Celtic have secured nine youngsters on their first professional terms - including in-demand 16-year-old Mitchel Frame.
It was reported earlier this year that Premier League trio Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace and Wolves had all lodged contract offers for the promising teenager.
But he joins Aiden Haddow, Colby Donovan, Thomas Hatton, Josh Dede, Daniel Cummings, Kyle Ure, Aidan Cannon and Eseosa Sule in signing pro contracts at Parkhead with the aspiration of first team football like captain Callum McGregor, James Forrest and academy graduate Kieran Tierney, now at Arsenal.
Head of Celtic youth academy McCart said of the current intake: "Congratulations of all of our young graduates who have signed their first professional contract with Celtic this summer. This is a very proud moment for all the players and their families. Every one of these graduates have come through our Academy system joining us between the ages of seven and nine-years-old, starting off with our Junior Academy.
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"This is the same pathway that James, Callum and Kieran took to join Celtic. This current group have all attended our partnership performance school, St Ninian’s High School in Kirkintilloch. They have benefited from our programme combining their football development while progressing their education.
“Hopefully they can follow in the footsteps of previous graduates like Kieran Tierney, Jack Hendry, Anthony Ralston, Michael Johnston and Stephen Welsh to become a regular in our first team.
“All of our staff who have worked with these players over the years, take a real pride in following the players’ development pathway through each age and stage on their journey at Celtic. It is important that we acknowledge the dedication of our staff to deliver their very best for each individual player.
“The importance of applying yourself in all that you do has been most apparent throughout all the players’ time in our programme and our advice to every player is that commitment to learning must continue."
On the senior scene, manager Ange Postecoglou has been busy with recruits of his own, including left-back Alexandro Bernabei from Lanus.
Portuguese winger Jota has been paraded by the club today after his permanent switch from Benfica after a loan stint last season.
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