Celtic are closing in on an agreement with Celtic’s breakthrough midfielder Daniel Kelly. Anthony Joseph from Sky Sports is reporting this morning that the deal is close and the new contract will be for four years.
The 18 year old came off the bench against Buckie Thistle in the Scottish Cup in January and replaced Callum McGregor at the interval in the recent match against Dundee at Celtic Park, where he scored his first senior goal for the club.
Daniel Kelly has been an outstanding performer for both the Celtic U18s and the Celtic B Team and alongside Rocco Vata are two of the Academy stars earmarked for first team status under Brendan Rodgers. The manager believes that it is vitally important for Celtic to develop our own players, in the Celtic tradition, and to do that a pathway to the first team must be available to the aspiring stars in the Celtic Academy at all levels.
Getting Daniel Kelly signed up will be brilliant news that will be made even better by the long discussed deal with Rocco Vata being finalised. Both players are not short of options, Kelly as admirers in Germany and Vata has had numerous Italian clubs chasing his signature, but both boys want to play for Celtic.
That’s where the viable pathway comes in. If it’s not there what is the point in developing players?
Celtic are close to agreeing new deal for midfielder Daniel Kelly.
It’s understood a four-year contract extension is being discussed.
Kelly, 18, has broken into the first team this year and scored his first senior goal for the club in Celtic’s 7-1 win over Dundee last month. pic.twitter.com/vEhRdRwAvV
— Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) March 14, 2024
