Former Celtic winger Patrick Roberts has praised Hoops hero Tom Rogic, calling him "unbelievable".

The two played together at Parkhead between 2016-2018 and the forward is a big fan of the Australian.

Both men are now opponents in the English Championship, with Roberts at Sunderland and Rogic at West Brom.

The Englishman also waxed lyrical about ex-Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers and the standards he implemented during his time at the club.

He told the Celtic View podcast: "It was fun. It was my first real test and obviously with Broony (Scott Brown), Kieran (Tierney), Leigh Griffiths and Mikael Lustig and the likes, they're all big names and big players and you want to make a good first impression with them.

"Training was always intense. I used to get kicked a lot, Emilio Izaguirre and Efe Ambrose were there and it was quite intense.

"He (Rodgers) kind of brought that into the club and made every training session count.

"He always used to say to me, 'Train how you play. If you aren't training well during the week then you aren't going to be great on the weekend'.

"He installed that into every player, no matter who they were. He brought that in from the first minute.

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"It was good, the training was good, and when we got to games we knew what we were doing.

"There were a lot of players that stood out - Moussa (Dembele) I obviously knew coming in, Tom Rogic was there a long time.

"When Brendan came in he really stepped up and I thought he was an unbelievable player for the size he was.

"At the back end of when I was there, especially, he had brilliant feet. All these types of players, you just get to enjoy them.

"It helps everyone in the squad get the best out of each other."

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