Brendan Rodgers insists Daizen Maeda's learning capabilities have helped his rise to becoming Celtic's talisman.
The frontman was today named Scottish Premiership Player of the Month for March, as he took his goal tally for the season above 30.
The Japan international remains the top-flight's top goalscorer, with Simon Murray and Sam Dalby making up the top three.
Rodgers described Maeda as 'very coachable,' as he attributed this to his highly productive campaign.
“It’s a remarkable few months he’s had, but also a remarkable season," Rodgers commented. “Primarily, he’s played as a winger, aside from February when we put him in as a striker.
“He’s everything that I want to see in a central striker with his work rate, intensity and movement that he makes for his goals, like the first last week – brilliant.
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“He’s so instinctive but also his reading of situations has improved, as has his technical level of finishing, which comes with confidence as well.
“When you play through the centre, you feel he’s going to get goals and create goals for others. I’m very happy for him.
“The situation was that Kyogo was the central striker here, along with Adam [Idah]. He played a lot of games off the side and was still effective there.
“But of course, even when you trace it back to when he played in Yokohama, I feel he can play in that position up top.
“In January, I didn’t want to have to play him in that position because I want the squad to be as strong as it can.
“But I felt that if we couldn’t get a striker in, then there’s no doubt he could play there.
“Hopefully, he’s shown why that is with his movement, pace, technical ability but also the hunger in his pressing, which is massive for my team.
“He’s very coachable – he’s a great learner. That’s what you want from your players.
“You can have very good players but they’re not coachable. His ability to learn is also what has helped him. That’s always a good sign.”
