JAMES Forrest believes Celtic team-mate Stuart Armstrong has done enough to earn a call-up into Gordon Strachan’s Scotland squad for the World Cup qualifier against Slovenia at Hampden next month. Armstrong has been in the squad but has yet to win a senior cap.

The 24-year-old, who returned for last weekend’s win over Motherwell after a month out with a hamstring injury, made a slow start under Brendan Rodgers, but has become pivotal to the Parkhead side’s midfield.

Arguably one of the most improved players at the club, the former Dundee United man has netted nine goals so far this season and his all-round athleticism and energy have been in keeping with the high-intensity, pressing game that Rodgers likes to play.

And Forrest believes Armstrong’s performances will not have gone unnoticed by Strachan.

“I think he has done enough,” Forrest said. “He has become one of the really important players for us this season and it shows you that if you work hard, the manager will give you your chance.

“He has done so well and has been in among the goals too. I am sure he will have given the Scotland manager something to think about because he has been producing performances at the very top level for us. We have some important qualifiers coming up, Slovenia and then England in June, and it is always good to have players who are on form in there. It is obviously up to the manager to pick the best team but it would be nice to see Stuart in there.”

Celtic host Hamilton Accies this weekend, with Forrest insisting there will be no let-up from the Parkhead side. “At the minute it is about playing a certain way and then the manager says that everything else looks after itself,” said Forrest. “But it is nice to be part of a team that is playing so well. We feel good in ourselves as players and then as a team there is a feeling that we are capable of going up against anyone.

“We have that belief every time we step out on to the park. But there is no way that we will think about taking anything for granted before the end of the season. I think if your attitude is not right then the performance is not right. So for us it is about playing every game with the same tempo and the same level.”

Rodgers has been forthright about implementing a plan that is not just about this season, but in setting the foundations for the long term.

Celtic had a taste of Champions League football again this and it is in that environment that Rodgers wants his team to be testing themselves. Maintaining that level of performance domestically when there is little tension in games is the challenge, but Forrest can appreciate the bigger picture.

“Every training session is different and we train with the same intensity that we are playing,” he said. “We don’t really think about the records or anything like that and nobody talks about a treble, it is just about winning every game.

“Hamilton Accies always tend to make it quite tough for us so we know that on Saturday we need to go out and play to the best of our ability.”

Meanwhile, Celtic have unveiled plans for a hotel and museum complex next to their stadium.

The club released images of the proposed development, which could also include a ticket office and retail store, and announced they would make a proposal of application notice to Glasgow City Council.

The hotel would be based on London Road, outside the main stand of Celtic Park and across the road from the Emirates Arena.

The club said in a statement: “The application is part of Celtic’s long-standing masterplan for the area, a vision which aims to deliver benefits to the club and our supporters and allow further regeneration of the East End of the city, something to which we are totally committed.”