Celtic have signed striker Junior Adamu on mortgage till the tip of the season.
The Austrian worldwide joins from Bundesliga facet SC Freiburg, with an choice to make the transfer everlasting in the summertime.
Adamu turns into Celtic’s third signing of the January window after the mortgage arrivals of Julian Araujo, from Bournemouth, and Tomas Cvancara from Borussia Monchengladbach.
He began his senior profession at Liefering in Austria, earlier than strikes to RB Salzburg, St. Gallen and Freiburg, the place he has scored seven targets in 67 video games in all competitions.
The 24-year-old has been capped 9 occasions by Austria however is but to attain for his nation.
Celtic supervisor Martin O’Neill mentioned: “We’re actually happy to welcome Junior to Celtic. He has expertise of excessive stage soccer, firstly with RB Salzburg and naturally within the German Bundesliga for the previous few seasons.
“He has also been involved in European competition, so we are bringing in a talented, experienced, international forward to really enhance our attacking options.”
Talking to Celtic TV, Adamu added: “I’m very excited to be here and I can’t wait to get started. I want to give my best for this club and try and win the title, also the cup, and to score a lot of goals and help the team, and I also want to improve as a player.
“I’ve spoken with the manager and he’s given me good motivation, and I trust him, he’s given me that trust, he’s told me how the system is and I feel the connection is really strong.
“I am harmful within the field and hungry for targets. That is what the supervisor sees in me and I need to present that on the pitch.
“I can’t wait to be in the stadium, I’ve seen a lot of videos and it looks amazing, and I can’t wait to get started.”