Harry Kewell claims joining Ange Postecoglou's backroom team at Celtic was a 'no-brainer' after he was brought into the club as a first-team coach last week.
It's the former Liverpool and Leeds forwards first role back in football since being sacked as Barnet manager last September with the former Australia star relishing the chance to work under his fellow Aussie Postecoglou.
The new boss enjoyed a stunning first season in Glasgow after recapturing the Scottish Premiership title from rivals Rangers and lifting the Premier Sports Cup to complete a domestic double in his maiden campaign. That league triumph has also secured a crack at Europe's top sides next season with the Hoops in the Champions League group stages.
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Kewell has opened up on how he actually interviewed for another job and was waiting on a call back before hearing from Ange, and without hesitation agreed to come to Scotland.
He told Celtic TV: "I was actually going for another interview for another job, and I thought it went really well, and I was looking forward to the call back.
"And in between that time, I got a call from the manager [Postecoglou], and the way he spoke to me, the way he presented the job, I said 'yes' straight away.
"I didn't even worry about the next part because I felt it was the opportunity for me to learn from... not only an Australian manager, but a great manager.
"He spoke very positively about how he's been monitoring me for a while, and I never knew that, so when he did speak to me about the ideas of what I can bring to the team, it was a no-brainer."
Kewell, who earned 58 caps for Australia, has also had spells in charge of Crawley, Notts County and Oldham.
He added: "I'm kind of blown away. I haven't been at a huge club for a while now, so this is all kind of new to me and it's nervous to come into such a huge club like this.
"I have strong ambitions, but I'm not going to go straight in there and go this, this and this - that's not me. I want to learn."
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