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Celtic forward Timothy Weah might not understand what the derby means according to his old coach.

Dave Sarachan gave this shocking verdict a few days from Sunday’s crunch clash between Glasgow’s two.

However, his former national boss believes the young American can thrive on these occasions.

This said, he must put in one of the performances of the year if he gets the chance.

Sarachan makes surprising comment on Weah

The 64-year-old gave young Weah his first national appearance during his short tenure as caretaker boss.

The on-loan PSG attacker is still a mainstay in the USA national team, showing he is highly thought of.

However, ahead of Sunday’s match, Sarachan made a surprise comment or two about his former wonderkid.

He told the Daily Record: “I think he understands what it means to play at the next level when it comes to the national team and it seems to have translated with his club.

“This weekend will be a good example. He might be too young to even understand what that game really means but I think his starting points are good.”

This will be the first proper derby he will be available for with PSG not having another massive team in the city.

Weah may be derby hero late on

All this said, the chances of the 19-year-old starting the match are very slim.

The Hoops have a settled forward line and Weah currently isn’t a part of that but the team still need him.

He has shown to be much more effective coming off the bench and grabbing games by the scruff of the neck.

The way the contest goes at the weekend, the American may be introduced to add a bit more firepower in attack.

Having joined in January, he narrowly missed the last derby defeat and is yet to play a game of this magnitude.

As long as he manages to continue his mature and calm persona on the pitch, he will have no problem.