Marco Tilio: New Celtic signing delighted to finally join Scottish Premiership champions
Marco Tilio joined Celtic last week from Melbourne City on a five-year deal for a fee reported to be around £1.5m; Australian insists former Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou had no part in his signing as he revealed the club had been tracking him for a while
Friday 7 July 2023 18:11, UK
Celtic new boy Marco Tilio revealed his dream move to the club was two years in the making.
The 21-year-old Australia winger joined last week from Melbourne City on a five-year deal for a fee reported to be around £1.5m, a record for an outbound transfer made by an Australian club.
Tilio arrived in Glasgow following the departure of Hoops manager and fellow Australian Ange Postecoglou to Tottenham and became the second signing of Brendan Rodgers' second spell at the club.
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Speaking at Celtic Park, the former Sydney FC player said: «I never spoke to Ange but I have spoken to the club for a number of years and they had a plan to track me. They kept tabs on me for a couple of seasons but I don't know too much.
»For me it's been about playing football and doing what I can control and that's on the field. All the other things outside of the football I have never really thought about and I just tried to perform on the field.
«I spoke to the new manager before I signed and he had a great plan for me and for the club and I wanted to be part of that.
»Since I moved to Melbourne City three years ago it was my goal to get to Europe. Here I am with an opportunity that's presented to myself and I can't wait to get started.
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