Adam Idah proved to Celtic dressing room he CAN be next Kyogo as wowed teammate salivates at Jota team up prospect

Liam Scales is convinced Adam Idah can fill the void left by Kyogo and become the main man at Celtic.

The Irishman blasted a sensational double for the Hoops in the thriller with Aston Villa. And while the 4-2 defeat in the end showed there was a gulf in power and class between the sides, the display from Idah suggests the hitman is ready to assume the leading man duties now the Japanese hero has left.

Scales has no doubt the £9m former Norwich striker is up to the task – and it’s now lift off after his Champions League confidence boost. The brace came at the perfect time for the attacker after a run of 15 games without a goal. Even last week, Idah was robbed of a spot on the scoresheet when his powerful run and effort against Young Boys ended up being ruled as an own goal.

Scales believes there’s no looking back now though for his Republic of Ireland teammate. He said: “They were good finishes, the first one especially. It was instinctive and a brilliant finish.

“I'm delighted about it because all he needed was to get the back of the net. He was doing everything else right. He’s still working hard and holding the ball up for us and making them play. It was just about him hitting the back of the net and he's done that now so I think he'll kick on.

“Can he be the no.1 striker? Oh yeah, without a doubt. Adam's a top man and he's been brilliant since he came here. He's obviously gone through a little bit of a spell where he's not scored but that happens to everyone, world class strikers. I think he's the man to lead us here.”

Celtic went down in Birmingham but the hard work was already done going in, with a place in the knockout stages already in the bag. But when the dust settled on a wacky night across the continent, the