Brendan Rodgers praises Celtic midfielder Olivier Ntcham

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Olivier Ntcham joined Celtic in the summer transfer window.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has told the club’s official website that Olivier Ntcham is doing as expected.

Ntcham has established himself as an important player in the Celtic team and scored against Hamilton Academical at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday evening.

The 21-year-old midfielder found the net in the 12th minute, as the Glasgow giants registered a 3-1 victory.

The France Under-21 international has made 20 appearances for Celtic so far this season, scoring four goals in the process.

The youngster joined the Scottish Premiership giants from Premier League club Manchester City in the summer transfer window.

According to BBC Sport, Celtic had to pay City a transfer fee of £4.5 million in order to secure the services of the French midfielder.

Celtic manager Rodgers has spoken highly of Ntcham to the club’s official website.

“I think he’s doing really well, as I would expect,” Rodgers told Celtic’s official website about Ntcham. “He’s a highly-gifted player.

“The first goal was wonderful technique. It was great play from Callum (McGregor) and Scotty and it was a great finish.

“Olivier has really good technique, good pace and good awareness. It’s just about getting used to the number of games.

“Now he’s getting that consistency and he’s adapting to everything since he’s moved here, and you see his quality tonight which was very good.”

Celtic are at the top of the Scottish Premiership table at the moment with 41 points from 17 matches, five points clear of second-placed and Old Firm rivals Rangers with a game in hand.