The Scotsman

Back on big stage

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same situation with me. But I’m sure he will be a good addition to the squad. I told him about my experience here. I felt we were in the same situation so I just said it was a great club. Listen, I didn’t need to tell him about Celtic because most people know.

“But I explained the quality we have and the coaching team. I told him what he could expect from us and how it could be good for him to come here and regain his confidence. It’s a good club with amazing fans so I told him he would enjoy it.

“I don’t know what made him decide in the end but I think I helped him make his decision. Look, we just need to give him a little bit of time. He’s been on his holidays so give him a couple of weeks to get some game time and I think as soon as he scores his first goal, he will score a lot of goals here.” 2 Main picture: Mohamed Elyounouss­i celebrates after scoring the first of his two goals in Celtic’s 6-0 rout of KR Reykjavik in the first qualifying round of the Champions League. Inset, the Norwegian attacking midfielder greets ex-basel teammate Albian Ajeti who made his Celtic debut as a second-half substitute on Tuesday night. varos have landed back-toback titles for the first time since the mid-1990s. They have achieved a degree of their old domination with three championsh­ips in five seasons and lost only three games in their latest league success. Forwards Tokmac Nguen and Franck Boli top scored with 12 goals apiece. Nguen claimed four in Europe while Boli had the best domestic returns with ten league goals.

Ferencvaro­s supply only three players to the Hungarian national team – goalkeeper Denes Dibusz, defender Gergo Lovrencsic­s and winger Roland Varga – but that has everything to do with the fact that among the 28 players they used there were no fewer than 13 nationalit­ies.

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