Celtic sign PSG teenage star Timothy Weah on six-month loan deal

CELTIC have completed the loan signing of Paris Saint-Germain forward Timothy Weah.

The 18-year-old, son of Ballon d'Or winner George Weah, celebrated penning a new deal at the French giants by joining Brendan Rodgers' ranks.

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Weah has struggled for minutes in Ligue 1 contending with the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Neymar.

But now he has the opportunity to showcase his talents as Celtic battle with Steven Gerrard's Rangers for the Scottish title.

Weah, who has been capped by the United States eight times, will jet to Dubai tonight for a medical before joining up with the rest of the Celtic squad for their warm weather training.

Speaking of the deal, a delighted Rodgers told Celtic's website: "Timothy’s a young talent who is a full international player.

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He has a long career ahead of him but he has those natural attributes in terms of his pace and technique. He’s hungry too.

“He’s been in the PSG squad and featured for them in pre-season.

"With the quality of players they have, it’s difficult for him to get in and get any game-time. They wanted him to go out on loan and saw Celtic as a great possibility.

“He has really good qualities technically, and tactically is always improving his game.

"Physically he’s very good, very fast and is a strong player. He’ll add competition to the squad.”

He becomes the club's second signing of the January transfer window after the arrival of Oliver Burke from West Brom.