Manuel Neuer knows what Celtic DON'T like as Bayern skipper wary of familiar threat and welcomes old friend
dailyrecord.co.ukManuel Neuer says it's an honour to share the Celtic Park stage with Kasper Schmeichel.But, although he didn’t appear to recollect Arne Engels from the Bundesliga, he is fully aware of the threat of ex-Bayern youth Nicolas Kuhn.
Neuer and Schmeichel are the 38-year-old international icons heroes looking to keep the back doors closed. The German ace is delighted to go into battle with the Dane and said: “It is an honour to play against him.
In our careers we kept meeting, we kept talking. I met his dad [Peter] around the Champions League matches and I always talk to him as a goalkeeper.
It’s always something special to meet someone my age who is still playing.”Neuer was asked about his recollections of Engels from his time at Augsburg, but insisted his focus was more on Celtic's more-attack minded threats, one of which plied his trade at Bayern in his younger days.
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