For over a decade now, Celtic have watched their team dominate and win trophy after trophy, including Trebles galore.
There has been a lot to shout about for the Celtic Park faithful, so a lot of moments to cherish and pick out.
Many would argue that the Ange Postecoglou era was perhaps the most enjoyable because of how Celtic played and how he conducted himself to the media and the fans.
One man who was part of Postecoglou’s coaching staff during that time was Harry Kewell.
The former Australia international has enjoyed a great career as a player, including playing for Liverpool, as well as playing in Turkey and across the continent.
But Kewell admitted that he had a viewpoint of Celtic that he quickly snapped out of after he moved to Glasgow.
Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty ImagesHarry Kewell on Celtic pressure
From the outside, many just think, when the league is won in Scotland, it’s a walk in the park for Celtic or Rangers.
That’s how Kewell felt, but then, when he joined Celtic, he quickly realised the ‘actual pressure’ from the fans, as he told Sky Sports.
The former forward also got to see what that would do to the players, and the ‘pressures’ they were under on a daily basis.
“It was interesting,” responded Kewell on his Celtic experience. “From an outsider, never been up there, you look at the Scottish league, and you think, ‘oh well, it’s only Celtic or Rangers’. You think ‘they win all the time’.
“But working in that environment, you come to realise the actual pressure, especially from the Celtic players, the actual pressure that they are under.”
Kewell shares his dream as he hails the Japanese players at Celtic
Postecoglou did wonders at Celtic, and ensured Rangers were going to go nowhere when they got their tails up after winning the title under Steven Gerrard.
But when Postecoglou left Celtic for Tottenham in 2023, Kewell, who has managed before in England’s lower leagues, went his separate ways and back into the main hotseat.
Kewell was recently the manager of J-League side – Yokohama F. Marinos – where Celtic nabbed Postecoglou from – and he shared the ‘dream’ he still has going forward.
“I think everyone wants to coach at the highest level possible,” said Kewell. “That’s a dream of mine, to compete with the best managers in the world.
“Hopefully, one day, I can achieve that. But I also believe that you have to go out and get experience. And experience from different cultures. Different ways football is played.
“I suppose, my time up in Celtic, I got the chance to work with the Japanese players, and the way that they love football. The way that they want to learn.”