Celtic have completed an 18-month loan deal for teenager winger Patrick Roberts from Premiership giants Manchester City.
It is believed that the 18-year-old England youth star will be at Hampden tomorrow afternoon as Celtic take on Ross County in the semi-final of the League Cup.
The sticking point for the deal going through was the length of term.
Celtic have got their way with an 18-month spell with the club which will see them through the crucial Champions League qualifiers this summer.
City signed Roberts from Fulham in a £12m deal last summer, but there was always a suggestion that he would be farmed out on loan to prepare him for regular first-team football.
The player has made just three first team appearances this season.
He is expected to go straight into Ronny Deila's squad.
Roberts is the third player to have linked up with Celtic from Manchester City following John Guidetti and Jason Denayer's loan spells at Parkhead.
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