Celtic sign Parma's Sorensen, with more to come before deadline
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Celtic completed the signing of Parma midfielder Oliver Sorensen on loan as the Scottish champions pursue up to four additions before finalizing their Europa League squad. The move comes as Celtic look to replace midfielder Arne Engels, who departed for West Ham United.
Celtic have completed the signing of Parma midfielder Oliver Sorensen on loan shortly after assistant manager Shaun Maloney suggested the Scottish champions were working on up to four additions before finalising their Europa League squad on Wednesday.
Sorensen will spend the season in Glasgow, with Celtic having an option to buy the 24-year-old who signed for the Italian side in August 2025 after five years with Midtjylland in Denmark.
Celtic have signed four first-team players so far this window and have also been linked with Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Sam Johnstone and PSV Eindhoven midfielder Joel van den Berg.
Maloney hopes another left-back can be recruited to compete with Scotland international Kieran Tierney, while "it's possible" Japan midfielder Reo Hatate could move on and Sorensen will help fill the void created by Arne Engels' sale to West Ham United.
"There's some key positions that we still need a bit of work on in the next couple of days," Maloney said before Wednesday's Scottish Premiership visit by Aberdeen.
"There's certain things that Arne brought that we need to replace and the quicker we do that, it gives us just that extra dimension, extra speed, extra power within that midfield because I think technically we've got some brilliant players. I think we just need that slightly different profile, which we need in certain games.
"Kieran's started the season really well. You never quite sure how this season's going to go with all the World Cup guys because of such a short break. We need that back-up in that position. We need somebody to keep challenging KT.
"That's a position that we've really needed to fill and with the right type. We need the right profile of player in there."
Sorensen will spend the season in Glasgow, with Celtic having an option to buy the 24-year-old who signed for the Italian side in August 2025 after five years with Midtjylland in Denmark.
Celtic have signed four first-team players so far this window and have also been linked with Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Sam Johnstone and PSV Eindhoven midfielder Joel van den Berg.
Maloney hopes another left-back can be recruited to compete with Scotland international Kieran Tierney, while "it's possible" Japan midfielder Reo Hatate could move on and Sorensen will help fill the void created by Arne Engels' sale to West Ham United.
"There's some key positions that we still need a bit of work on in the next couple of days," Maloney said before Wednesday's Scottish Premiership visit by Aberdeen.
"There's certain things that Arne brought that we need to replace and the quicker we do that, it gives us just that extra dimension, extra speed, extra power within that midfield because I think technically we've got some brilliant players. I think we just need that slightly different profile, which we need in certain games.
"Kieran's started the season really well. You never quite sure how this season's going to go with all the World Cup guys because of such a short break. We need that back-up in that position. We need somebody to keep challenging KT.
"That's a position that we've really needed to fill and with the right type. We need the right profile of player in there."
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