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- Updated: December 21, 2016
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers praised the performance of Calvin Miller following the teenager’s competitive debut in the 1-0 victory over Partick.
Miller was one of eight changes in the starting line-up from Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Dundee, and he played for over an hour before making way for Emilio Izaguirre.
The 18-year-old is primarily a forward, but he came in at left-back for the Glasgow derby and Rodgers reckons his situation is similar to former Chelsea player Ryan Bertrand, who is now at Southampton.
Rodgers shifted the positions of Bertrand and Scott Sinclair when the trio were at Stamford Bridge, and he believes Miller has a similar temperament and drive to succeed.
“I was delighted for a young player who has just moved position. I thought he did very well and he wants to learn and develop.
“I did a similar thing with Ryan Bertrand when I was at Chelsea. We took him in from Gillingham to Chelsea and he came in as a left-winger and in the same team was Scott Sinclair, who was a striker.
“I moved Scotty wide and put Ryan to left-back and he went on to play with England and won the Champions League with Chelsea and is …
