Arne Engels did his bit to promote the Celtic Paradise Windfall lottery yesterday. But it’s the fortunes splashed out on the record signing himself that never seems to be far from the punters’ lips.

Two words beginning with P - pressure and pricetag - follow the midfielder around as closely as Kilmarnock duo Liam Donnelly and Liam Polworth did in Saturday’s Scottish Cup win. Indeed some Hoops fans are still to be convinced the £11million shelled out for his services in the summer was a gamble that is likely to pay off.

Harsh perhaps on a 21-year-old who is learning a new way of playing and experiencing for the first time a club that is expected to win every time they cross the line. But the big bucks Belgian insists he’s not feeling the ‘p’. He’s wise enough to avoid social media. He generally steers clear of any media in a bid to keep focus.

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Now, with Champions League millions up for grabs when Young Boys visit Parkhead tomorrow night, he knows it’s another stage where the former FC Augsburg star is expected to prove his worth.

Yet the big question ahead of the team sheet dropping is whether the marquee signing will make the starting XI. He had to make do with a spot on the bench last time out in the 0-0 draw at Dinamo Zagreb. Just as he did for the last two Old Firm clashes at Ibrox and in the league Cup Final.

But after that spell where Brendan Rodgers took him out his starting XI, Engels is back enjoying some of his best football since moving to the east end of Glasgow.

For that he gives kudos to the manager and the daily advice of his captain and midfield colleague Callum McGregor. More than anything though, the big Belgian credits himself.

Asked if he avoids the noise on the outside, Engels said: “Yeah, 100 percent. I know what I'm doing and everybody here inside knows also what I'm doing and what I'm capable of.

“So, I don't really feel pressure. I don't really need to put pressure on myself. It just comes by itself and I'm working every day really hard on the points that I need to improve. What they indicate here inside, not what they indicate outside.

“So, that's the most important thing, that everything stays inside and that everybody knows what the points are and what I need to work on. I think I'm doing it really good by myself. I'm relaxed in every game. I just want to do my best and want to try to help the team. And I don't really see a lot of the things that are written or anything. So that's maybe a good thing that I don't read a lot into the newspapers.

“I'm really feeling good here. I'm feeling really comfortable. Everything is going smoothly and how I want it to be. I have no complaints. It can only become better. I'm learning every day, learning every game. So, everybody here inside is helping me to adapt and to move on.”

Engels is the first to admit his best is yet to come. That shouldn’t come as a surprise given he only turned 21 on the eve of the Champions League campaign kicking off. But the laid-back playmaker insists he’s already improved in his five months in Glasgow’s east end. He said: “I think a lot. I think I've experienced a lot here.

“It's a different style of playing also, what I was used to. Also, a different kind of competition, so I also need to adapt to that. I think I'm doing that very good. There are still things that I need to improve, but I'm only 21. I have time and I know everybody expects a lot. But I'm also doing a lot of work inside and outside of football.

“If you always talk about the pressure and this and that, then it's a good thing to have that you are calm in your head, and just know what you're doing and don't really listen to some people that you don't need to listen to. Just need to listen to the guys that you really want to listen to. I think I'm doing that really good and that also improves myself and my qualities.”

Two of those most important people are Rodgers and skipper McGregor. Rodgers may have taken him out the firing line last month but Engels reckons the Parkhead boss’ man management has been a huge factor in allowing him to settle quickly in a new city and new league.

And not just in a footballing sense either. He said: “Yeah, 100 per cent. The manager’s really good for everybody here in the building. And for every player, he's speaking a lot to every one of us.

“He’s also a manager that really wants to know how you feel and how you are as a person. So, that's also a warm welcome that you have here if you speak to him. So, for me, he's really good and he's also teaching me a lot of things on the pitch also. So that really helps me to adapt really quickly.

Callum McGregor too, we have a really good relationship together. We speak a lot on the pitch and off the pitch. He is helping me in every kind of way that can be. He is a real leader and he really is the captain of our squad.

“He is also having an amazing season. If you see again the goal he scored on Saturday night, it was amazing. He is a really important player for us and he will be there on Wednesday.”

* Engels was speaking to promote this week’s Paradise Windfall lottery which will allow fans to win big with a new £15,000 top prize for this week’s Champions League match.