MARTIN O’NEILL admits Arne Engels’s departure from Celtic before their Champions League play-off clash against LASK was disappointing.West Ham reportedly broke the English Football League transfer record by paying £22 million to sign the 22-year-old Belgium midfielder, following the Hoops’ 4-0 Premier Sports Cup win over Dundee United at Tannadice on Saturday.Ahead of the first leg against the Austrian champions at Celtic Park on Wednesday night, veteran boss O’Neill admitted that there was “a fairly decent chance” that no replacement would arrive before kick-off.

MARTIN O’NEILL admits Arne Engels’s departure from Celtic before their Champions League play-off clash against LASK was disappointing.

West Ham reportedly broke the English Football League transfer record by paying £22 million to sign the 22-year-old Belgium midfielder, following the Hoops’ 4-0 Premier Sports Cup win over Dundee United at Tannadice on Saturday.

Ahead of the first leg against the Austrian champions at Celtic Park on Wednesday night, veteran boss O’Neill admitted that there was “a fairly decent chance” that no replacement would arrive before kick-off.

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