CELTIC Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Swiss international striker, Albian Ajeti, who has joined the club on a four-year deal from West Ham United.
The 23-year-old spent last season at the English Premiership side, having spent the previous two years at Swiss Super League outfit FC Basel.
While playing in Switzerland’s top-flight, the forward played alongside Hoops loanee Mohamed Elyounoussi, and was named the Swiss Super League top goalscorer with 17 goals during the 2017/18 campaign.
Celtic manager Neil Lennon described Albian as a tremendous player, and one that he’s delighted to bring to the Club.
He said: “We are delighted to bring Albian to Celtic. He is a tremendous player, an international with real quality and I know he is really determined to do all he can to bring more success to our supporters.
“I have admired him for long time as he is a really intelligent footballer, well balanced and a really good finisher. We are so pleased to make him a Celtic player and we hope he has a long and prosperous career with us.”
Everyone at Celtic welcomes Albian to the club and wishes him every success in the years ahead.
The interest is genuine but I wouldn’t have Celtic as favourites when competing against other teams. Others will offer to buy outright and pay his salary, I’m sure Celtic are just hoping to pay a % of his salary to take him off Brighton’s hands but he’s probably too highly regarded for Brighton to agree to that.
He may have gotten a cap or two but wasn’t a regular and playing in competative ties until his run of good form at Ipswich when O’Neill was over Ireland
