Football: Celtic sign Turkish striker
23-year-old Nadir Ciftci joins Glasgow side in training session
LONDON
Scottish champions Glasgow Celtic have signed former Turkish international Nadir Ciftci for four years, landing the striker for a transfer fee of £1.5 million ($2.3 million).
The club published photographs of Ciftci training with the Celtic squad at the Glasgow side’s Lennoxtown facility on Thursday.
Celtic had previously made two bids of £900,000 and £1 million to Dundee United for Ciftci, but the club snubbed the offers. Dundee had accepted a £1.5 million offer from Wigan Athletic for Ciftci, but the Turkish player rejected the deal.
Ciftci, who found the net 33 times in the past two seasons with Dundee United, had earlier rejected a contract extension from his club.
The 23-year-old striker had enjoyed a spell at Portsmouth 2010, at Turkish club Kayserispor in 2011 and Dutch team NAC Breda in 2012, before eventually signing for Dundee United.
Ciftci has been capped nine times by Turkey's U19 team.
This is the third player Celtic will sign from Dundee United in the span of six months. Former signings were Gary Mackay-Steven and Stuart Armstrong.
