Who is Steven Mouyokolo?
The former Hull City and Wolves defender is expected to join Neil Lennon’s squad for their four game trip to Germany ahead of the opening competitive match of the season away to Cliftonville.
Mouyokolo trained with Celtic at the end of the last season and has returned to Lennoxtown for pre-season training hoping to clinch a contract.
The 26-year-old has only played a handful of matches in the last two years but seems to have attracted the attention of Lennon despite the £2.5m arrival of Virgil van Dijk from Groningen.
Kelvin Wilson, Efe Ambrose and van Dijk are likely to compete for the two places in central defence with Charlie Mulgrew also capable of slotting into that position.
With Ambrose not due back from international duty until the middle of the July Lennon would like to have another experienced option for a position that he’s constantly been working on since taking over from Tony Mowbray three years ago.
Mouyokolo has had to fight his way into the game having played for three French Second Division clubs before earning a four year deal with Hull City in 2009 after helping US Boulogne to win promotion to the top flight.
After a season that ended in Hull’s relegation from the top flight and the sacking of Phil Brown the defender was transferred to Wolves in a deal believed to be worth £2m but his career at Molineux never got off the ground with his contract cancelled in January.
Whether he can find an upturn in his fortune at Celtic remains to be seen with the German trip certain to be make or break for his hopes of a contract with the SPL champions.