Anthony Ralston impressed for Celtic in the Scottish Cup yesterday.
Celtic fans on Twitter believe that Anthony Ralston has just proven himself a viable long-term replacement for Mikael Lustig.
Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers benched the veteran Swedish right-back for Saturday’s 3-0 Scottish Cup win over Airdrie, and played 20-year-old Ralston instead.
Lustig is out of contract at Celtic this summer and the 32-year-old has been showing signs of decline over the past 12 months.
With that in mind, Ralston, who also impressed against Rangers last month, had a big chance to send a message to Rodgers yesterday, and some fans of the Parkhead club believe that he grasped the chance with both hands.
Celtic moved into the fifth round of the competition with a comfortable win, with Scott Sinclair scoring twice and new signing Timothy Weah adding gloss to the scoreline late on.
It was a debut goal for the 18-year-old striker, who toe poked home a third after latching on to a defence-splitting pass.
The Paris Saint-Germain attacker is a huge talent and unlikely to remain in Glasgow beyond May, but Ralston will be sticking around for a while and it’ll be interesting to see if the youngster can challenge Lustig – who earns £24,000 per week [Daily Star] – over the next five months.
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