On his arrival at Celtic, he was seen as finally some new blood in the coaching staff. There had been rumblings over the years about the perceived boys club mentality at Celtic, and even though Ange Postecoglou had arrived as manager at Celtic, he had kept with the general system. Kewell was seen as a break to this system although not necessarily anything revolutionary.

As a player, Kewell had made a good name for himself at clubs like Liverpool, Galatasaray and Leeds and helped to boost the reputation of footballers from Down Under.

After hanging up his playing boots, he moved into management, and admittedly his record was overall poor. However at Celtic he had a new chance in coaching alongside Postecoglou who was by this time now well settled in but wished to take Celtic up a few notches.

Harey Kewell arrived at a buoyant Celtic in the summer of 2022, and he settled in quickly at a Celtic who were in command in the league. Initial reports on Kewell’s contributions were positive with notably Maeda highly praising Kewell. The benefits paid off in the World Cup with a Maeda inspired Japan shocking everyone finishing top of their group after wins v Germany and Spain!

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“It’s thanks to him that I’m really enjoying my football again and also improving my skills. It’s down to Harry that I started to change my approach at Celtic and I’m now performing better. That’s thanks to Harry. He is very good at establishing relationships with players,” Maeda said.

He supported the squad as they went on to win the domestic treble. Postecoglou though left in June 2023, but Kewell remained at Celtic to work under Brendan Rodgers, and players continued to publicly praise his contribution to their development.

After Celtic sealed a well deserved 2-1 victory over theRangers in the annual New Year’s Derby, played on 30 December 2023 this time), Kewell left the next for the J League to take over at Yokohama F. Marinos from ex-Rangers player Muscat (who at one time was rumoured for a coaching role at Celtic under Postecoglou).

We wished him all the best.

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Harry Kewell is seen during the Celtic Champions Training Day at Celtic Park on July 18, 2022. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

HARRY KEWELL’S TIME AT CELTIC IN QUOTES

“We will be aiming to give our fans more of the same going forward and I look forward to playing my part in bringing this to our supporters,” Harry Kewell

“Throughout my professional career and indeed my whole time in football I have not met a coach like Harry. So, it’s thanks to him that I am really enjoying my football and improving my skills. It’s down to Harry that I started to change my approach and performing better. Thanks to Harry. He is very good at establishing relationships with the players. He can verbalise clearly our good points and bad points. We’ll sit and watch the videos and he will explain to me very clearly where I can be better and what I need to do. It’s a good situation for me. It’s because of this that I feel I am really enjoying my football right now.” Daizen Maeda on Kewell (2022)

“The opening game of the season at home to Aberdeen… I’ve heard You’ll Never Walk Alone every week at Liverpool but that day it was something different. It was awesome,” Harry Kewell

“Harry Kewell has not only helped me but others. He helped me greatly at the start when it was one game a week for the first four weeks and I didn’t feature that much. He still made me feel a big part of it and even though I am one of the older players it was still really good that he would take you aside after training and do extra with you because he wanted you to do well when you did get the chance. He does loads of drills with the wingers too because that’s where he played. I think for me and the other wingers I have spoken to we would all say he has a really big impact.” James Forrest on Kewell (2022)