INCOMING Celtic starlet Liel Abada's dad revealed he's delighted his son is set to sign for the Hoops after a nightmare last minute collapse of a move to Dynamo Kiev earlier this year.

Ange Postecoglou looks set to complete the signing of the Israeli international Abada for £3.5 million from homeland club Maccabi Petah Tikva.

The 19-year-old striker will leave Israeli football after previously being on the brink of joining Ukrainian champions Keiv in January.

Abada had agreed to move and reached an agreement on his salary, but was dismayed to read the small print on the contract.

Any breach in the contract would have meant he would have lost 80 per cent of his wages and he had to sign a clause that meant he would agree not to take any possible dispute to FIFA or UEFA.

At the very last minute, Abada pulled out of the deal and is now set to move to Glasgow, much to the relief of his father, Ronen.

He said: "We were severely burned from the saga with Dynamo Kiev. It was extremely difficult for Liel to pick up the pieces after that deal collapsed. This time, we have been very careful with the negotiations with Celtic and we are extremely confident he will sign.

"Not many boys of his age would have been able to bounce back from that kind of disappointment and deal with the expectations after that.

"He will be in good hands at Celtic and we are waiting at home for the news to be confirmed."