There was a youthful flavour to Celtic's training this week as they gear up for a Scottish Cup test against Dundee United. Ange Postecoglou savoured his first trophy as Parkhead boss on his last visit to the national stadium in the form of the Premier Sports Cup.
The league title takes precedence above all else but a win on Monday night to secure safe passage to the semis is the focus this weekend.There were some unfamiliar faces in the first-team session however as two B team stars were given the call to train with their senior counterparts.Here are five things we noticed at the foot of the Campsies.Son of former Parkhead defender Rudi, highly-rated Rocco Vata was given the call to train with the first-team this week.Only 16 years old, there are high hopes for the Ireland youth international who has been one of the standout performers in the B team's first full Lowland League season.He's poles apart from his right-back father.
Able to contribute as an attacking midfielder or out wide he's contributed with seven goals in the fifth tier, plus a handful of assists.Vata came on as a substitute against Rangers and Partick Thistle in two recent B team outings, the latter a dominant 5-0 Glasgow Cup win.But he wasn't the only one given the call-up...Amazingly, 17-year-old Ben Summers once played the role of a young Tommy Burns in a 2018 documentary on the Celtic's icon's life.It was on his 16th birthday that he was snapped up on his first professional contract in 2020 and now he's been summoned by Postecoglou for first team training.Another Under-18s and B team regular, Summers was praised by boss Tommy McIntyre when he played a key role in a comeback win over Stirling University last month.He said: "He’s a talented kid, he’s
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