Celtic have seemingly signed West Ham United talent Justin Osagie after the highly-rated teenager was spotted in green and white.
A picture has emerged online of the 17-year-old in a Celtic shirt, holding another with his name on it on the touch line at Parkhead. It indicates that his signing is all but confirmed ahead of the new Premiership season beginning on Sunday versus Aberdeen.
Osagie is expected to link up with the club's Lowland League 'B' team initially, who started their campaign on Saturday with a 3-1 win over newcomers Cowdenbeath. The 17-year-old is a defensive-minded player who can play in the backline or midfield.
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He's spent the last two seasons at West Ham but has previously spent time with Tottenham and Southend. He was once wanted by Arsenal prior to making his Hammers switch but now heads north, seemingly.
Meanwhile, 'B' team coach Darren O'Dea was pleased with what his side got from Saturday's Cowdenbeath tussle.
He said: “We can play better for sure. I’m pretty pleased because with them going down to 10 men it was always going to be difficult to break them down. At half-time, we spoke about a few things but ultimately the players on the pitch will decide what to do and I thought they were excellent and it gave us a chance to go on and win the game.
“There’s a lot I will look back on and think we can do better and as we go we will look for big improvement.”
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