The Norway winger made his Celtic debut this past weekend.
Celtic fans certainly left a lasting first impression on Mohamed Elyounoussi.
The Southampton attacker made his debut for the Hoops in Saturday’s 1-0 win at Hamilton.
Elyounoussi, who is only loan at Celtic, set up James Forrest for the winner and although he wasn’t among the goals himself, the Norway international was happy to be playing in front of the ‘amazing’ travelling fans.
He told the club’s official website: “They were brilliant throughout the whole game, I thought they were amazing. We’re happy to get the three-points though, that’s the most important thing.”
It’s early days but there appears to be a lot to like about the very two-footed Elyounoussi so far.
There is a very good reason as to why the Saints spent £16 million on bringing him to the Premier League [The Record] and he looks like he could be a shrewd addition by Neil Lennon.
He was struggling with first-team chances down South but hopefully the Celtic boss can play him a lot more regularly than the English outfit could.
Elyounoussi will hope to be involved again on Thursday as Lennon’s side visit Rennes in their Europa League opener.
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