Celtic have announced the signing of Haissem Hassan from Real Oviedo.
The winger becomes the third signing of the summer, joining on a four year contract with the option of a fourth.
With a base fee reported of £6m he takes Celtic’s summer spend to around £21m and what appears to be a change in policy.
A year ago at this stage in the transfer window Celtic had signed Kieran Tierney, Ben Nygren, Ross Doohan, Hayato Inamura and Shin Yamada for around £3.4m.
This time around three almost certain first team starters have been signed rather than speculating on project style signings who are up against the odds from the day they signed.
Doohan has yet to play a match, Inamura was sold in the summer after starting one match. Yamada is out on his second loan spell.
The change in direction has largely been welcomed by Celtic fans with the net spend around £5m with a leaner, more competitive squad emerging.
For me, football is all about enjoyment, and my first job is to bring enjoyment to the fans who come to the stadium.
From a football perspective, I would say I’m a skilful winger who likes one-versus-one situations and combining with my team-mates.
I’m still only 24 and I have a lot to improve on, but I hope I can show the best of myself.
TIMELINE FOR HASSAN CELTIC DEBUT
Hussan is likely to be named in Celtic’s squad for the Champions League Play off ties against LASK on August 19 and 25.
His fitness will be assessed by the Celtic medical team with a role in Saturday’s League Cup tie at Dundee United a possibility.
With Kasper Hogh and Camilo Duran already signed up it is likely that Celtic will soon be fielding an entirely new forward line.
After being relegated from La Liga with Oviedo last season Hussan will experience something very different at Celtic.
The hoops are currently on a run of 11 successive wins in domestic matches with the League Cup the only trophy to evade them last season.
That was lost during Wilfried Nancy’s 33 days in charge.
The road to redemption starts at Tannadice on Saturday with Hussan in contention to make his debut.
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Developing into a better transfer window than I thought it would be !