Rodgers added: “Arne is a fantastic young player. Otherwise we wouldn’t have brought him here. He doesn’t set the price. He has come to a big club to improve his game. I have no doubt he will do that.
“But hopefully, I know that won’t be the case, but I hope people learn the lesson. To see people who were writing off Paulo and Nicolas Kuhn and it’s going to be Arne Engels, it’s going to be a different person.” .
“So you have to look and see and understand that development takes time. Some will start to work and they will be fine and adapt, perfect. But not everyone is like that, and especially a young player.
“So I’m very happy since he arrived, because I know the future for him. He will improve, he will develop and he will improve. And we have seen it many times. He is a very young player with a lot of potential and that is why we brought him here. No It’s the finished article.”
Rodgers, whose team hosts Ross County on Saturday, said “the scrutiny falls on you” when players arrive at Celtic, who are the defending champions and current leaders of the Scottish Premiership.
“There is always pressure when you come to play here,” he explained.
“You’re going to have your critics. Sometimes it’s deserved, sometimes it’s not. But either way, many times you don’t have the last word, but you do have the opportunity on the field to show what you can.” do.”
