There have been ominous signs for the rest of the Premiership throughout pre-season and in their opening weekend thumping of Kilmarnock that the Celtic players might well now be dancing to Brendan Rodgers’ tune. Just as eye-catching as Sunday’s slick performance in their league opener though was the choreographed celebration between Nicolas Kuhn, Matt O’Riley and Kyogo Furuhashi after the former had struck Celtic’s third goal of the day, with the trio busting out some pre-prepared moves, much to the delight of the already near-delirious Celtic Park crowd. As well as showing some impressive rhythm, what it also showed according to the goalscorer was just how close the bond currently is between the Celtic players, an element of their make-up as a squad that is just as important in his view as anything they do during the games themselves.
They are taking as much joy at the moment from playing in this team, and working alongside their teammates, as the Celtic support seem to be taking in watching them during these early knockings of the season. “One of us had to score to do the celebration,” Kuhn said. “We knew before what we wanted to do.
So, I’m happy that I scored. “We listened to some Japanese music in the dressing room, and then Kyogo came up with the dance. And so, we said we're going to do the dance.
“I think Luis Palma is the best dancer. There's a group of really, really nice boys [in our dressing room] and I'm just happy to be here. “We were really.