Celtic supporters enjoy nothing more than seeing a young player graduate from the Academy into the first-team.
Brendan Rodgers has given a few youngsters their big debuts at Celtic Park this season to give them a taste of what it’s like to play in front of a packed Parkhead.
Hopefully that experience will spur them on and drive them to want to become a Celtic first-team star of the future.
However, Stephen McManus reckons that that the Hoops have already got someone in their ranks who graduated from the Celtic Academy who has the ability to play at the very top level.
‘Terrific’ Matthew Anderson has ‘outgrew’ the Celtic B team
Celtic B team manager Stephen McManus has explained how young Matthew Anderson is destined to become a ‘top player’.
Whether that’s at Celtic or not remains to be seen but McManus reckons that the young full-back has the ability to become a ‘top player’
McManus told the Daily Record, “He’s got a massive future in the game, absolutely massive. He’s a terrific boy with a brilliant family, and again, you can only stay with us, with the B team, for a couple of seasons.
“Matthew outgrew the B team two years ago. That’s why he’s not played for the B team. That’s why the next stage of his development was to go out on loan.
“Some people make their debut at 16 and then go and play for the rest of their careers. Some people are 21, 20, they need to go a different route. That’s fine, that’s fine.
“But what you need to do is, when you get an opportunity, you need to try and become a football player, and that’s what Matthew’s done.
“He’s a terrific boy, terrific worker for a terrific family, and he’ll be a top player. He’ll be a top player.”
Celtic’s latest transfer rumour may be sending Matthew Anderson a hint
If McManus rates young Anderson so highly, then why isn’t Brendan Rodgers drafting him in at Celtic to become Kieran Tierney’s backup?
Who better to learn from than a player with 50 caps for Scotland, European and title winning experience with Celtic and a Premier League education at Arsenal?
With Celtic actively looking in the transfer market for a left full-back, that doesn’t bode well for Anderson or does the fact that his contract runs out in less than ten days’ time.
Despite Anderson’s success at Admira Wacker it appears that at this moment in time, he is not going to become a ‘top player’ at Celtic.
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