Benjamin Siegrist has revealed how he witnessed one of Celtic’s biggest Champions League nightmares as a kid but now the Swiss shot-stopper says it’s a dream to have the chance to play for them in Europe’s premier competition.
Siegrist was paraded at Parkhead after the former Dundee United keeper penned a four-year deal at the Hoops. And the 30-year-old told how he he was a ball boy for FC Basel when they knocked Celtic out at the qualifiers in 2002. Leading 3-1 from the first leg, Martin O’Neill’s side lost 2-0 in the return to go out on away goals but they dropped into the UEFA Cup in the year they reached the final in Seville.
Ange Postecoglou’s men won’t need nerve-shredding qualifiers this time around as they go straight into the group stage. And Siegrist would love to play his part as he challenges Joe Hart for the No. 1 spot. He said of his move: “It’s a boyhood dream.
“I was telling the people earlier when I was young I was a ball boy with my first team, FC Basel. I was a ball boy behind Rab Douglas. Unfortunately for us Basel knocked out out but I was there in the stadium. But obviously to hear the Champions League anthem and be involved in the Champions League with this club is amazing.”
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