Brendan Rodgers has a history of developing young players and turning them into superstars.

Raheem Sterling, Kieran Tierney and, more recently, James Maddison are just some of the individuals who the 50-year-old has elevated to the next well.

As his second spell in charge of Celtic gets underway this weekend, many will be interested to see who will be the breakout players this round.

Liel Abada fits this mould perfectly and he is clearly someone Rodgers rates as the Israeli has started each of the pre-season friendlines.

The 21-year-old already possesses impressive numbers during his spell at the Hoops, scoring 28 goals and providing 20 assists across 101 appearances.

While his stats are positive, his game needs some improvement in areas, such as his dribbling and Rodgers appears to have already made an impact in that department as Abada looked keen to take on his man in the most recent friendly against Wolves.

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Meanwhile, Rodgers recently opened up on the recruitment structure at Celtic and also the transfer budget available to him.

The Scottish champions have signed five players this summer and are looking to add more before the transfer window closes.

He told Sky Sports: "I think that the players that have come in over the past couple of years – Mark Lawwell who is head of the recruitment team here - has done a fantastic job.

"It’s a market that he knows really well from his previous job so he understands the players but he's also got a really good team of people behind him, so I trust in their work.

"Of course, they’ll always be put forward to me and I’ll have a look at it, but some of those players were identified before I came in so it's all about giving my blessing.

"Some have been identified whilst I’m in, so just a continuation of working together.

"I think everyone thinks we will be able to bring in a £15-20million pound player, but the reality is that won't be the case.

"It's not where the club is based on, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t talented players out there still quite a way to go in the window and we’ll look to improve the squad again and continue with that."

Join Aidan Macdonald and Ryan McGinlay as they discuss all this and more in the video below.