Logan Bailly

Bet he's a massive step up in quality from zaluska..

 

Here ya go!

 

Belgian goalkeeper Logan Bailly will also seal a £250,000 move to Celtic from OH Leuven. (Daily Express)

 

Celtic just confirmed on Twitter that he's officially signed.

 

GOALKEEPER, Logan Bailly is the latest player to join the Celtic squad at Paradise after making the move from OH Leuven in his native Belgium.


He moved to Genk in 2002 from the Standard Liege youth side and in season 2006/07 he emerged as their first choice keeper and that sparked a move to German giants, Borussia Munchengladbach the following term.


Bailly also spent time in Switzerland on loan at Celtic’s old European foes, Neuchatel Xamax as well as representing Belgium at every level from Under-16 up to the national side’s senior team and he is delighted at joining the Hoops on a three-year deal.


He said: “It’s a great feeling, it’s big team with a big history and I’m very happy I’m here. When you see Celtic from the outside, you know it is a big team but when you are here you realise that it is a lot bigger.


“My manager told me about the interest but when you hear that a club like Celtic is interested in you, at first you don’t believe it, it’s like a dream to pay for Celtic. When you play football you dream of playing on the big stage.”


Bailly will take up the No.26 shirt this season, the one left on the peg by Craig Gordon who will now sport the No.1 shirt this term, but the Belgian new Bhoy is looking to follow Celtic’s top keeper in other ways as well.
He said on challenging Craig Gordon: “I have a lot of respect for him because he is a great goalkeeper with a lot of experience in a long career so it will be nice to be training with him.


“I’m 29 but I can still learn a lot from him. I think I’m in my prime just now as 29 or 30-years-old is a great age for a goalkeeper.


“As I said, I’m 29 but I hope that my career is starting now and I still have a few years left to play football.”


The keeper has already met his new team-mates up at Lennoxtown and is looking forward to settling in there, and in Scotland after playing in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.


He said: “I was up at the training complex yesterday morning and I met the players. Every country is different but this is my first time in Scotland and if you are happy in your football then everything else is alright.


“Glasgow looks like a great city and I think I’m going to be very happy here.”


http://www.celticfc.net/news/8577

 

He looks like a young Ronny or a sibling of Ronny, same features

 

In the context that he looks * all like him?

 

Haha

 

What you can see of the new balance writing on the seats looks better in that photo not as blocky as it does in other pictures, rounder and smoother.

 

Nice one

Where's Çiftçi.. Thought they'd be getting announced together.

 

Hopefully be a good back up to Gordon,happy about this signing.

 

Welcome Logan

 

I'd rather we allocated funds for a young goalkeeper that will challenge Gordon's no.1 spot, but I suppose this is a decent short-term fix. Hopefully we won't need to see him in action too much and Craig can continue to have a strong start to his Celtic career.

 

sky sports have just reported this as signed, sealed and delivered

 

http://www.celticfc.net/news/8577

 

Im sure I read he is 29, so its not a short term fix , he will have a good few years ahead of him yet.

 

A few Belgian lads on Facebook saying they expect him to challenge Gordon. What happens if he does? Casillas/López situation?

 

It's all good Craig might have told Ronny he didn't want as many games next season so Ronny has brought this guy in to be the cup keeper keeping Craig for league/Europe

 

For a club tht usually plays 50 odd games a season would be nice for a competent keeper to come in for atleast a dozen of those to give Gordon a rest.