Arne Engels Celtic value soars in double-quick time as record signing has bumper price set

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Arne Engels arrived at Celtic from Augsburg in a blaze of publicity this summer after Brendan Rodgers made him the club’s record-ever signing.

The young Belgian was signed by Celtic for a club-record fee of £11.5m from Bundesliga side Augsburg, smashing the previous record set when Odsonne Edouard was purchased from PSG in 2018.

Since his arrival, Engels has made 14 appearances in the green and white Hoops scoring three goals and creating six with three of those assists coming in the Champions League.

The 21-year-old also scored his first Champions League goal for Celtic against Slovan Bratislava and since then, Engels has been developing nicely under Brendan Rodgers.

And now, a recent study by CIES Football Observatory has placed Engels’ value at almost double what it was when Celtic first signed him.

Arne Engels valued sky rockets after flying start to Celtic season

Engels has slotted well into Rodgers’ Celtic and after a couple of games where he seemed to lose his way, the Belgian has still produced the good.

So much so that CIES now has Engels valued between £14.1m and £19.9m using their ‘Fair Price’ tool. The value is worked out from the price that was paid for the player and taking into account inflation and who could potentially afford to but the player.

With Engels being in the high-tier pricing range (in relative terms) the Belgian is likely to attract attention from Europe’s top teams considering he is a full Belgium international.

Engels’ age and how much he still has to develop means that even at the high-end valuation, the Celtic midfielder would represent a bargain for any of Europe’s top teams should any want to secure his services in the future.

Global players who have the same value as Celtic midfielder Arne Engels

There are only a handful of players who come into the same estimated value price band than Arne Engels in the report so here, 67 Hail Hail lists all players who are valued in the same bracket as the Belgian.

• Andy Diouf- RC Lens
• David Fofana – Goztepe SK
• Luciano Gondou – Zenit St Petersburg
• Claudio Echeverri – River Plate
• Taylor Harwood-Bellis – Southampton
• Yuri Alberto – Corinthians
• Joe Scally – Borussia Monchengladbach
• Diego Gomez – Inter Miami
• Mohamed Simakan – Al-Nassr
• Rodri Zalazar – Braga