JONATHAN AFOLABI has signed a new deal for Celtic. The Irish striker penned his new deal with the Scottish Champions prior to sealing a loan switch to Championship Dundee.
Afolabi joined Celtic from Southampton in the summer but failed to make an impression with the first team meaning he is yet to make his debut so made the switch to Fife in an attempt to get some first team experience.
Irish U21 striker Jonathan Afolabi signed a new contract with Celtic, before joining Dundee on loan today.
His new deal with the Scottish champions will run until the end of the 2022/23 season.
Afolabi will spend the whole of this season at The Dees.
— Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) September 29, 2020
Dundee get Jonathan Afolabi and in return we got Nine-in-a-Row and Hearts got relegated. This is the surely the best trade since we swapped Tony Cascarino for Tom Boyd.
— murphio1888 (@murphio1888) September 29, 2020
Jonathan Afolabi has joined @DundeeFC on loan until the end of the season.
Best of luck, Jonathan! 🍀 https://t.co/KRig1jCagY
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) September 29, 2020
Afolabi has made two appearances for Ireland’s U21s but is yet to make his debut for Celtic. Hopefully the experience on loan at Celtic will ready him to breakthrough at Celtic next year.
With Odsonne Edouard, Albian Ajeti, Leigh Griffiths and Patryk Klimala ahead of him in the club’s striking hierarchy, Afolabi will look to get some first team exposure with the Championship side as they hope to gain promotion. Their first game of the season will be against promotion rivals Hearts.
Afolabi was booked for ‘excessive celebrating’ when he scored a goal versus Dundee United and will be hoping to build upon a positive impression with the Championship side – something that the Dee supporters will be happy with in their new signing.