Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has shared his delight after the club sealed the signing of Luis Palma on a five-year deal. The Honduran arrives for £3.5m to add an attacking option in the wide areas for Rodgers, which is well timed given Sunday’s game against Rangers at Ibrox is fast approaching.
Speaking to the Official Celtic website, Rodgers expressed his pleasure that Palma had signed for The Scottish Champions and looks forward to working with him.
“We are really pleased to bring Luis to the Club. He is a player who had a lot of options but, of course, we are delighted he has chosen to come to Celtic, an opportunity which really excites him.
“He is a very talented, player who likes to play attacking football so we hope he will be a very good fit for the team.
“Luis has reached a very good level so far, playing a lot of games and achieving international recognition, but I also know that he is ambitious to improve and continue his development with us.
“We look forward to Luis joining up with the squad and to start working with him.”
Rodgers is keen to add further to his squad as well as removing a number of players that he believes are unlikely to play apart in his first team moving forward. In terms of outgoings, Sead Haksabanovic, Rocco Vata, Ismaila Soro, Albian Ajeti and James McCarthy are expected to be moved on. Whilst in terms of arrivals, Nat Phillips and Paolo Bernardo are expected to arrive on loan with the latter expected to have an option to buy, similar to Jota, should he impress.
The Irishman was keen to add quality into his squad in the wake of poor results against Kilmarnock and St Johnstone and is said to still want a left-back and potentially a striker as well.
