Arne Engels reached an interesting milestone on Saturday. He started his 35th competitive game for Celtic, which is exactly the same number of competitive starts he had made in his senior career before joining Celtic.
Augsburg signed him from the Brugge youth setup in January 2023, then threw him into their midfield for the remainer of the season. The following term he was used more sparingly, as the German side navigated the player’s development.
He arrived in Glasgow last summer, a few days short of his 21st birthday, and has played with very little rest since. He is not only the youngest player in the team, he’s the youngest player in the squad. Nicolas Kuhn, the next youngest who plays regularly, is four years older than him.
Given where Arne is, he has had a remarkable season, way more successful than we were entitled to expect a year ago. There will be dips in form to come, we saw the same with Matt O’Riley in his second season, but Arne’s growth potential is higher than anyone else at the club today. We all have a role to play in helping him get there.
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BOURNESOUPRECIPE @ 9:35 AM,
Yes, the painted on white stripes – Micheal Angelo eat your heart out…
A quintillion €uro fine for that these days.
AN TEARMANN @ 9:38 AM,
Was quick out the blocks on that one:)
Just happened to be checking my feed when it was announced…
Yes – great news…
Hail Hail
CHAIRBHOY – I’m delighted we are staying with Adidas..
Rumours are rangers are switching from Castore to Umbro. Wonder how much that will be worth and how they will try to spin it.
DENIABHOY @ 10:45 AM,
Well, that’s interesting, back to Umbro after ripping it up with Castore – a real rags to riches story:)
Of course Leeds United are with Adidas.!?
Hail Hail
I didn’t realise Castore and Umbro work together.
Castore has a sublicense to use the Umbro brand for professional team sports in key European markets, including the UK, according to Castore. This means Castore has the exclusive rights to market and supply Umbro-branded apparel to teams, but Umbro remains the original brand owner.
new article posted.