In becoming Celtic’s first Professional Player Pathway Manager, Darren O’Dea is taking on an important role for the future of the club. Brendan Rodgers has spoken recently about the need to have better links between the club’s academy and the first-team squad. Those links have paid off in the past with stars like Callum McGregor, James Forrest and Kieran Tierney all excelling. However, it feels like a long time since Celtic have had a real breakthrough hit from the youth set-up. Rodgers wants more of a focus on strong development loans to help create that pathway and part of O’Dea’s duties wil…