Welcome to Celtic, Michael Duffy

http://www.dundeefc.co.uk/news/duffy-is-a-dee

Dundee Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of attacker Michael Duffy on a season long loan from Celtic.

Michael spent last season on loan with Alloa in the Ladbrokes Championship and impressed throughout his spell. Featuring 38 times and scoring three goals, including a winner against Hibernian and the opener in a 1-1 draw at Ibrox against champions Rangers.

A Northern Ireland under 21 international, Michael joined Celtic from Derry City in 2015 after breaking into their first team at the age of 18. He scored 13 goals in just over 50 appearances in his time at his home town club, gaining experience of playing and scoring in the Europa League. His impressive form saw him earn a move to Celtic Park.

Michael joins the club on a season long loan from Premiership champions Celtic and will go straight into the squad for the pre-season friendly on Friday night away to Alloa.

Manager Paul Hartley told us, “We are delighted to add another attacking option. Michael impressed during his spell with Alloa and we look forward welcoming him into the squad.”

 

Good level for him, hopefully he can impress

 

That's a very good move for the boy.
I'll be keeping an eye out for him..

 

I thought it said Shane Duffy for a minute there, completely forgot about this guy

 

Hopefully he can prove he can go up agaisnt the big boys in the Premiership and show he can have a future here. Good luck to him!

 

Michael Duffy‏ @michaelduffy_
Delighted to sign for @dundeefconline on loan for the season, cant wait to get started

 

He's only got a year left on his contract which would have been this season. That's him off for good then, good luck to him and all the best but always suspected he wouldn't be good enough.

 

Bit of a weird signing tbh, never thought he'd be good enough, a fridjonnson type of signing

hopefully does well at dundee and proves me wrong

 

Oi! :smiley-laughing002:
Guy was a hero here.

 

Good move, hopefully he can do the business.

 

Earned his first call up for Northern Ireland for their World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic next week

 

Was positive he walked past me in Hamilton today.

 

Only another week to go then school for you

 

Anyone know how he's doing at Dundee?

 

Got named to NI squad today

Michael O'Neill said he likes what he has seen from him at Dundee, so I would guess he is doing well.

 

MICHAEL DUFFY could be on his way out of Celtic without ever playing a competitive game for the first team.

League of Ireland champions Dundalk are interested in taking the Northern Irish winger to Oriel Park either on loan or on a permanent deal.

The 22-year-old was signed from Derry City by Ronny Deila in February 2015 after impressing on trial with the hoops but he never made the breakthrough to the top team.

He was farmed out on loan to Alloa for the whole of the 2015/16 season, scoring three goals.

One of those came against Rangers when he opened the scoring in a 1-1 draw at Ibrox.


That game will also be remembered for Duffy’s refusal to take part in a guard of honour for the recently crowned Championship winners.

He stood with his hands behind his back as the Rangers players walked past, later explaining that he was a Celtic player and didn’t think it was right to clap.

Duffy went back out on loan at the start of this season, spending six months at Dundee.

But he only scored one goal in 13 games, in a 7-0 League Cup win over Forfar.

Hoops chiefs are understood to be happy to let him join Dundalk on loan.

But they are prepared to make it a permanent deal if they can recoup the money they paid for him, believed to be around £100,000.

 

Wouldn't be against it, can't see him making it here but could make some noise with Dundalk.

 

Forgot he still played with us.