CELTIC striking legend Jorge Cadete feels the club's current collection of attackers are failing to measure up to their Parkhead predecessors.
The Portuguese international scored 33 goals in 41 games for the club during his brief spell in Glasgow in season 1996-97 and feels a tally of 20 a season for Celtic's forwards should be regarded as a minimum.
This is bad news for all of Neil Lennon's squad apart perhaps for Gary Hooper, who has 29 goals in all competitions during a season in which Motherwell's Michael Higdon was top league marksman with 26.
"The top scorer is normally a Rangers or Celtic player so that is very unusual," said Cadete. "Celtic have had many top scorers when you think about [Henrik] Larsson, me, Pierre [Van Hooydonk], [John] Hartson.
"Sometimes you get many opportunities so 20 goals in the Scottish league, for a good striker, is a minimum," he added.
Cadete, who is embarking on his own coaching career in his homeland, has watched his former team-mate Paolo Di Canio's dramatic introduction to management in the Premiership. He feels the fiery Italian may have to tone it down if he is prolong his stay at Sunderland.
"Paolo doesn't just have a normal Latin temperament," Cadete said. "It is Latin, Latin, Latin! Some coaches change everything – they do everything for the culture of the coach and forget about the culture of the players.
"But maybe they are coaching one year or a couple of months and then they are out. You need to respect the culture of the country where you are a coach."
The former Sporting Lisbon player, who will attend today's Scottish Cup final, looks back fondly on his time at Celtic even if it ended rather abruptly after he accused owner Fergus McCann of reneging on a pledge to offer him an improved contract.
"I had the best connection with the supporters," he said.
"Normally, football is just your job and you get your wage. But playing for Celtic was different."
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