Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Utd star excited at prospect of playing in the Premiership
in the Swiss Super League with Vaduz.
He is relishing the prospect of vising Celtic Park and Ibrox for the first time.
And, from the brief taster of Scottish top flight venues he has already enjoyed, his expectations are high.
“I’ve only experienced the Championship for the last two years but, at the start of last season when we went to Hearts, the gaffer was saying: ‘This is a proper football ground,’” revealed Siegrist.
“I’d only seen it in pictures and when we went to Hibs I had the same excitement. It’s almost the same stadium.
“You want to be playing football in front of big crowds, in big stadiums and for big occasions so that’s definitely something I enjoy. All athletes do.
“I was born in Basel and they’re the big team in Switzerland, so the first time I went back home to play in Switzerland with Vaduz, playing in Basel in front of like 44,000 was incredible.
“If they had won that day, they’d have won the championship but we (Vaduz) got a draw.
“That was cool because the stadium was full and everyone was ready to party but we got a result to delay it for a week.
“I really enjoyed the play-off games last year, playing for something – winner takes all.
“They were big occasions as were the derbies – the 2-0 away win, particularly, I enjoyed it more than the 6-2 because it was just crazy!
“The cup games against Hibs were amazing and we kind of knew that, if we went up to the Premiership, that’s what it would be like more often.
“We want that every weekend and it was a good experience.”