2 Celtic stars pen new contracts and man who knows claims Hoops are Premier League class – Parkhead news bulletin

Building for the future is a never-ending gig and Celtic have taken two big steps forward with new deals for a couple of talented youngsters in Adam Montgomery and Joey Dawson.

As the man who gave Kieran Tierney and Anthony Ralston his Hoops debuts, Brendan Rodgers knows a thing or two about youth development and that's continued to a point this season with Mitchel Frame, Daniel Kelly and Rocco Vata all given their first nods this season. Youngster Dawson will be hoping to continue that trend after an impressive season for the B-team and the 20-year-old midfielder has signed a one-year extension to 2025.

Montgomery is already well-known to fans but has had a difficult season with injury - which curtailed a January loan to Motherwell early. His existing deal was due to run to 2026 but he has signed an extension through to 2027, effectively covering a season that has been derailed by a hamstring problem.

Elsewhere, former Hibs keeper Adam Bogdan reckons Celtic are 'more like a Premier League team' than anything else in Scotland. The Hungarian keeper, who previously spent four years at Liverpool and played in the English top flight, had an impressive six months at Easter Road under Neil Lennon before problems with concussion cost him. By the time he'd recovered, Lennon had been sacked, and he had lost his spot.

He later featured against the Hoops for Ferencvaros in the Europa League and he reckons playing against Celtic is like coming up against a top flight team down south - unlike other clubs in Scotland he's faced. Bogdan told Ladbrokes' Fanzone: "The Scottish league is funny because it's a little bit like a time-travel, sometimes. You know, some places you'd travel to and the games you'd be involved in... there was