James Forrest on the best Celtic strikers he’s played with

From Gary Hooper, Anthony Stokes and Georgios Samaras in those early days of his first team career, through the brief but electrifying spell when Moussa Dembele was leading the line, to the current front pair of Leigh Griffiths and Odsonne Edouard, there has been no shortage of talent with which Forrest has been able to strike up an understanding.

The 28-year-old is happy to reflect on the various qualities of them all – but just don’t ask him to declare who was the best.

“I certainly would not like to be the manager who had to pick one or two out of those guys,” says Forrest.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to play with many good strikers during my time at Celtic and they all help you in different ways to get better and improve your own game.

“Hooper and Stokes were great players and they had a real understanding. They used to link together really well when they played.

“Samaras was a player who could do lots of things and you look at the number of goals that Griff has scored since signing for Celtic, it’s fantastic. He’s still doing it now.