Shane Duffy turns Celtic hype man as sizzling Dundee finale has former defender swooning over Parkhead star

Shane Duffy is raving over Mikey Johnston's Celtic cameo for Brendan Rodgers that leaves the boss with food for thought.

The former Hoops defender's loan spell at his beloved club in the 20/21 term couldn't have gone much worse but he is still in tune with all things surrounding the Premiership champions. And he was a keen observer as Republic of Ireland teammate Johnston came off the bench to score for the first time in four years for Celtic, and he made it a double before full-time in a 3-0 win over Dundee.

After a loan spell away from Glasgow last term, Johnston has been working his way back into plans under Rodgers and he may have played his way into a starring role in Saturday's game against Rangers. That remains to be seen but Parkhead stars past and present have been left delighted for the 24-year-old, including Duffy, who's now at Norwich City.

He said under Johnston's Instagram post celebrating the win "Love it you" while Karamoko Dembele left a goat emoji. Marco Tilio, Stephen Welsh and Oh were amongst the current crop to leave congratulatory messages.

Rodgers said post-match: "The challenge for Mikey was the fact that he had played a lot of games back to back, and he hasn’t done that much for Celtic. It can give him confidence. The beauty with Mikey is that he’s stayed fit.

"It’s up to him whether he’s going to be a Celtic player, but we keep working with him and we feel he can come into the game and make an impact. We were really pleased for him to get the two goals.”