Arne Engels is certainly proving his early season doubters wrong

The Celtic Star

·7 gennaio 2025

Arne Engels is certainly proving his early season doubters wrong

Arne Engels arrived at Celtic with huge expectations after his record £11 million move from Bundesliga side FC Augsburg in the summer…

Nicolas Kuhn celebrates with teammate Arne Engels after scoring his team’s third goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and St. Mirren at Celtic Park on January 05, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Arne has just recently turned 21, but with over 50 Bundesliga appearances under his belt, and now a full Belgian international, he’s certainly a player with great experience and plenty of potential.

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It would be fair to say that while doing well in his first few months he didn’t exactly look like an £11 million player, and doubts were being raised over his ability and mentality to succeed at Celtic.

I have never bought into that, and fully believed that Arne Engels would blossom into a great addition to our side and that’s increasingly looking like an accurate assessment on an exciting young talent that we should be delighted to see in the Hoops.

Arne Engels celebrates scoring during the match between Celtic and Motherwell at Celtic Park, on 26th December 2024. (Picture by Mark Runnacles)

While he’s still got plenty of room to develop his game further, he’s shown in his last few games that he’s a superbly talented player. He may not be a ‘superstar’ but he’s a player with great technical ability that adds so much to our side. Heaven’s we are even starting to score from corners thanks to his wonderful deliveries. And he’s also loving living in Scotland and playing for Celtic.

Arne is going to be really special

Some times you can just tell a signing is going to be really special and Arne is definitely one of those players. He is starting to show that on a consistent basis, and he will only continue to get better. He looks like yet another terrific signing by the club.

Arne Engels at Tynecastle. Hearts v Celtic, 23 November 2024. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

Arne has a great future ahead of him. We should enjoy him while we can as he is destined to be a target for clubs in the big five leagues over the coming seasons. For now he’s our player and he is going to be a real Celtic star.

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