‘You will’: 23-year-old Celtic player’s agent says his believes he can play for Real Madrid

Celtic have a squad chock-full of talented players. Brendan Rodgers is getting to a point where he will have an embarrassment of riches to choose from.

Players from all over the world will come to Celtic to play because of the stature of the club, the fans, the stadium and the opportunity to play in the Champions League and to win silverware.

Many of these players then go on and get their next big move. Just look at Kieran Tierney to Arsenal and Moussa Dembele to Lyon, as an example.

However, Celtic apparently have a player on their books that could play for Real Madrid. That’s according to Luis Palma‘s former manager, German Burgos.

Palma’s agent, Paulo Hernandez, was speaking about Palma and revealed the conversation the £3.5m Celtic man had with Burgos when he was at Aris.

Hernández said [La Presna], “In the same way as when some players came to the Premier League, I think Luis’ good performance is going to make Europe more interested in the Honduran player.

When asked if he believes Palma could fulfil his dream and play for Real Madrid, Hernández continued, “He will go as far as he wants to go.

“I remember when [German] ‘Mono’ Burgos said goodbye to Luis, the former Aris coach, he told him ‘Luis, you will go as far as you want to go.

”He is a very professional guy, he believes in his abilities, he’s going to go as far as he wants. At those levels it is the capacity, we cannot forget that 18 months ago he was playing for Vida and last week he debuted in the Champions League.”

For context, Palma has a dream of playing for the Galacticos and as Burgos only took over Aris in 2022, it’s obviously not a childhood one. The talented winger is clearly very confident in his talents.

Palma has been earning rave reviews for his performances of late and is starting to show exactly why Brendan Rodgers convinced the Celtic board to shell out £3.5m for him.

Can he play for Real Madrid? We can all have dreams. As long as Palma continues to put in the kinds of performances we have seen of late at Celtic, the fans will be delighted.

 

 

 

 

 

‘A threat’: Kenny Dalglish says Celtic have a £10m player that is dangerous at set pieces

If there is one thing that Celtic don’t have at the moment, it’s a player that offers a serious goal threat at set pieces.

Yes, Luis Palma is said to be a dead-ball specialist but the Celtic fans have not had the opportunity to witness that yet.

Matt O’Riley can strike a ball as we have seen at corners and the occasional free kick, but when it comes to offering a target in the middle for a corner, Celtic don’t really have that Bobo Balde type figure that would put their head through a ball.

Apparently, they do now according to Celtic legend, Kenny Dalglish. The former Hoops hero was taking a press conference for the upcoming Spain v Scotland match when he said there is one player in Brendan Rodgers‘ side that can offer that threat.

Dalglish said [Daily Record], “They had a couple of problems. It is not unusual to get injuries in the same position, it just seems to happen to everybody.

“But the young boy Liam Scales has come in and he’s done well, Cameron Carter-Vickers is back and [Nat] Phillips has come from Liverpool on loan.

“By the way, he’s not bad. He is alright. The difficult thing with that will be that Celtic have 80 per cent possession in most of the games.

“He wouldn’t get that at Liverpool. As much as Liverpool can dominate a game, not by 80 per cent too often. But he’s a good defender and a threat in the air at set-pieces as well.”

Valued at £10m, Phillips’ game time at Celtic has been limited due to injury. However, he did make the starting lineup for the Champions League tie against Lazio and performed very well.

 

The only problem Phillips has at the moment is how does he get in the side ahead of Liam Scales? The Irishman has been outstanding for Celtic and his recent performances have made him a nailed on certainty for a first-team spot.

Phillips does show a lot of promise but my fear is now that with players returning from injury, and due to his own injury issues, Phillips’ chance to shine in a Celtic jersey may have passed and the Celtic fans may never get the opportunity to see how good of a threat he is.