Arne Engels reveals the reason he wanted to sign for Celtic

“Everybody wants to win and wants to do really well every game, and I hope we do that tomorrow. It’s going to be a really difficult opponent away so it’s up to us to show ourselves,” Arne Engels 

The Celtic midfielder revealed that everyone is now back in training as Celtic gear up for the showcase final and the chance to add a third trophy to complete another treble for the club. That would make it a world record ninth treble for Celtic and Brendan Rodgers will have won a third of them if he can get Celtic across the line at Hampden on Saturday 24 May.

The 21 year-old Belgian talks about just how much he has enjoyed his first season at the club and the big change in approach from his time in the Bundesliga with Augsburg where the demands were very different.

Engels wanted to sample Celtic’s pursuit of success and the demands on the players to win every game that they play and that’s certainly something he’s thoroughly enjoyed in his debut season at Celtic.

Engels reckons he has played well, helped the team achieve the objectives and has adapted well to life at Celtic with its pretty unique demands on players.

Arne points out that he’s already won two of the trophies on offer and is hungry to get his hands on the third in a week and a half from now.

“I think of course you’re trying to get better in every aspect of the game and I’ve done that already,” Engels said. “You come into a Celtic team that is really dominant and that was not really my case before in Augsburg.

“Now you come here, you are the dominant team and need to win. That’s a different thing and you need to play a bit different than what you’re used to. I adapted really well I think and I’m making a lot of progress with a lot of things.”

Asked if he was surprised at the demands on Celtic players to win every game the Celtic midfielder replied: “No, I expected it. It’s also a reason why I wanted to come here, because you’re expected to win.

“Also to play for trophies, for the league, it’s something different and I wanted to experience that because it’s a totally different mentality to other teams. I also wanted to add that to my bank and to show that I had that, so it was a reason to come here.”

Listen to Arne Engels mainstream media conference below…

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