Forrest's impressive Celtic career in numbers

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The remarkable story continues. James Forrest now has the opportunity to burnish his legendary status and record collection after signing up for an 18th season with his boyhood club.

It perhaps says more about Celtic's shoddy recruitment than Forrest's prevailing powers that he is still an integral squad performer.

While limited to seven starts across 36 appearances this season, Forrest has often brought more dynamism and attacking thrust than expensively-recruited fellow wingers.

Forrest has spent more than two decades of his 34 years on Celtic's books, with the Parkhead club having beaten rivals Rangers to his signature as a youth player.

He has gone on to become Celtic's most decorated player with 26 trophies - 13 league titles, seven Scottish Cups and six League Cups - which is one more than Lisbon Lion Bobby Lennox and two clear of current captain Callum McGregor. Both Forrest and McGregor will be determined to add two more honours to their tallies by this season's end.

There have been plenty of goals alongside the silverware and Forrest has netted in all 17 seasons so far.

The incredible streak began in May 2010 when the winger - then a fresh-faced 20-year-old - marked his Celtic debut by flicking in the third goal of a 4-0 win over Motherwell.

His latest goal came 15-and-a-half years later with a sidefoot finish to complete a 3-1 victory over Aberdeen last December as Wilfried Nancy got what would be the first of only two wins during his shambolic reign.

That was the 110th goal of Forrest's Celtic career and his impressive, game-changing Scottish Cup semi-final cameo against St Mirren last weekend was his 564th appearance for the club. In setting up Kelechi Iheanacho's extra-time goal, Forrest took his assists haul to 112.

The Scotland international has started 369 Celtic games and appeared as a substitute 195 times.