The Irish striker made a midweek splash, converting a penalty to secure a 2-1 Premier League win over Hibs. And ahead of the Scottish Cup clash with St Mirren in Paisley, his manager said: “I’m excited to try and take Adam’s game to the next level.”I’ve already seen him live in the Premier League with Norwich and me. I saw a young player with real potential. As an Irishman,
it also caught my attention. It just hasn’t worked for him yet. But when you see someone with that physicality, speed and technique, it excites you. And you saw him take those two penalties on Wednesday night. It was authority and moderation. It’s always exciting when I see all this. He has all the tools there.“
Now you have to try to give him the mindset you need to be a top player. People ask me how far can he go? Well, he has the ability to reach the highest level. But that’s what he does with it. The way my teams play attacking and aggressive, the wingers and forwards should benefit from my way of working. If you look through my career, look at Graham, who did a great job for me at Swansea.“People doubted if he could do it in the Premier League – but he did..Adam Idah was not on the lips of Celtic fans when they wanted a new striker in January.But Brendan Rodgers is licking his chops – thinking about taking the Irish kid to the top.
The Hoops boss has a history of this kind of development. Swansea’s Danny Graham has become Premier League goalscorer. Uruguayan star Luis Suarez became prolific under Rodgers at Liverpool.And even at Celtic, he first brought up Moussa Dembele, who earned £20m for the Parkhead club. Idah, on loan from Norwich City last month, did not inspire the support Celtic had hoped for. But Rodgers has a twinkle in his eye when he talks about the 22-year-old’s potential. Not only is he convinced that Idah will score plenty of goals for Celtic between now and the summer. Rodgers also says that if he has the hunger to improve — and stays humble — he can reach the highest level of the game..
