Celtic have a number of talented players in their ranks right now.
The recruitment team at the club have done an excellent job in highlighting affordable young talent for Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers to develop, dominate Scottish football and sell on at a healthy profit.
Players like Matt O’Riley and Jota have been sold by Celtic for vasts sums of money and it seems that Rodgers has another who can go on and play at the highest level in football.
That’s according West Ham assistant boss, Billy Reid.
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West Ham man tips Celtic star Arne Engels to ‘play at the very top’
Reid was looking over the quality of the Celtic first-team squad ahead of the Glasgow Derby game and pitched Arne Engels as a player who left him feeling ‘impressed’.
Reid told the Sunday Mail [print edition page 59], “Engels has impressed me. He’s the one player in Scottish football who I believe will play at the very top.
“Celtic paid £11 million for him but he will move on again for big money. And Maeda has been a huge thorn in the side of Rangers in many of the recent encounters.”
Arne Engels’ Celtic form that has West Ham assistant casting admiring glances
Engels took a bit of time to settle at Celtic but over the last few months (barring the weekend derby) the Belgian has been in excellent form.
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The versatile midfielder has made 43 appearances for Celtic across all competitions and has shone both domestically and on the continent.
Competition Played goals Assists
UEFA Champions League 10 1 3
Scottish Premiership 27 9 5
Scottish Cup 3 0 0
Scottish League Cup 3 0 4
Total 43 10 12
With plenty of football still to play this season, Engels has plenty of time to further add to his impressive goal and assist tally for Celtic.