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Brendan Rodgers returned to Celtic to replace Ange Postecoglou in the dugout at Parkhead last year to start his second spell with the Scottish giants.
The Northern Irish manager had spent almost three years at the club between 2016 and 2019 and secured six domestic trophies, with back-to-back domestic trebles.
Upon his return, Rodgers encountered some early difficulties, losing in his first League Cup match and finishing bottom of the team’s Champions League group.
However, a strong second half of the season resulted in the Hoops winning the Scottish Premiership title and the SFA Cup, to ensure that Celtic added more trophies to the cabinet.
After those two pieces of silverware were collected at the end of last term, the board decided to back Rodgers in the summer transfer window in an attempt to take the side to the next level.
The Scottish giants swooped to sign Kasper Schmeichel, Viljami Sinisalo, Arne Engels, Luke McCowan, Paulo Bernardo, Adam Idah, Alex Valle, and Auston Trusty to bolster the squad in a number of positions.
Their swoop to sign central midfielder Engels from Augsburg was a particularly interesting move, given the reported fee that was paid for the young talent.
How much Celtic paid for Arne Engels
It was reported that the Hoops splashed out a staggering fee of £11m to sign the Belgium international from the Bundesliga side, which is a club record for Celtic.
When asked if the price tag would potentially weigh him down in Glasgow, Engels said that he just wants to “enjoy” his football and did not pay too much attention to the money that was spent to bring him to Parkhead.
The 21-year-old starlet arrived in Scotland off the back of a return of three goals and two assists in 32 appearances and 14 starts in the Bundesliga during the 2023/24 campaign.
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