Celtic have officially announced the capture of latest summer signing Sead Haksabanovic.
The winger arrives from Russian outfit Rubin Kazan and becomes the newest player to join Ange Postecoglou's squad as they look to defend the Premiership title they won back from Rangers last term and make a splash in the Champions League. The Hoops are set to find out their group stage opponents this evening, and have been handed a pre-draw boost by the new signing.
Celtic have already snapped up the likes of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota on permanent deals after impressing during loan stints last term from Tottenham and Benfica. Alexandro Bernabei has also been brought in to compete with Greg Taylor in the left-back position while Benjamin Siegrist and Moritz Jenz have also put pen to paper in a busy summer at Parkhead.
The transfer window still has a week to run and it remains to be seen whether the 23-year-old will be the final piece of the puzzle.
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Speaking about his move after putting pen to paper on a five-year deal, he told the Celtic website: "It feels amazing. What I know about Celtic is only good things and I’m very happy to be here.
'I heard about it around a month ago and as soon as I heard that Celtic wanted me I said to my agent that he had to make it happen because this is where I want to play.'
"It’s an amazing club with good players, fans and history.
"I’ve been watching some games and I think the team play in the same style as me.
"I’ve been speaking to the manager as well and we had a good chat, speaking about how he sees me as a player and how he wants me to fit into his system and everything sounded good so that was it for me.
"I’m a playmaker with some flair, I’m good in one-on-ones, I have a powerful shot, I’m quick and I’ll give everything for this club.
'The team are doing great and I want to be part of that and make the fans, the club and myself happy.'
"Of course, I’m very excited to play in the Champions League, it’s the best competition you can play in and that’s a dream for me as a kid, so to see myself playing in that is very cool."
He added: "I know that Henrik Larsson is a big legend here and I know his son really well.
"Hopefully I can do something similar to him which is very hard to achieve but I’m going to try my best.
"I know Joe Hart and Albian Ajeti from West Ham and I spent some time with Carl in Russia.
"He saw somewhere that I was linked to Celtic and he wrote to me but I didn’t want to say too much, I just asked him about the club and he only said good things, so I can't wait to get started now."
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