Celtic winger James Forrest joins Tom Rogic in signing a new deal
Wednesday 10 August 2016 14:05, UK
Celtic winger James Forrest has joined Tom Rogic in committing his immediate future to the club.
Forrest has signed a new three-year contract, taking him through to the end of the 2018-19 season.
The 25-year-old has come through the Celtic youth ranks, making 193 appearances and scoring 31 goals since his debut against Motherwell in 2010.
His latest goal came in the 2-1 victory over Hearts in the Premiership opener last weekend.
He has also been capped 13 times for Scotland and had stalled on a signing a new deal towards the end of last season but is enjoying a renaissance under new manager Brendan Rodgers.
Forrest told the club's website: "From day one it's been really positive and the manager's had a good impact on all the boys and I think it's shown in a lot of our good performances so far. Hopefully, as time goes on we kick on and do even better.
"I had a chat with the manager in the off-season and as soon as we came back in pre-season, and he just said, 'show me what you've got.' I made it clear that I wanted to stay here and I'm just glad it's done now and I can focus on playing.
"I've been here since I've been nine. It's all I know and it's a massive club - one of the biggest in the world - so I'm just delighted to sign here again.
"I feel that I've got a bit of experience now and I just want to kick on and just play as many games as I can for this club.
"We've made a few signings and they've made a good impact and it's good for the squad, and we've also put in a couple of good performances against Astana to get to the play-off round, so it would be great to get into the group stages of the Champions League this season."
