Brendan Rodgers having Celtic flashbacks as key duo create telepathic double acts like Jamie Vardy and Luis Suarez

Brendan Rodgers insists Kyogo Furuhashi and Matt O’Riley remind him of some of his famous telepathic double acts.

The Celtic boss has been thrilled with the link-up play between the pair on the pitch with their hard graft on the training ground paying off not only in Scotland but in Europe. Rodgers worked with world-class pair Philippe Coutinho and Luis Suarez at Liverpool then James Maddison and Jamie Vardy at Leicester City.

And the Irishman believes his Celtic duo are on the way to forming their own dream team. O’Riley’s stunning start to the season has fired the midfielder onto the watch lists of several clubs in England and abroad – while Kyogo has notched up an incredible 62 goals in just 88 appearances for the Hoops. The Japan striker is expected to be fit to face Motherwell next weekend after taking a hefty blow to his head in the 6-0 win against Aberdeen. And Rodgers is looking to the pair to pick up where they left off.

He said: “You make patterns on the training field and are guided by the intelligence of the players as well. It’s improvisation, game intelligence. It’s one thing doing it under no pressure but another seeing it in the game and making right decisions.

"The relationship between training and the game is important. I had Maddison and Vardy who were similar. Coutinho with (Daniel) Sturridge or Suarez was similar too. If you watch James play, he always needs a connection with someone in front of him, he needs runners.

“You watch him now (at Spurs) when he takes the ball, he’s got Son who he will feed and find, and for me it was Jamie Vardy. He was great.

“He would just take a touch, Jamie was away and he would make the pass for him. I think good players find each other. They have those