Celtic have signed Swedish defender Carl Starfelt from Rubin Kazan in a deal worth £4.3m.
The 26-year-old has made the switch from Russia and is set to arrive in Glasgow in the coming days after finsihing off his time in quarantine.
Starfelt has signed a four-year deal at the Premiership title hopefuls and his capture will serve as a huge boost to manager Ange Postecoglou.
The Parkhead boss has fought hard to get some summer reinforcements after candidly admitting his squad needed more bodies.
And he's followed up the signing of talented attacker Kyogo Furuhashi from Japan's Vissel Kobe by adding Starfelt to the Hoops' defensive ranks.
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou said: “I am really pleased agreement has been reached and we are really looking forward to Carl joining up with the squad.
"Carl is an experienced player and someone with the attributes to be a real success at Celtic.
"He is a strong, athletic and committed defender and will add quality to our squad. I am sure he will be a player our supporters will welcome warmly and someone who will be really important for us going forward.”
The signing has come too late to feature straight away in the club's immediate task at hand – qualification to the Champions League against Midtjylland.
Like Furuhashi - and indeed Postecoglou himself last month - if jetting in from Russia then Starfelt has to fulfil a period of self-isolation.
But regardless it's an important capture given Kris Ajer's £13.5m switch to English Premier League new boys Brentford.
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