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Will Lancaster

Patrick Roberts names his big Celtic influence and the Brendan Rodgers message that sparked trophy rush

Former Celtic man Patrick Roberts has named Tom Rogic as one of the earlier influences in his career after marvelling at the Hoops' Australian hero under Brendan Rodgers.

Roberts joined Celtic on loan in 2015 from Manchester City, and having spent a year at Parkhead under Ronny Deila, new boss Brendan Rodgers came to the helm. Roberts was given another year to shine in the east end of Glasgow under the Northern Irishman - and that he did, helping set a Scottish Premiership record points tally in the process.

It says a lot about Celtic's output that season that Roberts was only the club's fifth-top scorer with 11 goals; being beaten by Rogic, Moussa Dembele, Stuart Armstrong and Scott Sinclair, he still made double figures as Celtic romped to a treble and and competed in the Champions League group stages.

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