Celtic supervisor Brendan Rodgers claimed the sky is the restrict for Dane Murray after the centre-back celebrated his new contract with a maiden objective in first-team soccer.
The 22-year-old headed house Celtic’s third objective from an Arne Engels nook because the Rodgers’ facet beat Falkirk 4-1 at Parkhead to succeed in the Premier Sports activities Cup quarter-finals.
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The central defender made his first appearances for Celtic within the Champions League play-offs towards Midtjylland in 2021 however subsequently suffered two separate cruciate ligament accidents and didn’t play one other first-team recreation for 3 years.
He was recalled from a mortgage spell at Queen’s Park halfway by way of final season however harm ended his marketing campaign prematurely after he returned to the Celtic crew.
Nonetheless, he was one among six gamers drafted in by Rodgers on Friday and took his probability with a header from shut vary.
Rodgers stated: “It is nice for him as a result of he is an excellent boy. He is obtained numerous potential. And I feel over the following 12 to 18 months, he will actually develop.
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“His ceiling is so excessive. There are areas of the sport he wants to obviously work on. However he is 6ft 4in, he is fast, he can take the ball.
“He has a consolation with the ball which aligns with high gamers. Simply, focus is one thing that is key for defenders.
“However I actually, actually like him and that is the rationale we have tied him down [to a new contract] – and I feel he is obtained an excellent future.”