Nearly four years on from his move to Germany, Celtic still hold a special place in Jeremie Frimpong's heart.Indeed, after Bayer Leverkusen completed a dramatic 4-3 comeback win over Wolfsburg last Sunday, one of the first things he did was seek out the Hoops' result against Falkirk, as he'd seen they were 2-1 down at half-time.
Frimpong, who played a starring role in Bayer Leverkusen's surprise and invincible German Double last season, as well as their run to the Champions League Final at Wembley, revealed: "I'm so grateful for my time at Celtic.
They made me the player I am today."Brendan Rodgers' side will hit the Yellow Wall then they resume their Champions League campaign against Borussia Dortmund next Tuesday night.
The 25,000 'Schwarzgelben' who occupy one end of the 81,000-capacity Signal Iduna Park may appear an intimidating sight. But Frimpong insists Brendan Rodgers' side have nothing to worry about.The 23-year-old, who pipped Odsonne Edouard, Kristoffer Ajer and Mikey Johnston to win the Hoops' Young Player of the Year award in the 2019/20 Treble-winning season, has experienced the phenomenon first hand, as well as 75,000 baying Bayern Munich fans in the Allianz Arena, and the notorious 'Ultras Gelsenkirchen' inside Schalke's Veltins Arena.The Flying Dutchman, however, maintains that nothing compares to the atmosphere generated by a full house at Celtic Park.
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