Celtic sign Greek striker Giorgos Giakoumakis
The 26-year old was the top scorer in the Eredivisie last season
Last updated 1st Sep 2021
Celtic have bolstered their front-line with the signing of Greek striker Giorgos Giakoumakis.
The forward joins on a five-year deal from Dutch side VVV-Venlo for a reported fee of £2.5million.
The 26-year old was the top goalscorer in the Eredivisie last season as his club were relegated to the second tier.
Giakoumakis scored 29 goals in all competitions and will now join up with Ange Postecoglou's squad.
He started his career with Atsalenios in his homeland before moving to Platanias and then AEK Athens.
His next permanent switch was to the Netherlands last summer where he hit the ground running and fired his way into the Greek national team setup.
He told the official Celtic website: “I’m really delighted to commit my long term future to Celtic and I can’t wait to get started with my new team mates.
“Celtic is one of the world’s great football clubs with the best fans around. It is a Club I have admired for so long and it will now be an honour to wear this famous jersey. To know that the Manager wanted me so much to join Celtic is really humbling and it makes me know I have made the right choice.”
“We have some exciting challenges this season in Scotland and in Europe and I will be doing all I can to help the team as much as possible and bring our supporters success.”