Celtic must secure deal for £3m gem who "has all the ingredients", Ange loves him - opinion

Celtic brought an end to their title-winning 2021/22 Premiership season with a comfortable 6-0 win over Motherwell in front of their celebrating home supporters.

This cemented the Parkhead club’s status as Scotland’s top dogs once again and left Ange Postecoglou’s side with the best attacking record in the top flight.

With 38 games played, the Hoops scored 92 goals in total, 12 more than their Glasgow arch-rivals in second place and 14 more than they managed last season.

One man who has played a significant part in Celtic’s impressive attacking force this season is midfielder David Turnbull.

Having appeared in 25 league games, the 22-year-old scored six goals and provided five assists along the way.

The fact that he missed a significant chunk of the season with a hamstring injury suggests that he could have racked up even more goal contributions had he been fit enough to play for the entire campaign.

To further highlight his attacking prowess, he ended the season with a higher average for shots (3.2) and key passes (3.6) per game than any other player currently in the Celtic squad. Among Postecoglou’s squad, he also has the second-highest number of crosses (147) to his name in the Premiership this season behind Jota (229).

In a recent report from Sky Sports journalist Anthony Joseph, the Hoops reportedly want to tie down the midfield maestro to a new deal at some point during the new season, even though his current contract isn’t set to expire until 2024.

Taking into account what he’s done for Celtic on the pitch in this campaign, it’s easy to see why.

Signed from Motherwell in 2020 for a fee of £3m, Turnbull has been hailed by Postecoglou as a player who “has all the ingredients” to succeed at Parkhead, highlighting