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Celtic’s six deadline day transfer deals

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Celtic made it worthwhile for those fans that stayed up for the closure of the transfer window by making three signings in the final 200 minutes of business.

Greg Taylor was the signing that most fans were looking out for after hopes had been built up over the weekend with some speculation that he could make his debut at Ibrox on Sunday.

The complexities of trying to include other players in the transfer was stripped away by mid-afternoon with the player pictured arriving at Celtic Park just before 7pm.

DONE @ 20.50 the Celtic website announced:

CELTIC Football Club are delighted to announce the signing Greg Taylor on a four-year contract from Kilmarnock. The 21-year-old took time out of the Scotland training camp to head to Paradise and put pen to paper on his Celtic deal.

Pushing the clock on @22.35 they announced:

CELTIC are delighted to have signed Jeremie Frimpong on a four-year contract from Manchester City. And the talented young defender is looking forward to meeting up with his new team-mates this week and starting to train with the Scottish champions.

Finally with a couple of minutes to spare, @ 23:50:

CELTIC have signed Republic of Ireland Under-21 defender, Lee O’Connor, on a four-year deal from Manchester United.

Balancing up those deals, earlier in the day Ewan Henderson, Tony Ralston and Jack Aitchison moved out on loan with Henderson off to Ross County, Ralston joining St Johnston and Aitchison heading south to join Forest Green Rovers.

Today the new signings will be sorting out their new accomodation and making plans for their move. With the international break they won’t get to meet their new team-mates until next week but Taylor will be able to get the low-down on his new club training with Callum McGregor, James Forrest and Ryan Christie on Scotland duty.

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