Liam Henderson has revealed that he is determined to stay and fight for his chance at Celtic.

The 20-year-old midfielder has had loan spells at Rosenberg and Hibs but now wants to remain in Glasgow to fight for his place.

The closure of the transfer window last Tuesday night means that Henderson will be going nowhere in any case until the end of the season at the least ā€“ not that he wants to go anywhere other than Celtic.

ā€œI feel that I have done my apprenticeships,ā€ said Henderson. ā€œI have been out on loan in Norway and through in Edinburgh last season.

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ā€œI loved my time at both clubs and it was great experience for me. But I believe I came back to Celtic following those months away a better, more mature player.

ā€œThere is no doubt that the chance to go away and play every week really benefitted me, but I always had it in my head that I wanted to come back to Celtic and give everything I have got to get into the team.

ā€œI donā€™t even know if there was a chance for me to go out on loan last month. I just said that I wanted to remain here and give it my very best shot to get some game time.ā€

And the Scotland under-21 internationalist has insisted that he has never wondered if the grass was greener elsewhere.

"It has never crossed my mind to leave permanently," he said.

"Neil Lennon, Johan Mjallby and Garry Parker gave me my debut and that seems like a long time ago now!

"But I feel that I have been fortunate to get a lot of game time elsewhere but now my aim is to show the manager what I can bring here.

"He told me during the window last month that he didn't want me to go out on loan again and it is good because I know what I have to do here.

"It is a case of getting my head down and just keeping at it and working hard every day. It is a great club to be at and you want to go and give it your best."

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Henderson netted a fine opening goal on Sunday afternoon as Celtic beat St Johnstone 5-2 and the midfielder allowed himself some satisfaction with the goal.

"It was my left-foot so I was pretty pleased with it," he smiled. "I was pretty pleased with it and I thoroughly enjoyed being out there.

"St Johnstone are a good team and they made it tough for us but we managed to step up a gear in the second period.

"There isn't much left to say about Moussa [Dembele] - he is just a quality striker and we are absolutely delighted to have him here playing for us."