Peter Grant never doubted the outstanding ability of Matt O’Riley. So highly did he rate him, the midfielder was in his Under-18 squad at the age of just 15 during his spell as Fulham ’s lead professional development coach.
O’Riley also played in the Fulham first team by 16 and made the England Under-18s.But Grant still feared that the teenager might be denied the chance to make it to the top.Not through any lack of ability, but due to back problems which denied him vital playing and training time as he worked his way through the Craven Cottage youth system.O’Riley had the tools, but just wasn’t able to get them out of the bag every single day and Grant wondered if it would cost him a shot at the big time.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Celtic Facebook group and Record Sport Instagram.He explained: “When he was at Fulham, he was a young man who was growing very quickly.
He had a lot of back problems.“There was a bit of training missed as he was growing up.“One thing he always had was a lovely left foot – when he was on the ball, he was terrific. “But he always felt he couldn’t get to the levels he wanted if he couldn’t get that run of games or training sessions and it was difficult for him because of those back problems. “People say kids play too much, but Matt was maybe the
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