Last night, for the first time James McCarthy watched Celtic as a player. On Sunday he is looking to make his Celtic debut.
The kid from Castlemilk has taken the tourist route via Hamilton, Wigan, Everton and Crystal Palace to Celtic Park and is looking forward to run out in front of family and friends.
Joe Hart has taken all of the attention since the midweek double signing, while every move of the former England keeper has been monitored McCarthy has been stepping up his fitness work in training sessions at Lennoxtown.
? “It’s been a long time coming, it’s a dream come true for me”
James McCarthy says he’s delighted to finally join Celtic & is ready to make his debut on Sunday if selected… pic.twitter.com/1OjaYWFQKT
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It’s been going on for ages to be honest, it has always been this and that, things here and there. As I say the last two, three weeks it has actually been go, go, go.
Ange Postecoglou started with four of his five signings playing against Jablonec with Liel Abada and Kyogo Furuhashi on the scoresheet.
Further signings are expected but the clock is now ticking with less than four weeks remaining of the summer transfer window in the biggest overhaul of a Celtic squad this century.