Odsonne Edouard will never lead the dressing room banter but that won’t stop him finding the back of the net.
The striker loves scoring in the big occasion with opener at Ibrox coming quickly on the back of the double that secured the Scottish Cup against Hearts in May.
At the age of 21 Edouard’s career has barely started but already he is developing an aura that strikes fear into defenders unable to cope with his quick thinking or deadly instinct when presented with a challenge.
Following Moussa Dembele and coming in at 50% more than the club’s 17-year-old record transfer fee was never going to be easy but in his own way Edouard is laying down his own standards.
Discussing and comparing the two French strikers Scott Brown told the Daily Record:
You look at him and you look at Moussa Dembele, the two of them came here to show how good they were and the both of them turn up in big games. Odsonne has been a breath of fresh air. We all knew Moussa would leave eventually and he would have to step up but he has done it phenomenally well.
He is also doing it for France Under-21s as well as Celtic. Hopefully he keeps doing that and that’s the test. He needs to be doing it week in week out. Moussa did it week in and week out and got a huge move. We want to make sure Odsonne does it week in and week out as well but that he stays with us.
He’s very quiet, very chilled. He plays the same way. He’s relaxed on the ball. He never gets annoyed with anyone. He makes those runs and when it doesn’t come off he doesn’t throw up his arms and shout at everybody. That’s what makes him the fantastic striker he is.
He’s happy as Larry if someone else scores. If he scores he looks kind of happy! I think he’s happy to be here! Seriously, he speaks away as his English is getting better and he’s a good guy around the changing room even if he’s quiet and keeps himself to himself.
Edouard goes into into tomorrow’s match at Hamilton on the back of a three match scoring run with strikes against Albania and the Czech Republic for the French u-21 side on the back of his opener at Ibrox.