Ange could unearth Celtic's next Forrest in 20 y/o prodigy who's "got a finish on him" - opinion

Despite having got his season off to an impressive start, scoring two goals and registering three assists over his first seven appearances in Celtic’s 2021/22 campaign, a knee injury halted James Forrest’s progress under the management of Ange Postecoglou, with the winger remaining sidelined until October as a result of his knock.

Since then, the £5.4m-rated forward has struggled to get fully back up to speed, suffering a further injury setback in December, as well as directly contributing to just one goal over his 17 most recent outings for the Bhoys.

Indeed, over his 14 appearances in the Premiership this season, the £19k-per-week Scotland international has averaged an extremely disappointing SofaScore match rating of just 6.67, ranking him as the Hoops’ sixth-worst performer in the top flight of Scottish football.

And, with Forrest entering the final 12 months of his current contract at Parkhead this summer, should the 30-year-old fail to impress the Greek-Australian manager over the remainder of the season, it is not an unimaginable scenario that Postecoglou could look to move the winger on at the end of the campaign – with the Scot already looking to be way down in the 56-year-old’s pecking order out wide.

Furthermore, with an extremely exciting youth prospect appearing to be on the cusp of regularly breaking into the Bhoys first-team squad, Postecoglou could well have already unearthed Celtic’s new Forrest – in the form of Owen Moffat.

Indeed, having been handed his Celtic debut by the Bhoys head coach back in December, the 20-year-old winger has since gone on to make a further two appearances for the Hoops, with Postecoglou himself stating his surprise at Moffat’s rapid rise to the first team.

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