CELTIC’S new signing Christopher Jullien has revealed that he has been in constant contact with Odsonne Edouard over the past week os so as French Eddie helped convince his pal to join the growing French foreign legion in the East end of Glasgow.
Jullien signed a four year contract at Celtic this morning after sailing through his medical and he will now meet up with his new teammates at the club’s training camp in Austria on Sunday.
Our new defender also revealed that he’d been watching The Celtic games last season and had been particularly pleased for Odsonne who is of course a former teammate at Toulouse.
Speaking to the official site from the club’s training camp in Austria, Odsonne gave his thoughts on the arrival of Christopher Jullien to Celtic.
“Christopher is a very good player. I liked playing with him at Toulouse and he’s a good friend of mine.
“We kept in contact and I’m very happy that he’s signed for Celtic. I’m excited to play alongside him again, he can help the team a lot!”
Here’s our new signing speaking to Gerry McCulloch on Celtic TV…
‘Nice have missed the boat with me,’ Romain Perraud wants move ‘very quickly’…
Celtic are set to continue their summer spending spree in France by signing Nice left back Romain Perraud.
Celtic have already had two bids rejected for the 21 year old who spent last season out on loan at FC Paris and are still talking to the Cote d’Azur side who have been told into uncertain terms by Perraud that he wants a move.
Speaking to L’Equipe, Perraud gave an update on his situation and revealed that he is less than happy with his current club.
“I am under contract. I respect people but this season, I did not receive a single call when was I performing very well.
“I am not even speaking about a contract extension offer, just to have a catch-up with me.
“This is a difficult situation and I hope that it will ease off very quickly. I have no news from the current representatives but Nice have missed the boat with me. I want a new challenge,” Perraud said…continue reading HERE.