The Celtic transfer welcome party as James Forrest reveals key lesson he learned from Artur Boruc

It's a sign of James Forrest ’s longevity as a Celt that he is the only player on the Parkhead who can remember training and playing with Artur Boruc. And Forrest’s assessment of the larger than life Legia Warsaw keeper, who will play the final match of a fine career at the age of 42 against Ange Postecoglou’s team tomorrow night in the Polish capital, is somewhat at odds with the public perception of Boruc, who often hogged the headlines during his five-year spell at Parkhead which ended in 2010.

In fact, the Hoops winger revealed it was Boruc’s ability to make young players who were breaking through feel welcome – Forrest was one of them – that shaped the manner in which the Scotland international treats newcomers when they arrive in Glasgow’s East End.

"I was young at the time, coming through, but I heard a lot of the players talking about him,” Forrest said on Monday after being part of a club open training day in front of season ticket holders at Celtic Park. From what I remember everyone liked him. There were a lot of stories about him but he was really quiet in the changing room and around the place.

“Any time I met him he was always really good with me as a young boy. There were so many big names there at the time, a lot of big personalities as well. It’s always good for young players coming through to learn off the big players who have played in the Champions League and internationals.

“It’s always good to be around big players like that and big characters, you always take bits off everyone and it helps your game as well. For the ones who have come through here, like Callum (McGregor) as well, when you see younger players you always take an interest because you have done it as well.

“Everyone has been young