Jordan Larsson would face the tough job of residing as much as his father Henrik 's legacy at Celtic if he full a fairytale switch, insists Peter Grant.
Larsson Jr is about to be accessible as a free agent because the son of the Parkhead icon leaves Spartak Moscow along with his contract ripped up following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He impressed within the Russian prime flight netting a powerful 26 targets his first 62 appearances earlier than returning to Sweden on mortgage with title challengers AIK.
The free agent can now weigh up his choices with mortgage membership AIK showing to steer the race for a possible swoop, with the 25-year-old beginning the final sport within the Allsvenskan earlier than his Spartak contract was ripped up. Nonetheless, a transfer to the Scottish Premiership champions has caught the creativeness of Parkhead supporters given the mark Larsson Sr left on Glasgow's east finish.
However for former Celtic hero Grant, that's precisely the issue. Whereas admitting the Swedish worldwide is a proficient participant, he reckons he might be weighed down by expectations from the followers.
He advised the Go Radio Soccer Present" “I’ve seen him just a few occasions and he appears like a very, actually good striker. I do know he bought a bit of little bit of criticism when he was taking part in beneath his father, and the followers had been giving him a little bit of stick, however he was a younger man and he appeared to take it very effectively.
“I seen him in different video games and I used to be very impressed with him. It’s not a simple identify to comply with. It’s very tough to be like Henrik, he's a one off. It’d be very tough for him to comply with within the footsteps of his father.”
Larsson has provided a touch that his future could also be in Sweden when requested about extending his stick with AIK: "We'll see. It is determined by what occurs. I can speak to my agent, then we will sit down and determine. However AIK is certainly within the image, and we now have a dialogue."
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