Adam Idah adapting to Celtic intensity as he heads off Norwich 'chucking it' claims after levelling up

Adam Idah insists he’s up for the fight with Kyogo to be Celtic’s main man – but the pair will still be Parkhead pals.

Republic of Ireland hitman Idah blasted a quick-fire double in Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup win against Falkirk on the back of his Champions League goal in the 5-1 battering of Slovan Bratislava. The £9.5m signing is scrapping it out with rival Kyogo to lead the line and he insisted Celts will be the winners from the friendly fire.

Idah said: “Look, I’ve got a job to do and that is to score goals, whether I start or I’m on the bench it doesn’t really matter in my head. I want to score as many goals as I can this season, just like Kyogo. He’s an unbelievable player, and I don’t think it matters to him whether he’s starting or on the bench, we both have the same aim and that is to score goals and help this team. I think we’ve got off to a pretty good start this season.

“Do I think that we bring the best out in each other? Yeah, definitely. It’s friendly competition. It’s the same in training, we’re always working hard and there is no bitterness between us. We’re friendly with each other and he helps me just like I help him. It’s great, he’s a good player to look up to, a good role model, and I can learn a few things from him on the pitch too.”

Idah is up and running after making his loan move permanent in the summer but he admitted he’s still not fully up to speed. The frontman’s pre-season was disrupted with limited game time as Celtic negotiated their record deal with Norwich.

Idah admitted the Lennoxtown training regime is at a higher level than the Canaries – but he’s almost firing on all cylinders. He said: “Yeah, 100 percent. Look, I didn’t do much in pre-season.

“Before anyone jumps on that, that