Scales And Mccowan Sign New Celtic Contracts

Scales, who has 14 caps for his country, told Celtic TV he has "grown arsenic a person" since arriving from his homeland.

"I came over, I was earthy and didn't really cognize what to expect," he said. "There was a large spread successful nan level I was coming from and my indebtedness astatine Aberdeen helped maine turn massively arsenic a player.

"As a centre-half, you mightiness highest astatine a later property than immoderate different positions, truthful I dream these adjacent 4 aliases 5 years will beryllium my best.

"It is an astonishing nine and I've grown to emotion it. I emotion my life present successful Scotland and it was bully for each parties to get this one."

Lifelong Celtic instrumentality McCowan, meanwhile, admitted that it "does not consciousness long" since he was a precocious deadline-day signing.

"Absolutely buzzing," he said of his caller contract." Initially I astir apt wouldn't person dreamed to person played for Celtic and to get that far.

"To beryllium capable to opportunity I'm singing different deal, I consciousness perfectly electrical inside."

Cowan said it was "a awesome feeling" to thief Celtic triumph nan Scottish title truthful convincingly successful his first play astatine nan Glasgow club.

"The highs person been astonishing and hopefully there's much of that," he said.

"I person conscionable became a batch much mature. It has been awesome to study from these guys who person been present truthful long."

Martin O'Neill praised some players during his 2 spells arsenic interim head this season.

Of Scales, he said: "I don't cognize what he was for illustration for nan first portion of nan season. But, since I've been here, he's been perfectly terrific.

"We are a amended squad erstwhile he's successful and he's besides sewage nan expertise to play astatine left-back. He's been a awesome subordinate for america this season."

Meanwhile, O'Neill said McCowan had made "a awesome contribution" and added: "He's a coagulated small midfield subordinate pinch a bully oculus for a walk and, if adjacent to goal, you consciousness he is going to spell adjacent to nan target."