Celtic target Camilo Duran's mentor reckons the Qarabag star can keep progressing and make his mark at a big club.
The Scottish champions have made progress on a £2.5 million deal for the centre-forward. Colombian Duran netted five goals in the Champions League last season and caught the eye of Parkhead scouts.
The 24-year-old has had a nomadic career after a spell on loan with Brazilian giants Flamengo, following a stint at homeland club, Independiente Medellin. He then played for three different clubs in the second tier of Portuguese football before winning a move to Qarabag, where he made a huge impression.
And his former coach at Independiente Medellin, Sebastian Botero, revealed that Duran is now getting the rewards after working hard on his game. He said, "Camilo has always been a bit of a rebel. That's why pressure doesn't weigh him down - it fuels him.
"If logic says everything is against him, he does everything in his power to turn the situation in his favour. When he first arrived at the club, he was a midfielder, but we soon turned him into a forward player, where he was far better suited.
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"Camilo has a lot of personality and character. That's evident in his composure when finishing and that's a virtue of players from his part of Colombia. They never let themselves be affected by their surroundings. "He knows how to handle pressure naturally, and that has a lot to do with the conditions in which he grew up.
"He was born in a tough area and had to grow up quickly. Camilo was talented, but very rebellious, and this was a consequence of the difficulties he experienced at home, in the neighbourhood where he grew up, surrounded by drugs and gangs.
"He was a hot-headed, mischievous kid who liked to fight with everyone! But his life changed when he joined a football academy. He was sent on loan to Flamengo and they would have signed him, if it wasn't for the fact he suffered an injury.
"Even then, he got back up and went to Portugal to play football. It was a risk for him going to Azerbaijan - he was a pioneer for Colombian footballers there. It has been the making of him and he has matured so much on the pitch.
"He has improved massively, and he is now one of the most talked-about forward players in Europe.
Camilo can keep improving and become one of the most progressive players in Europe and earn a nice move to a bigger club."
