sorry.
Maybe concentrate on Ron Atkinson and Brendan Rodgers link to the club whose ground it was.
RON BACARDI @ 8:48 PM,
Ah, right, forget Google:))))
Hail Hail
Surprised any player is signing for us,being forced to play in those terrible strips.
Said no one with a brain,ever.
Ivor Cummins, an Irishman who quotes facts and nothing but facts is one of these charlatans…..not
Turkeybhoy
I like the strip
And when I first saw it I thought it was really, really bad
The more I see it
The more I think I like it
Turkeybhoy,
By fu@k you’re right. Some of the strips I’ve seen in Antalia are truely terrible
HH.
I really like it.Stands out much more.Soon as it arrives here in the ,ahem,markets,I am lashing out the 15 quid on one.Prices have shot up.
Have we signed the centre half yet?
Has he failed the medical?
Has he gone home?
Philbhoy
Jutro
Greenpinta,
That’s Antalya.Shop here does the best.No difference.
Upmarket here,you see,sniff.
GENE
You said that to me yesterday!
So tomorrow it is!
TB,
👍
Philbhoy,
Have you lost the plot ? :-))
So Genk or Servette will have played 4 competitive games before they play the Huns.
Neither team are changing much vs prior year.
A totally new rangers team are being assembled and will have played just one competitive game on plastic at kilmarnock.
What could possibly go wrong ? This tie alone is worth £7m to them. £5m from uefa and £2m gate money which they would lose out on if they fail to get through and have no play off match.
This is the worst draw they could have got.
TURKEYBHOY
Que?
PHILBHOY on 24TH JULY 2023 9:04 PM
Have we signed the centre half yet?
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He is here
Will be announced anon
https://cdn.celtsarehere.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_1018.jpg
Greenpinta,
In Thailand a good few years ago,and they had a pile of strips with the Celtic badges on,Nakamura’s on the back,the lot.
With blue and white hoops !!!!!!.Seriously.
From Wiki entry for Witney Town FC –
In 1979 Trevor Francis made his first appearance for his new club in a testimonial held at Witney Town’s ground
MODERATOR
That pic has been doing the rounds all day!
Who is it anyway?
PHILBHOY
2 Koreans and a polish dude
And if you look very, very closey in the background you can see a pair of shorts with morelos, kent and barton all trying to get out of scott browns back pocket…..
Good evening all from Paddy Neesons. You are an absolute shower.
So there.
My son in law is not a happy Stokie – apparently they are considering signing moreorless
Name of ground was Marriot’s Close, subsequently became site of a supermarket.
Ron Atkinson had once coached them, and Brendan Rodgers spent a few months on loan to them.
TB,
I think I can remember the huns playing in strips made in Turkey.
Obviously different markets as they were all different.
Tee Hee
HH.
RON BACARDI @ 9:22 PM,
21 February 1979 Trevor Stokes Testimonial
Found it too late…
Cheers…
Hail Hail
Ron Bacardi
Friday at Shipbank if you are available for selection B? Be nice to see you again. 👍