Auston Trusty draws Celtic and English giants parallel as defender makes ‘love or hate’ admission

The defender spent some time down south but is now loving life in Glasgow

Celtic’s Auston Trusty

Celtic defender Auston Trusty backed himself from day one in Glasgow and has praised the fans for helping him settle in.

The 26-year-old has started to cement his place in Brendan Rodgers’ starting line-up week after week and is forming a formidable duo with his central defensive pattern, and fellow countryman, Cameron Carter-Vickers. The summer signing, who arrived in a deal reported to be worth around £6 million, wants to give the young fans, in particular, someone to look up to as he continues his strong start at Celtic Park, racking up 13 appearances so far and shining on the European stage too in the Champions League.

When asked how big a club Celtic are, Trusty compared them to an English Premier League giant in Arsenal – a club he signed for a few years back but spent his time out on loan. Despite a lack of first-team action for the London side, he still sees plenty of parallels between the Gunners and the Hoops.

He told GOAL: “It’s a whole different realm, and the closest thing I can compare it to is Arsenal

“Think about Arsenal. We’re in London, so there are so many different teams. In Glasgow, it’s a big city, not as big as London, but it’s a big city. There are only two teams, so there’s a good chance that they hate you or a good chance that they love you.

“The welcome was amazing. Everyone there is super, super passionate, and I think they could see from the start the value that I could bring to the team, so I think that they were excited as well.

“I try to play every game and be that person for this team, for Celtic and for fans look up to me and to support me, and little kids who aspire to be professional athlete to look up to me. I think the fans can see that hopefully and respect that.

“They’ve got behind me, so it’s been really, really nice. Here and Birmingham City have been the best in terms of getting behind me to make me feel at home.”

Celtic’s next Champions League opponent Club Brugge rocked by ‘furious’ infighting

It is being reported that there is friction within the Club Brugge camp less than two weeks before they play Celtic in the Champions League.

The Hoops will return from the international break to face Hearts next Saturday evening in the Premiership before attention turns to Club Brugge.

Celtic face the Belgian champions on November 27 under the lights at Celtic Park with a fantastic opportunity to effectively guarantee a knockout play-off spot.

Club Brugge will have the same ambition but a recent report has stated that there is disharmony between chairman, manager and players at the club.

Club Brugge friction reported as Celtic take notice

After beating Aston Villa 1-0 in the Champions League, Brugge failed to follow that famous win up with a victory in the league.

They drew 2-2 with bottom of the league Beerschot and Belgian media have been reporting that the chairman Bart Verhaeghe wasn’t best pleased with the result.

In fact, it’s being claimed that a ‘furious’ Verhaeghe burst his way into the dressing room and ‘reminded the players of their responsibilities.’

Moreover, one player at the club has publicly expressed his disdain at not being handed enough game time by the Club Brugge boss Nicky Hayen.

The player in question is Belgium international Hugo Siquet who was brought to Brugge in the summer from Freiburg for a reported £3m.

As quoted by freelance journalist Mark Walker via The Celtic Way, Siquet has said: “The situation for me is not good and mentally it is very difficult.

“I try to give everything for the club and I will continue to do so until the last moment, but I get little in return.

“I have the right mentality, I think I show a lot of maturity and when I get my chance, I will be ready and seize it.”

What does this mean for Celtic?

Naturally, Celtic fans may be encouraged by the fact there is infighting inside Club Brugge – but it could deliver the opposite effect.

A rollicking from the chairman isn’t exactly commonplace and it might give the Brugge boys a kick up the backside with just 12 days until they meet the Hoops in Glasgow.

Club Brugge are third in the Belgian top-flight at the moment and have the chance to right the wrongs of the Beerschot result when they face STVV who sit eight places below them in 11th.

Then it’s a trip to Parkhead when Celtic will hope their struggles on and off the park have continued until the eve of the big clash.

Belgian media react to Arne Engels performance in defeat to Italy

Belgium lost out in a narrow defeat to Italy last night in Nations League action.

The Red Devils faced off against Luciano Spaletti’s side and lost at home thanks to a goal from Sandro Tonali within the first 11 minutes.

It leaves Domenico Tedesco’s side in a spot of bother as they now sit back in third from their group with Italy top on 13 points and France second on 10.

One man who played the majority of the action was Celtic’s record signing Arne Engels.