Dan plans to end his Scottish nightmare
DANIEL Arzani has confirmed he will leave Celtic when his loan deal expires next month, as the City loanee opened up on his disastrous two-year spell in Scotland.
The Australian joined the Blues after appearing at the 2018 World Cup, before immediately joining Celtic on a two-year loan deal.
However, the midfielder only played 28 minutes of football for the Scottish champions across two appearances after he suffered a cruciate ligament injury on his debut. Now, the 21-year-old says he will leave Celtic Park this season.
“It’s been a really tough last two seasons for me,” he said. “Celtic’s been tough, there are a lot of good people there and it’s a good club, but the most important thing for me is game time and I wasn’t getting that.
“I was getting frustrated with injuries and the most important thing now is to look forward and go somewhere I think I’ll get game time.
“It’s tough for Lenny [Neil Lennon] - he came back for his second gig as Celtic manager with a lot of weight on his shoulders in going for 10 in a row. I’ve been coming back from injury and he’s never seen me play before, so there’s no way I can blame him.
“He’s a really good guy and a really good coach. It was just unfortunate circumstances.”
Arzani is keen to look forward, confirming he is back to full fitness after his injury problems and saying his next club will have to be the right one for him to kick on in his career.
“I think I’m in some of the best shape of my career so far,” he added.