AT the start of this week we dismissed a Celtic bid for Scott McKenna that had been lazily reported and named Christopher Jullien and Luca Connell as Celtic’s Likely Lads – the two players that we believed that Celtic were about to sign.
If you had a wee double on that at the bookies then the first one came up yesterday when Celtic completed the £7million transfer deal to sign Christopher Jullien from Toulouse – incidentally we also told you the transfer fee!
You’d be waiting for the second result to see if your double bet was a winner and this morning we can confirm that Luca Connell is indeed a Celtic player after signing from Bolton. The Celtic website has officially confirmed the news this morning.
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Highly-rated Republic of Ireland youngster, Luca Connell, signs for #CelticFC on a four-year deal. Welcome, @lucaconnell! ????????
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— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) June 29, 2019
“Celtic are delighted to announce the signing of highly-rated Republic of Ireland youngster, Luca Connell, who joins the club on a four-year deal.
“The versatile 18-year-old midfielder joins the Scottish Champions after progressing through Bolton Wanderers’ youth ranks before breaking into the senior side during the second half of last season.
“Connell, who was born in Liverpool but is eligible to play for Ireland through his grandparents, put pen to paper at Celtic Park before flying out to join his new team-mates at their pre-season training camp in Austria.”
Welcome to the #TrebleTreble winners, Luca! ???? #WelcomeLuca pic.twitter.com/cd2KPw3gR6
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) June 29, 2019
Welcome to Celtic to both of our Likely Lads – Christopher and Luca, two signings we told you about at the start of this week on The Celtic Star – see HERE.
Goal hungry Bayo hoping to get off the mark against Wiener SC today…
WE have had to wait 6 months but this afternoon there is a chance that we will see Brendan Rodgers’ final signing for Celtic in action. Vakoun Bayo did come on for a few minutes down at Rugby Park – the day Scott Brown won the league – but we’ve not had any chance to see why Kolo Toure recommended to Rodgers that he should sign Bayo from Slovakian side Dunajská Streda in the January window…continue reading HERE.
The Saturday Star Supplement...
When the opening bid for Kieran Tierney arrived in Peter Lawwell’s inbox, I don’t believe any Celtic fan was truly shocked or worried. The day when an offer arrives for your star player is always heartbreaking for the fans. You hope and pray that the player(s) belief in the jersey and the cause is ironclad. That player is KT.
However, I do believe any offer(s) is a testament to all the hard work that’s gone into developing Kieran. In a timeline, from Ronny Delia right through to Neil Lennon, KT has developed into a tremendous talent, consistently brilliant in every game whether at home in Scotland or in Europe.
Kieran is a 24/7 athlete who can powerfully run and chase for miles. I believe the saving grace for Celtic is one of two things:
1. So far at least, there is no bidding war, there’s only one chaser club and that’s Arsenal (transfer budget = £45 million).
2. No English club is willing to admit a player from humble Scotland is worth upwards of twenty-five million plus.
Continue reading The Saturday Star Supplement by James Pearson HERE.
Zombie Meltdown! ‘The steak in Aldi tastes just as good as Marks and Spencer’s but it’s half the price,’ Billy in East Kilbride…you just have to listen to this. It is hilarious…click HERE.
