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Rodgers believes Edouard buy was a bargain

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Celtic boss Brenadn Rodgers has spoken of the unbelievable talent he sees in Edouard and thinks it was a bargain to get a striker of that quality in the current market.

Rodgers said: “I find myself applauding due to the sheer quality that he possesses, which is incredible. He also has a great footballing brain and technique for such a young player. He’s very strong and he also gets goals. He’s a fantastic talent. There have been games when I’ve really wanted to take him out just to give him a breather, but we haven’t been able to do that.

“If he has gone off the boil and not been the player he can be in a couple of games, it’s nothing other than tiredness and the fact he’s also played with an injury, which is a result of us having only the one striker. But you can’t deny the boy’s ability. He’s been questioned since he came here, but I’ve always said what a huge talent he is and he’s shown that at training and in the games. For us to get him for the money we did was a snip, really. I don’t set the price. I just want to work with good players and, for me, from when we first saw him, you could tell straight away. You cannot deny his talent or his efficiency.”

“People say we need a target man, but why do they say that? It’s not the way we play. We are a team which has mobility. We have strength up front but we’re more about penetration. We get in behind teams and stretch the game. That’s what I love about him. He’s not a big, stiff striker who just stands up there because that’s no use to us. We’re about speed and creativity and what I loved about when I first saw him is his mobility and his ability to find space.

“When you look at what he did for that Sinclair goal, he drops underneath, makes the pass and takes Scott McKenna, Aberdeen’s best player in the air, out of the box for when the cross comes in. He does that naturally but he can also do it the other way with his pace. He’s a wonderful player and look at what he produces.” Talent is one thing. Temperament, of course, is another.

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