Luis Palma sees truth out as Celtic star's camp go public and his dad sends urgent message to supporters

The father of Celtic star Luis Palma has urged supporters to ignore a series of conflicting reports in Central America surrounding the future of the winger.

The 24-year-old has been reduced to a bit-part player and was off the pace during his latest appearance against Falkirk. The Honduras international showed flashes during his debut season, however, he is now down the pecking order and hasn't featured in either of the club's Champions League games. A move in January has been mooted amid the downturn in gametime. Palma senior has urged for calm heads with Palma missing for his country in a bid to regain his form at club level under Brendan Rodgers.

Speaking Diario Diez, the unbowed Celtic star's dad, Enrique, said: “That is false. We shouldn’t stop everything that comes out in social media, many times things are invented there, one should not live on social media. I think Luis has made the decision to withdraw from them [social media], but everything will be fine. You have to remember that other players are doing very well, as he tells me, ‘Here it’s just work, work and work to earn the manager’s trust again and do things well’ and that’s the mentality he has to see if he grabs,” Enrique explained.

“Things are going very well for his team. There’s no difference or anything like that. We just have to hope that his chance will come. Last year he also had a dip, but in the end, he overcame it and managed to do good things again and my son is trying to assimilate things to raise his football again.

"There is no sadness in him because he knows that the tournaments are just beginning, there are still many league and cup games to come and six Champions League games to go. He will be at Celtic right now and focus on the