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Ireland U21 manager Stephen Kenny has highlighted the qualities of Celtic’s new signing Lee O’Connor following the versatile defender’s move from Manchester United earlier this week. O’Connor left Old Trafford to join the Scottish Champions on a four-year-deal after frequently impressing at Manchester United’s underage sides but failing to break into the first team. The 19-year-old has also been a …

The group draw for the Europa League has been made, and Manchester United have been handed a tricky group. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have been drawn alongside Astana of Kazakhstan, Serbian side Partizan Belgrade and Dutch team AZ Alkmaar in Group L. United face a very long trip to Astana Astana closer to Shanghai, where @ManUtd played in pre-season, than …

Irish striker Jonathan Afolabi is reportedly set to join Scottish champions Celtic as the free agent decides on his next move in football. Afolabi has been without a club since the start of the summer after leaving Southampton but his standout performances at the U19 European Championships caught the eye of many, with several clubs previously interested in signing him. …

Celtic have announced the signing of Luca Connell The Liverpool-born Republic of Ireland midfielder has joined the club from Bolton Wanderers. Connell has agreed on a four-year deal with the Scottish champions. The 18-year-old was unveiled at Celtic Park on Saturday morning before flying off to meet up with his new teammates on pre-season training in Austria. Welcome to the …

Ireland U19 international Luca Connell has had his say on a potential move to Scottish champions Celtic admitting that he would be “an honour” to represent the club. Connell is currently under contract with Bolton and had impressed last season during his debut campaign but is expected to leave after their relegation to League One. The 18-year old has been …

Arsenal have bid £15m for Kieran Tierney. Tierney is highly-rated and has been linked with a host of clubs – from Manchester United to Napoli to Leicester City – while Olympique Lyonnais are also said to be interested in signing him. However, Arsenal appear to have jumped to the top of the queue. According to the BBC’s David Ornstein, a …

Scottish champions Celtic have reportedly opened up talks with Bolton over the potential signing of talented Irish midfielder Luca Connell. According to the Scottish Sun, the two clubs are currently in discussions over the 18-year-old’s future with Celtic in pole position to acquire his services. Connell can leave the club, who will start the League One campaign with a fifteen …

Celtic interim boss, Neil Lennon, has been offered the job on a permanent basis after helping the club create history by securing the ‘treble treble’. The Hoops came from behind this afternoon to defeat Hearts 2-1 in the Scottish Cup final and secure their third domestic treble on the trot. Following the game, Celtic captain, Scott Brown, called upon the …

Celtic have secured an unprecedented ‘treble treble’ following a 2-1 victory over Hearts in the Scottish Cup final. However, Neil Lennon’s charges were made to work in order to secure history after falling 1-0 behind in the second half. Hearts were indeed the better side for most of the match and deservedly went ahead on 52 minutes when Ryan Edwards …

Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez has emerged as the frontrunner to take over as manager of Scottish Premiership side Celtic ahead of the new season.  Benitez’ contract with Newcastle expires in the summer and despite supporters of the Toon Army demanding that the Spaniard continues as boss of the north-east club, the chances of a new contract seem to hinge …

Rangers were the comfortable victors in the final Old Firm derby of the season as they ran out 2-0 winners against rivals Celtic at Ibrox. Neil Lennon’s side were going into this game as champions having already wrapped up their eighth league title in a row with victory over Aberdeen last week. Controversy was aplenty heading into this game with …

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has confirmed that his side will not be holding a guard of honour for Scottish Premiership champions Celtic ahead of their Old Firm clash at Ibrox on Sunday. Reports had emerged in the media during the week which suggested that Rangers were against the idea of upholding the tradition for their bitter rivals, who eased to …

Rangers are reportedly set to snub the traditional title guard of honour for champions Celtic ahead of Sunday’s Old Firm clash at Ibrox. The guard of honour is traditional once a club become champions but according to the Daily Record, Rangers have no plans to applaud their rivals onto the field. No official announcement has been made by the club …

Former Celtic and Ireland defender Darren O’Dea has announced his retirement from the professional game at the age of 32. O’Dea had a decorated career in football which took him all across the world, starting with Home Farm and Celtic before moving to the likes of Leeds, Toronto, Metalurg Donetsk and Mumbai. The defender outlined in an announcement on his …

Former Old Firm rivals Chris Sutton and Alex Rae got in a heated debate on Wednesday night amid discussions over last weekend’s fiery derby game. Celtic defeated Rangers by 2-1 thanks to a late James Forrest winner, but the game was marred by a number of flashpoints which included the sending off of Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent striking Scott …

Steven Gerrard outlined his frustration over striker Alfredo Morelos’ red card in Rangers’ 2-1 defeat to Celtic on Sunday. The Columbian striker has been in excellent goalscoring form for Rangers this season but his discipline has continually let him down as he picked up his fifth red card of the season. Morelos elbowed Celtic captain Scott Brown in the first …

Shamrock Rovers have confirmed that Damien Duff has taken up a new role with Scottish side Celtic as he departs the role of coach of the Dublin club’s U15s side.  Duff’s potential move to the Scottish giants has been long mooted and the 39-year-old confirmed himself in November that he was in talks with the club about a potential coaching …