The Frenchman is looking like one of Celtic’s best players again.
Neil Lennon has admitted to a press conference on Celtic’s YouTube channel that Olivier Ntcham can be a touch inconsistent.
The French midfielder reminded everybody of his class with two brilliant goals in the League Cup win over Partick Thistle in midweek.
Ntcham was heavily linked with a move away from Celtic this past summer after admitting that he wanted a return to his homeland, amid speculation about a switch to Marseille.
But the 23-year-old, who struggled initially when Lennon took over from Brendan Rodgers in February, has looked back to his best as of late and the Northern Irish manager claims that he’s simply an ‘exceptional talent’.
He told a press conference: “Sometimes you look at him and think, ‘He’s too good a player not to be starting or getting game time. He’s French so he’s a bit moody sometimes!
“He’s been a little bit inconsistent but you can see with his performances this season what an exceptional talent he is.”
Ntcham is indeed the definition of inconsistent. As mentioned, he was very poor during the second half of last season and often failed to even make substitute appearances of the bench.
But the Celtic boss has done remarkably well to get him focused again after apparent discontent during the summer.
Whether he keeps it up, however, is another thing entirely.
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