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Kasper Schmeichel remains tight-lipped on Celtic future as Danish stopper takes action-first silverware approach
Kasper Schmeichel has refused to speak up about his Celtic future with the Dane having only signed a one-year deal at Parkhead in the summer - with the veteran stopper instead focusing solely on winning the Hoops' Premier Sports Cup clash against Rangers over the weekend.
Schmeichel has been one of Celtic's most consistent players in recent months, offering vocal support and a real leadership from the back, whilst also fundamentally being a strong goalkeeper to send the Hoops clear in the Scottish Premiership title race and with a favourable chance at qualifying for the Champions League knockout rounds.
With an extra year's extension option on his contract - that the club can trigger at any point - his form means that it is certainly a possibility to be considered for the club. But Schmeichel isn't thinking that far and he wants to secure his first piece of silverware at Parkhead before committing to the future.
Talking to The Daily Record ahead of Celtic's game against their local rivals, Schmeichel was blase about his future - stating that his focus was simply just on the upcoming clash. He said: “Next game. With the experience I have, the one thing experience has really taught me is to never take anything for granted.
“Take every single day as it comes. Enjoy every single game that you get to play. And then we take it from there. At the moment, it’s not even on my radar. The most important thing is winning on Sunday now.
“I think these types of games, it’s important for us as players to take the emotion out of the game, to play the game, not the occasion. Play it with precision and make sure that we hit the standards that we’ve set and we keep being ambitious, we keep pushing forward.
“Yeah, I think it’s a great occasion, particularly for the fans. Like I said before, for us as players, it’s about removing the emotion from the game. Playing the game and not getting caught up in the emotion and the occasion.
"Our job is to go and win a football match and I think that’s how we should approach it. It’s a terrific ground. Every time I’ve played there, there’s always been a good pitch, always been a good atmosphere, so I’m really looking forward to it.
“To be honest, I think it’s every occasion. I think when you join a club like Celtic, the size of the club, everywhere you go, you even see [in Zagreb] how many fans that travel. That’s not normal.
“I’ve played in a lot of clubs and that’s not normal that you have that amount of support everywhere you go. One of the reasons also is to perform and to get results for all those people who travel, spend a lot of money to come in and support their team. They’re just as important occasions.
“I think the standards are set. At a club like Celtic, you walk in the training ground, you walk in the stadium, it’s just steeped in history. You look around, every single photo on the wall is of some kind of legend lifting a trophy, so you know what’s expected.”
