It’s fair to say that Callum McGregor has been just as impressed by the start that new Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has made to his time at Celtic and the reckon captain reckons that the Denmark legend is already proving himself to be a leader on and off the park at the club.
“We’ve had a couple of chats already,” Calmac confirmed, as reported by Football Scotland. “We spent a good bit of time over in America together and after just five minutes I knew he was on the level. He has had a hugely successful career but he still wants to achieve.
“He’s an experienced goalkeeper but after just a few minutes I could tell what he was about. He’s a proper character. You can tell that just by having a conversation with him but it’s also when you get on the pitch you see what people are like. When we played against Man City there was a moment when he berated Matt O’Riley.
“When you talk about demanding the most out of the players, that was an example of the type of thing I’m talking about. It’s about standards and behaviours. If you concede a shot you care about it. You take it personally and that’s what builds, a winning culture. But he’s probably made four or five really top saves already. So we know we have a top goalkeeper with the personality to go with it. Because if there is one thing you need at Celtic’s it’s personality to go and play.
“It can be a tough place to play football and you need that personality behind you and he has got that in spades.”
Kasper Schmeichel got his first taste of Paradise as a Celtic player at the weekend, but it’s fair to say that h didn’t have much to do in what was a dominant performance from the Champions against Kilmarnock in a 4-0. The Celtic team this weekend take on Hibs at Easter Road and chances are the new keeper will get a few chances to impress between the sticks.
Last week Kasper Schmeichel spoke to the Celtic fan media at Celtic Park, including of course The Celtic Star. He’s what happened…
