Highly regarded Celtic B team starlet Bosun Lawal has signed a new deal with the club until 2026 and following this has headed out on loan to Fleetwood Town in English League One. Lawal, alongside fellow academy bhoys Rocco Vata and Ben Summers was involved in Celtics pre-season under Brendan Rodgers and has been training with the first team since last season.
🟢⚪ Bosun Lawal has signed a new contract at the Club which sees the defender extend his stay at #CelticFC until 2026!
As part of his development, Bosun has now joined Fleetwood Town on a season-long loan for the 2023/24 campaign 🔀
Best of luck, Bosun! 🍀
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) August 17, 2023
The Ireland u21 international made his debut for the club last year in a Scottish Cup tie against Greenock Morton after impressing for the clubs B team. Lawal made 19 appearances for Celtic’s B team last season, scoring six goals and registering two assists largely from the centre-half position.
The Dubliner also helped Celtic win the Glasgow Cup against theRangers at Ibrox last season.
The former Waford academy player of the year links up with Adam Montgomery who is also on loan from the club with both players under the tutelage of Scott Brown who is the current manager of Fleetwood.
Former Celtic player Scott Robertson is also currently plying his trade for the League One side, as they sit 20th after two losses and a draw to open their season up so far.
𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 💪
We are delighted to announce defender Bosun Lawal has joined the club on loan from Scottish Premiership side @CelticFC until the end of the season.#OnwardTogether
— Fleetwood Town FC (@ftfc) August 17, 2023
James French
CONFIRMED: Celtic defender Bosun Lawal has signed a contract extension until the summer of 2026 AND has now joined Fleetwood Town on a season-long loan. pic.twitter.com/WG0E7kCImP
— Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) August 17, 2023
