Celtic’s three Deadline Day transfer deals

Celtic completed three deals on Transfer Deadline Day with a further deal expected to go through later today.

There had been expectations of more arrivals with Brendan Rodgers telling Sky Sports that he hoped to have more confirmations before midnight but in the end Paolo Bernardo was the only addition to the squad, the ninth of the summer.

Ismaila Soro moved out on a permanent basis, joining Beitar Jerusalem while Sead Haksabanovic joined Stoke City on loan.

The one left-over deal involves Albian Ajeti who appears to have agreed everything to join Turkish side Gazientep without signing a contract, fortunately the Turkish Transfer Window stays open until September 15.

There are still a number of transfer windows open including Switzerland, Poland, Greece, Israel and Belgium which could be used for reducing the Celtic squad.

James McCarthy was tipped recently to be leaving but nothing went through yesterday, with no prospect of playing and two years left on his contract that issue continues to rumble on.

There were no reports of any younger players going out on loan with deals recently completed for Ben McPherson, Ben Summers, Tobi Oluwayemi and Matthew Anderson.