They say mums know best. So when Adam Idah’s mother Fiona says she’s never seen the striker happier than in a Celtic shirt who is he to argue?
The Irishman’s last shot in the Hoops certainly sparked the mother of all parties in Glasgow’s east end and had him beaming from ear to ear back in May.Pouncing on Jack Butland’s spill to slam home that 90th minute Scottish Cup Final winner against Rangers cemented - if it wasn’t already - the Irishman’s place in the Celtic family.
And family is exactly how it feels to the 23-year-old who admits he was never afforded the same connection with the fans at Norwich despite coming through the ranks at Carrow Road.Idah reckons he’s like a different man when he returns home to the Celtic stronghold in Cork.
But it’s the opinion of his dear mother, herself now a died-in-the-wool Hoops fan, which speaks louder than anyone.There was certainly no wiping the smile off the 6ft 3in frontman’s face as he was unveiled to the media on Thursday afternoon after penning a five-year contract in an £8.5m deal that sees him become the second most expensive player in the club’s history.
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