{"id":875188,"date":"2025-10-02T21:36:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/former-scotland-midfielder-lauds-kelechi-iheanachos-impact-at-celtic\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:36:27","slug":"former-scotland-midfielder-lauds-kelechi-iheanachos-impact-at-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/former-scotland-midfielder-lauds-kelechi-iheanachos-impact-at-celtic\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Scotland midfielder lauds Kelechi Iheanacho\u2019s impact at Celtic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/super-eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Eagles<\/a> striker Kelechi Iheanacho has had a good start to life at<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/celtic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Celtic<\/a> since joining the Hoops on a free from Sevilla in the summer transfer window, Soccernet.ng reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old has scored two goals and provided one assist in four games, scoring against Kilmarnock <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/09\/three-in-a-row-kelechi-iheanacho-makes-big-point-to-brendan-rodgers-with-goal-in-celtic-draw-against-crvenda-zvezda.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and Crvena Zvezda<\/a>, and setting one up away to Partick Thistle.<\/p>\n<p>The former Manchester City forward has also <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/09\/spfl-fa-cup-iheanacho-hibernian.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earned praise from the club&#8217;s head coach<\/a>, Brendan Rodgers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/09\/gary-lineker-iheanacho-celtic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former Leicester striker, Gary Lineker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_178358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/thumbor\/D1yTgbaul09BpZskcir4vrPuMpk=\/1024x640\/smart\/https%3A%2F%2Fsoccernet.ng%2Fapp%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2Fimago1066441120.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Kelechi Iheanacho taking the penalty. Celtic V Kilmarnock, Scottish Premiership, 14 September 2025 Kilmarnock BBSP Rugby Park Kilmarnock\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178358\">Kelechi Iheanacho taking the penalty. Celtic V Kilmarnock, Scottish Premiership, 14 September 2025 Kilmarnock BBSP Rugby Park Kilmarnock. [Photo Credit\/ IMAGO xLiamxChester].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ten-time SPFL winner, Callum McGregor, recently spoke about the impact the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup has had since joining the Hoops.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think the first time I saw him, you know, you can just tell by the way someone hits the ball\u2014you think, \u2018Right, he can play,\u201d the retired Scotland midfielder said in quotes revealed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/25504892.callum-mcgregor-reveals-instant-iheanacho-celtic-impressions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow Times<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a big pedigree. He\u2019s played at big clubs and obviously played under the manager at Leicester as well, and you can see he\u2019s a good player.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/thumbor\/XfXdm9DysMTHGciA6oQy8Pk85Vg=\/1024x683\/smart\/https%3A%2F%2Fsoccernet.ng%2Fapp%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2Fimago1066886002.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer KELECHI IHEANACHO and BENJAMIN NYGREN celebrate in the Crvena zvezda vs Celtic Glasgow UEFA Europa league match at Rajko Mitic stadium, Belgrade 24.09.2025\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179359\">KELECHI IHEANACHO and BENJAMIN NYGREN celebrate in the Crvena zvezda vs Celtic Glasgow UEFA Europa League match at Rajko Mitic stadium, Belgrade, 24.09.2025. Copyright: ImagoxMarkoxMetla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe reason we\u2019ve got him is probably because he\u2019s lacking a bit of game time and just needs to get up to speed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good thing is, he\u2019s come in and his attitude\u2019s been amazing. It&#8217;s a good business that comes in many forms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t always need to pay big money for good players\u2014it\u2019s about getting them at the right time and getting them hungry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many factors involved when you sign players. You need them at the right moment,\u201d the 32-year-old concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_178359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/thumbor\/EijJrefMqktIckhp5u7EeiWUnaU=\/1024x640\/smart\/https%3A%2F%2Fsoccernet.ng%2Fapp%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2Fimago1066441123.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Kelechi Iheanacho celebrating the win. Celtic V Kilmarnock, Scottish Premiership, 14 September 2025 Kilmarnock BBSP Rugby Park\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178359\">Kelechi Iheanacho is celebrating the win. Celtic V Kilmarnock, Scottish Premiership, 14 September 2025, Kilmarnock BBSP, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock. [Photo Credit\/ IMAGO xLiamxChester].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Celtic are currently second on the SPFL table, two points behind Hearts, although both sides are still unbeaten.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/10\/scotland-kelechi-iheanacho-celtic.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho has had a good start to life at Celtic since joining the Hoops on a free from Sevilla in the summer transfer window, Soccernet.ng reports. The 28-year-old has scored two goals and provided one assist in four games, scoring against Kilmarnock and Crvena Zvezda, and setting one up away [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":875189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,32471,2005],"tags":[6221,12533],"class_list":{"0":"post-875188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-former","8":"category-scotland","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-former","11":"tag-scotland"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}