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Celtic’s recruitment has been pretty much spot-on for a long time now.
Whether it’s Brendan Rodgers’ first spell, Ange Postecoglou strolling to a Treble or Rodgers coming back and winning more trophies at Celtic.
For large parts, the champions of Scotland have got it right and they have now taken it to a whole new level this summer.
Before the summer transfer window could open, Celtic fans were fully aware that they were going to lose star man Matt O’Riley.
It was just a case of where. It didn’t help matters that the O’Riley transfer saga dragged on until August, but he got his deserved more to the Premier League and signed for Brighton.
Then all eyes were on who Celtic were going to bring in and just how far the powers that be were going to push the boat out.
To their credit, they didn’t disappoint and they put down a club-record fee for midfielder Arne Engles and snapped him up for £11 million from FC Augsburg.
Fast forward to the present and Engels is already off the mark, including helping Celtic to a thumping opening day Champions League win.
The 21-year-old is yet to taste a defeat, as all of this seems pretty easy for him because he is also benching some top-quality players at the club.
Despite arriving for such a huge fee, Stephen McGinn thinks Engels is already a ‘bargain’ transfer for Rodgers.
The Celtic-mad pundit added that the rising Belgian star looks like a ‘serious footballer’ from what he has seen of him so far, as he told Go Radio.
Arne Engels a ‘bargain’ transfer for Celtic
“I thought Arne Engels again, he looks like a bargain for £11 million,” said McGinn. “He looks like a serious footballer.”
Celtic without Matt O’Riley
O’Riley showed serious promise under Postecoglou, but went to serious levels under Rodgers and was the best player in Scotland last season.
Yet, with O’Riley out of the door, the team haven’t missed him, which is a credit to Rodgers, but also to the players.
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