Cardiff City manager Neil Harris has insisted Josh Murphy has a big role to play this season after the club rejected a January transfer bid from Celtic for the winger.
According to the BBC, the Scottish giants approached the Welsh capital club over signing the wide man on loan, with a view to making the transfer permanent.
However, the Bluebirds rebuffed Celtic's approach, despite Murphy having an inconsistent season, with the club backing him to come good in the final months of the campaign.
He showed the Murphy of old in the FA Cup defeat by Reading on Tuesday night, scoring twice and troubling the Royals' defence all evening. In many ways, it was the performance City fans have been waiting for all season.
And Harris hopes Murphy can make those sorts of performances a regular feature as the campaign wears on.
"He divides opinion within the fan base," he told the BBC. "I get that all the time when I'm stopped in coffee shops or supermarkets.
"He divides opinion. That is ultimately what he is as a wide player.
"When he's hot, like he was against Reading, he's unplayable.
"And when he's not and when it doesn't quite come off for him, you can question how much he's done on the pitch. But that is the sort of player he is."
It is fair to say Cardiff have not seen the best of him regularly since his £11m move from Norwich City ahead of last year's Premier League campaign.
He has shown flashes of positivity, but they have been too few and far between.
But the 24-year-old adds that pace and trickery which has been so lacking this season from the Bluebirds' wide men this term and Harris desperately wants his talents to come to the fore as the push for a top-six spot reaches crunch point.
"We have to find a way of getting more out of him because he has got superb potential," Harris added.
"Then he's got a big part to play under me. You've got to put confidence and belief in players and you've got to ask for patience.
"It's not been an easy period for the club and, when you're asking for patience in individual players, you're asking a lot because they [the fans] just want to see their team have a right go.
"Murph is a slightly different player to a Joe Ralls or a Will Vaulks or even Callum Paterson, who play with their hearts on their sleeves and would run through a brick wall.
"Josh is different, he's a technical player, and we have to appreciate his different attributes in the team.
"I'm really pleased for him."
