The Celtic football manager Tony Mowbray will give Chris Killen every chance to press for a regular place after the striker scored twice against the Brisbane Roar in a friendly yesterday.
The All Whites striker had only netted once in his previous 28 appearances for the club... but scored twice in 3 minutes as Celtic won 3-nil.
Mowbray says he knows Killen can score goals and if he carries on in the same vein as he did in Brisbane, he'll have a future with them.
During his time at Hibernian, Mowbray signed Killen from Oldham and the 27-year-old moved on to Celtic in 2007.
However, Killen started just three games in his first season and was struck down by injury at the beginning of last term.
He played four games on loan at Norwich in February, all as a substitute - without finding the net.
Killen has another year to run on his contract but faces competition for a place up front from Scott McDonald, Georgios Samaras, new signing Marc-Antoine Fortune and youngsters Cillian Sheridan and Ben Hutchison.
Mowbray says Killen knows he's got a fight on his hands to get the minutes on the pitch to be able to do the damage... he's a good lad and a good professional.
Killen, who scored 19 goals in 31 appearances for Hibs and netted twice in New Zealand's recent friendly with Italy, says you've got to keep on your toes, work hard and keep your head down.
