Celtic were terrorised by John McGinn at Parkhead on Saturday.
John McGinn certainly seems to be a rising star in Scottish football and the 22-year-old consolidated that status on Saturday.
The Hibernian midfielder scored twice as Neil Lennon’s side came away from Celtic Park with a 2-2 draw – and would have been a victory which ended Celtic’s 58-match unbeaten run had Callum McGregor not bagged an 80th-minute equaliser.
Not many players in Scotland have stolen the show against the Hoops, who won all three domestic honours last season without losing a game, but McGinn certainly made quite a big impression on what just might’ve been his audition at Parkhead.
In July, Hibs boss Lennon slapped a £5 million price-tag on the star but Celtic have the pull and the money to get him if Brendan Rodgers likes what he saw.
And quite a lot of Bhoys on Twitter have implored the Northern Irishman to make a move for McGinn in the January transfer window.
Rodgers already has a deluge of central-midfield options, including Scott Brown – who missed the draw with Hibs – Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, Tom Rogic, Nir Bitton and Stuart Armstrong, though not all of them operate in the same role as McGinn.
Traditionally he is a box-to-box figure who might well be seen by the Celtic boss to be a long-term replacement for 32-year-old Brown, though time will tell.
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