Celtic's Ismaila Soro has been confirmed as the club's new number 12.
The Ivorian midfielder joined the Hoops on a four-and-a-half-year deal this week, confirmed by the club last night. He posed up for pictures in his new jersey as he was paraded.
Now Celtic have confirmed he will wear the number 12 shirt previously worn by the likes of Cristian Gamboa, Stefan Scepovic and Mark Wilson.
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We told previously how Soro's ambition is to play for Liverpool in the English Premier League and that he hopes to do well enough in Scotland to earn a move further down the line.
But he wants to do well for Celtic, first. "I wonāt look ahead too much, but I have signed a long term four-and-a-half-year contract and across all these years I want to be part of more and more success at the club," he said.
"Iāve watched a lot of Celtic games recently and I canāt wait to get started here.
"The stadium is huge and with the reputation of these great fans I know the atmosphere at Celtic Park will be unlike anything anywhere else. The stadium is amazing, and I can only imagine how great it will be when itās full of fans."
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