Peter Grant believes Celtic have signed the ‘perfect specimen’ of a footballer this summer

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Brendan Rodgers has received a lot of praise for the work he has done in strengthening Celtic in the summer transfer window.

The Celtic boss splashed the cash on big-money signings to bring Adam Idah, Auston Trusty, Arne Engels and Paulo Bernardo to the club.

Rodgers also managed to get Kasper Schmeichel in on a free and Viljami Sinisalo and Luke McCowan both in for around the £1m mark.

So far, the Celtic fans have seen all new signings make their debuts apart from Sinisalo and Trusty but with the fixture schedule starting to get congested, it won’t be long until both players will be called upon by Rodgers to keep the team fresh.

However, there is one new summer signing that has impressed former Celtic favourite, Peter Grant, in the short time he has seen him in a Hoops jersey.

Arne Engels impressed Grant vs Rangers

Grant was asked what his first impressions were of young midfielder, Arne Engels, and he pinpointed his work off the ball as what ‘really impressed’ him.

Grant told The Go Radio Football Show. “I was very impressed in the short period he was on because the thing I liked about him was one of the times the ball was played into Kyogo and he’d taken off without the ball.

“And myself and Barry were speaking about how difficult that is as a midfield player playing against him. Because you know you’ve got to track him but also deepen the defensive line.

“And especially with teams playing now with this high line and trying to press up to the halfway line, you do need midfield runners. That’s what really impressed me with him.”

Engels is the ‘perfect specimen’ of a midfielder

At just 20, you Engels arrived at Celtic as an £11m record-breaking signing. But Grant reckons at that price, his old club have signed a very good midfielder.

Grant continued, “He’s a very good size. He’s the perfect specimen for a midfield player, there’s no doubt of that. I’ve not seen enough of him, but in that small cameo, I thought he’d done really well.

“And he can’t be a mug if he’s mixing with the De Bruyne’s of the world at 20 years of age in the Belgium national team, that’s for sure.

“The price tag, that’s not the kid’s fault. That doesn’t matter for me. If he has a good game, a bad game or an indifferent game, it’s not the price tag that’s given him that. The kid goes out there to play and he’s delighted to play for Celtic.

“I hope he comes in and does fantastically well.”

Engels has already the world at his feet. At a relatively young age, he has just signed for one of the biggest clubs in the world, will most likely get his opportunity to star in the Champions League, has made his full international debut with Belgium and has commanded a huge transfer fee.

With Hearts at Celtic Park up next, Engels will be hoping to get more game time to show what he can do and if he can build on what he gave against Rangers, then it does seem like Celtic have got a serious player on their hands.