In the last two fixtures, there have been a few positives going forward with the side after such a difficult spell in the last month or so.

One of those being young defender Stephen Welsh who has come into the side and impressed against Kilmarnock and Motherwell – even scoring his first-ever goal for the club just two minutes into the game at Celtic Park.

Whenever he has played in the side for the limited minutes that we have seen him he hasn’t let anyone down and put in some solid performances which have now merited a run in the side.

As quoted by the Glasgow Times, recently he was speaking about his inspirations in football and one name that came up was current Liverpool defender and former Celt Virgil Van Dijk.

“Van Dijk was the main one. When he was at Celtic I was a season ticket holder so I watched him every week.

“You could tell from the early stages how good he was going to be. He was unbelievable at Parkhead. He basically strolled every game. You could see the world-class player coming out.”

“He is 100 per cent the best defender in the world. I don’t think there is any question about that. He has been unbelievable in the last couple of seasons at Liverpool. It has been amazing to watch him at Celtic as a kid and see the player he has turned out to be.”

Despite leaving several years ago, Van Dijk continues to have a huge impact on players old and young with how he has gone on to become one of the best defenders in the world currently.

Defensively Celtic have been extremely poor at times and now it feels very frustrating to see Welsh flourishing and not given the chance earlier when a few people were calling for it to happen.

Fingers crossed we get to see the 20-year old get an extended run in the side to build up more experience and learn ahead of next season.