Odsonne Edouard has scored 18 goals for Celtic this season, with Neil Lennon’s side cruising to another Scottish Premiership title.
John Hartson has admitted that he continues to be frustrated with Odsonne Edouard, despite the Celtic striker scoring 18 goals in all competitions this season, while speaking to the Evening Times.
After spending the 2017/18 season on loan at Parkhead, the Scottish Premiership champions took the plunge and decided to make Edouard their record signing last summer.
They paid £9 million to sign the striker permanently from Paris Saint-Germain, as reported by Sky Sports.
Edouard has since scored 18 goals for Celtic, helping to replace the departed Moussa Dembele with Celtic on track for a third successive domestic treble. It was his 96th-minute winner against Dundee that sent the Hoops ten points clear at the top of the table on Sunday.
But there is a sense that there is a lot more to come from the 21-year-old, with consistency still lacking from his game.
“He has pace, he has strength, he can score, he does have all the tools to really be a first-class striker,” Hartson said.
“But I just keep thinking that there is so much still to come from him. There is an element of frustration to watching him sometimes because you just feel that if he tidied up one or two aspects of his game then he would be a really serious player for Celtic.
“In too many of the European games the ball seemed to come off of him and at that level you just can’t afford to do that.”
Despite his impressive goal-scoring record, Edouard is still not a certain starter in Celtic colours.
He has been included in the first XI just 16 times in the Scottish Premiership this season although interim boss Neil Lennon appears to be a big fan of the 2015 U17 European Championship winner.
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