Arne Engels fan club hits Dortmund as Celtic star aims to dazzle in Champions League tie

The Arne Engels fan club is growing by the week but the Celtic ace revealed will also have his own supporters’ bus here in Dortmund on Tuesday night.

Borussia will have the vast majority of the 81,000 Signal Iduna Park this evening with around 3500 Hoops fans tucked in the corner. But the playmaker will have a band of diehards of his own who have made the road trip from his hometown of Opwijk in Belgium. The Engels family have got so used to watching the midfielder’s football journey across Europe they even bought a van – and a squad of them are hitting town to see their lad look to make a Champions League impression.

It will be packed with parents, aunts, uncles, the lot and they are hoping to lap up another special night after lapping up the thunderous win against Slovan Bratislava in Glasgow a few weeks ago. Engels is looking to maintain his sensational start to life at Celts – and give the travelling band another reason to party.

The 21-year-old said: “There will be a few of my family members that are coming. It's a special feeling to have them in the stands. My parents were also there last time for the Champions League against Bratislava.

“They said it was amazing. They never experienced something like that – me neither actually.

“It was really amazing to have them there and also score in front of them and perform. It's an amazing feeling to have them here.

“It feels always a bit different to have some family here and it's good. Yes, it might be an expensive move for them, but they are used to it!

“They are coming with the van. It's going to be good for them also to have a little bit of a family trip. They bought a van to come to Germany with the family when I played there. There is a lot of them – it’s more like a