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Celtic players pose for a photo on pitch prior to the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Knockout Play-off second leg match between FC Bayern München and Celtic FC at Allianz Arena on February 18, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

Q: Do you get a taste of what it could be like at Celtic, even next season? Fans are wanting to ask you, do you see yourself, does that even make you hungrier or give you a tidbit to maybe stay beyond the summer for those kind of games next year as well and play them?

Jeffrey Schlupp: “Yeah, everyone’s asking that question but again, I’ve come here on loan to the end of the season, anything beyond that is out of my control at the minute. I’ve just got to focus on the league for now, you know, I want to win the league, I want to win the cup and then what will be, will be.

Vincent Kompany, Head Coach of Bayern Munich, reacts during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Knockout Play-off second leg match between FC Bayern München and Celtic FC at Allianz Arena on February 18, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

Q: Did you manage to speak to anybody over in Germany, just about the reaction from over there, did you pick it up yourself as well, what people over there were saying about Celtic?

Jeffrey Schlupp: “Yeah, I mean, obviously in the press after the game and stuff, you know, everyone was just obviously congratulating us. The players when we were coming off the pitch, their manager was just saying how great we’d done and how proud we should be of ourselves, we gave them a game in both legs. Any other night, it could have been a complete other way around. Just in general from everyone around the place, everyone was obviously saying how well we’d done. We got so close to getting a win on the night and then maybe forcing it to extra time, anything could have happened again. Everyone was full of praise, which was nice.”

Q: Is there even more confidence in the Celtic squad now?

Jeffrey Schlupp: “Yeah, yeah, confidence is sky high, of course. There’s a squad full of quality players with a top manager, so confidence is obviously high, yes. It was nice to show the world again that we can compete with the elite and prove to ourselves also that we can, go toe-to-toe with the best. There are so many positives to take from that experience and those games against Bayern Munich, which we will hopefully take into the rest of the season and hopefully we can finish that off, win the league and the Cup too.”

Jeffrey Schlupp (Celtic FC) looks on during the UEFA Champions League 2024 25 League Knockout Play-off Second Leg match between FC Bayern München and Celtic FC at Allianz Arena on February 18, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Silas Schueller DeFodi Images)

Q: We’ve touched on it already about how much you enjoyed the other night, but just in general, the first few weeks here, has it exceeded your expectations that you’re starting these big games and you enjoyed the experience in general as well?

Jeffrey Schlupp: “Yeah amazing, obviously coming here to hopefully get some game time, but knowing that the squad’s flying at the minute anyway, so to be able to play this much so soon is massive. Also, pretty much all the games have been at home, which has been great as well, so yeah, I’ve loved going out there in front of the fans. Everyone knows the history behind it, I’ve played there one time before I came here and I was just itching to play in front of the home fans and I’ve managed to do that more times than not. It exceeded my expectations probably, yeah. I knew what, sort of, a little bit of what to expect, but to actually, you know, play for Celtic at home has been amazing.”