TEEMU PUKKI

Scottish football doesn't suit me perfectly, how I want to play football.

A lot of Finnish people are laid-back and quiet and that's how I am. I've never seen any reason to change myself.

Celtic are a great, traditional club.

When I do defensive work well it always helps my offensive game.

Even if you have a contract you can be sold.

Football is getting bigger but ice hockey is still the biggest sport back home.

Those years in Denmark changed my game and how I played football.

I will always keep my feet on the ground.

When I played in Germany there was also a good atmosphere in the games but this is better at Celtic.

Daniel Farke is so good, a man-manager - he is calm but he can shout if he thinks I'm not working.

I always try not to read anything of people talking about me, but of course you can still feel pressure at the stadium, during the games, if you don't play well.

You never know what's going to happen in football.

I got the call, 'Celtic want you.' And I knew Celtic were a top, top team. I thought it would be much easier than it was. It was quicker than I thought. When you got the ball, there was always a defender at you.

I haven't made any targets of how many goals I want to score, because I just want to help the team.

I have great memories of playing in the Champions League at Celtic Park. That was something I will never forget, and of course we won a championship and that's something no-one can take away from me.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is one of the best goalscorers in the world and even watching him in training and in games you can learn from him.

When I was a little boy, my dream was to play in Spanish football, which I've done, and then it was the Premier League, so it's all worked out OK.

A lot of my family follow Liverpool, including my dad Tero and my uncle. In Finland I would say Liverpool is the biggest team, it started in the 1980s with the games on the TV. And then obviously they have had two Finland legends in Jari Litmanen and Sami Hyypia.

Of course, I can't be like Gary Hooper or anyone else because I'm me.

As a young guy I was really shy, more shy than I am now.

I played in Germany which is quite a physical league.

I didn't really adapt to Scottish football well, but I enjoyed my time there. The physical nature and the pace of the game was a big thing, and many of the teams defended really deep against Celtic so there was not so much space to run in behind. That's a big part of my game, so that was one thing as well.

My favourite team was always Barcelona. When I was young, I went to see them, my first ever big game. Jari Litmanen was playing there at the time. In Finland, Litmanen is a big hero for all of us.

To live abroad you have to grow up quickly.

I like it in Denmark. The league is very good and all the teams are of a similar standard.