Amid the late night joy of another win-less match for McInnes at Ibrox, news emerged that West Ham had agreed a deal to sign Arne Engels.
Normally a check on Twitter with accounts like Anthony Joseph would confirm the news. Fabrizio Romano’s only Scottish interest is that James Penrice is Ibrox bound.
There is nothing concrete on Engels to West Ham.
The source of the story requires some digging.
Apparently the well connected ExWHUEmployee discussed a deal being agreed on a West Ham podcast.
That account replied to one question about Engels on Twitter/X.
ExWHUEmployee has over 160,000 followers on Twitter/X and has been breaking news since 2012.
It was agreed today not yesterday ?
— ExWHUEmployee (@ExWHUEmployee) August 13, 2026
One West Ham fan site has picked up on a podcast story from an ‘insider’.
Knowing Michael Nicholson selling Engels ahead of or between the Champions League Play Offs against LASK can’t be ruled out.
A double your money offer for a signing pushed through by Brendan Rodgers has lots of boardroom appeal.
Last summer the Celtic CEO spent the trip to Kazakhstan to face Kairat Almaty trying to sell of Adam Idah, Daizen Maeda and Yang Hyun-jun. He achieved his usual success rate.
OF COURSE CELTIC COULD SELL ENGELS
It is very easy to put two and two together with the Celtic CEO.
Having signed Haissem Hassan and Mika Baur on successive days Celtic are suddenly net spenders in the transfer market.
Not a position that Nicholson will be comfortable with.
Fans will be watching social media for any further developments.
Sky Sports News may have a video clip of Celtic at training. SNS Sport will have pictures from training with the cameras looking out for Engels.
Martin O’Neill should be hosting an afternoon media conference. The future of Engels is certain to be asked about.
On Wednesday evening Celtic announced signing Baur with the deal believed to be costing £6m plus add-ons.
The Baur deal was announced on Thursday afternoon, both players are expected to be involved in the squad to face Dundee United on Saturday.
