Opinion: On-loan Celtic starlet faces a make or break summer

It could be said that Celtic starlet Adam Montgomery faces a make or break summer when it comes to his future at the club.

The Hoops left-back is currently on-loan at Aberdeen, but injury has prevented him from holding down a first-team spot at Pittodrie. He has made five appearances for Aberdeen, whilst in the first-half of the season with the Hoops he made 18 appearances, making it 23 in total.

That is actually a decent number of appearances for a teenager, but the issue for Montgomery is that Celtic are already well-served in the left-back area, with Greg Taylor and Liam Scales at the club.

You have to imagine that the 19-year-old’s playing time at Celtic was going to be limited in the second-half of the season, so it made sense for the loan move to go ahead.

It will be interesting to find out if Aberdeen want the player to return on loan next season. That will depend on the opinion of manager Jim Goodwin, who wasn’t in charge when the player moved to Pittodrie.

If Goodwin wants the player to return to Aberdeen, then a loan move could be good for Montgomery, as long as he can stay fit and play regular football. A loan move to a club that isn’t Aberdeen could also be on the cards, especially if the Hoops add another left-back to the squad in the summer.

If Montgomery does head out on loan once more, he will want to follow in the footsteps of Kristoffer Ajer and Ryan Christie, who has successful loan spells at Scottish Premiership clubs before going on to win a number of trophies with the Hoops.

Should Montgomery not head out on loan, then he will need to impress Hoops boss Ange Postecoglou in the summer, to show that he deserves to be given a chance next season.

That could happen, as Postecoglou does seem to have faith