“I’m just enjoying every single minute of playing,” Kasper Schmeichel

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·20 de agosto de 2025

“I’m just enjoying every single minute of playing,” Kasper Schmeichel

Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has opened up about his contract status, as the 38-year-old enters the final year of his current deal with the club…

Kasper Schmeichel in control as Leighton Clarkson of Aberdeen stretches for the ball during the Scottish Premiership match between Aberdeen and Celtic at Pittodrie on 10 August 2025. Photo Stephen Dobson PSI (IMAGO).

After initially joining on a one-year contract as a free agent last summer, he agreed to an extension in January, committing to stay with Celtic until the end of the current 2025/26 season.

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Ahead of Celtic’s Champions League play-off first leg encounter against Kazakh champions Kairat Almaty, Schmeichel confirmed that discussions over his contract have been paused while the team focuses on securing a spot in Europe’s elite club competition for a fourth consecutive season.

“There’s a massive game and all focus is on that”

Speaking to broadcaster STV earlier this week, the Great Dane said: “No, that’s just not how we operate right now. There’s a massive game and all focus is on that. I can’t imagine that’s important to them or to me, at the moment. I’ve got a contract, and it is what it is at the moment. We’ll take that at some point.”

Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel reacts during the pre-season friendly match between Celtic and Newcastle United at Celtic Park on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

“The way I’ve looked at it, football is very, very unpredictable. You take nothing for granted. You know, one big injury could finish your career at any point of your life. So, you take each and every day on its merit, and you enjoy every single one of them.”

“Every single day, it’s ‘How can we get better? How can I get better?”

Schmeichel added: “For me, I don’t think in limitations. I don’t think ‘I need to get to there’ or ‘I need to get to here’. Every single day, it’s ‘How can we get better? How can I get better? What can I do to improve not just myself but the people around me? Are we giving enough?’ All those kinds of things, that’s how I measure it.”

“I know if that passion and that love and desire one day starts to wither, then that might be the time to finish, but I can’t see that happening anytime soon. But you know I’m just enjoying every single minute of playing.”

July 16, 2025, Faro, Portugal: Kasper Schmeichel of Celtic warms up during a Pre-Season friendly football match played between Sporting CP and Celtic FC at Estadio Algarve on July 16, 2025 in Faro, Portugal. Faro Portugal – Photo ZUMA Joaquin Corchero

“I don’t think you’re ever going to find a better job in the world”

“I’m very lucky in the sense that I’ve had a father who’s gone through that process. I’ve seen it close up, first hand, so I haven’t gone through it, but I feel like I’ve gone through it,” he continued.

“So for me, I’m in an incredible position to just enjoy it, and there’s a long, long, long life after football, hopefully. I don’t think you’re ever going to find a better job in the world.”

Schmeichel in no hurry for contract talks but loving every day at Celtic. The Danish goalkeeper says he'll continue playing as long as he enjoys football. https://t.co/64V2FfRuNE
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