Rangers 0-1 Celtic | Penalty and Red Card In Dramatic Old Firm Final! Jackie McNamara knows a thing or two about emerging as a young full-back at Celtic and making a name for himself at the club.Signed by the late, great Tommy Burns on the cusp of his 22nd birthday in 1995, McNamara would go on to make over 300 appearances for the Bhoys and cement himself as one of the integral parts of a talented Celtic side that included Henrik Larsson and Lubo Moravcik, amongst other icons.Interesting then to get his insight on the flourishing career of Jeremie Frimpong in the right-back position and his progress at Celtic over the last 12 months.The Dutch youth international continues to make quite an impression and found himself on the scoresheet in Sunday’s 5-1 hammering of Hamilton.McNamara was one of the lucky few actually inside Celtic Park to watch the match, welcomed by the club on the ‘Pass to Paradise’ broadcast to season ticket holders.Unsurprisingly, he was excited by Frimpong’s display.The Celtic TV pundit told 67 Hail Hail in an exclusive interview on Monday: “Frimpong was one of the stand-outs, he was involved quite heavily in the first couple of goals, after taking a few sore ones as well.”That attacking ambition shown by the teenager is the trait that has marked him out as an increasing favourite of the Celtic support.However, it does raise a question about being able to find the balance between attack and defence, especially when Celtic make the step up to European competition.Celtic celebrate Jeremie Frimpong scoring / (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)Chatting to McNamara, I put to him whether Frimpong needs to improve on that defensive prowess and how he’ll go about it.“I think he’ll find that through experience,” the former Scotland international said. John Reid is an experienced journalist, specialising in Scottish football for a number of years. Frimpong gets it, the ball is across to the left-back [Greg] Taylor who supplies the cross for Frimpong to stick in at the back post. As Henrik Larsson’s next-door neighbour Martin once asked me in a taxi in Lisbon:
So it’s all-out attack.” So it’s all-out attack.” It’s in continental action that McNamara thinks most of the learning will be done on the defensive side of the game. Jeremie Frimpong, 19, from Netherlands Celtic FC, since 2019 Right-Back Market value: €3.00m * Dec 10, 2000 in Amsterdam, Netherlands Manchester City …
Jeremie Agyekum Frimpong (born 10 December 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back for Scottish Premiership side Celtic. Steven Gerrard's side came through a tough Premiership opener against Aberdeen at Pittodrie on Saturday with a 1-0 win. It’s a bit different now with Scott Brown protecting the two centre-halves.“You saw that with the second goal on Sunday. Dezember 2000 Geburtsort Amsterdam, Niederlande Größe 175 cm Position Außenverteidiger Junioren Jahre Station 0000 –2019 Jeremie Frimpong (* 10.Dezember 2000 in Amsterdam) … | 2019/2020 Betfred Cup Final - Duration: 10:16. CELTIC defender Jeremie Frimpong insisted he is paying no attention to what Rangers do after the Hoops began their quest for 10 in a row in style. Is that a story worth considering? Celtic fans are loving the enthusiasm shown by Jeremie Frimpong in his post-match interview following the Scottish League Cup win over Rangers. Celtic’s Jeremie Frimpong took to Twitter on Friday night to reveal a new look ahead of Sunday’s trip to Kilmarnock. GRV Media, 18 Mulberry Avenue, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 0WN
So it’s all-out attack.”It’s in continental action that McNamara thinks most of the learning will be done on the defensive side of the game.The former full-back said, “You saw recently in the PSG game, and that’s a high level, the first few minutes Kylian Mbappe comes in between the centre-half and Frimpong and slots it.