Lewis Morgan has admitted he is determined to hold onto his place in the Celtic first team after starting his first match at Parkhead and has no intention of going out on loan again this season, writes Matthew Lindsay.

Morgan kicked off the second leg of the Champions League first qualifying round double header against Sarajevo last week and helped his team to a 2-1 win and 5-2 aggregate triumph.

He is hoping to feature for Neil Lennon’s side against Nomme Kalju of Estonia once again tonight and in the coming weeks and months.

The winger has spent temporary spells at both St Mirren, who he was signed from back in January last year, and Sunderland in the past two seasons.

But the 22-year-old is intent on becoming a first team mainstay for Celtic during the 2019/20 campaign despite the intense competition for places in the East End of Glasgow.

“It was great to start a game at Celtic Park,” he said. “Hopefully having had that experience I can have a few more of them in future.

“It was my first competitive start at Celtic Park. It has taken a lot of hard work to get there. I am just delighted the manager had that faith in me and hopefully I repaid him for that.”

Morgan added: “I take every day as it comes, but I am not thinking about anything other than Celtic at the moment and making my mark here.

“I was delighted to get back into the team for the game last week. It is something that I want to do. I want to be a regular feature in the side.

“Loan talk? I haven’t entertained any of that. I am here at the moment and I am taking every day as it comes. I am privileged to be at this club.

“At the moment, all I am focusing on is working every day to improve and try and be a regular feature at Celtic.

“Of course it can be done. It isn’t just Ryan Christie that did it, Callum McGregor did it, Kristoffer Ajer did it. I am sure at other clubs up and down the country other players have done it. It is a pathway that is there.

““Hopefully being able to play in a variety of positions will help me. I am working hard to make the most of it every day.”