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Steven Mair

Marian Shved leaves Celtic as Mechelen snap up winger on permanent transfer to end Parkhead limbo

Ukrainian winger Marian Shved has left Celtic after two-and-a-half years of Parkhead limbo.

Loan club KV Mechelen in Belgium have opted to sign the 24-year-old permanently, penning a deal until 2024.

The wide man joined in January 2019 under Brendan Rodgers and his then-boss didn't seem too enamoured with the transfer, insisting the club already had "a million wingers".

But he came with a solid track record with an impressive goal haul at Karpaty Lviv marking him out as one of the country's best young talents.

Shved however was never able to kick on in Glasgow's east end and a year later was sent back on loan to the Ukrainian Premier League side.

That was followed by a loan to Mechelen last season where he initially failed to settle too.

His manager in a bizarre outburst suggested Shved should play "billiards" instead before a storming turn of form towards the end of the campaign changed his fortunes.

Given he still had a year remaining on his Celtic deal, Ange Postecoglou will have received a small transfer fee to go towards his continuing summer rebuild.

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