Marco Tilio

Meh

 

Shouldnt have been on our radar according to folk i've spoken to.

Reminds me of Lewis Morgan tbh.

 

You expecting Messi aye

 

Feel the same, no the lads fault just some of the news coming out about Jota etc has me also feeling deflated.

 

Welcome..

Hopefully hits the ground running..

 

He's not coming in to replace Jota or even Abada, he's almost certainly Forrest's replacement.

Either way, good luck to the lad.

 

Looks quick, direct and good on both feet. Definitely potential there but he wont be a starter for sure.

 

But is being patient as much fun as foaming at the mouth, punching walls and shouting * LAWWELL for no reason?

 

Welcome

 

Squad player or not if this was a marquee signing it would be different we both know it.

Nothing wrong with people telling the truth on how they feel to be fair.

 

Aye I get what you are saying but I wasn’t thinking he was Jota’s replacement just the fact I feel deflated due to the everything else that’s going on.

Felt like we should be coming from a position of strength and I feel like we are now much weaker at the moment.

Massive summer ahead but I just have this horrible gut feeling. Hope I am wrong though.

 

I remember one window, think it was a January window, where we signed two project players (Gutman and Perez) on deadline day, after hoping for some more established signings the entire window. Was incredibly deflating and neither even played an official game for us, yet the club paraded them like they were big signings.

It's far, far better to get any project signings out the way now, so we can focus on more established players.

 

Celtic are delighted to announce the signing of Australian internationalist, Marco Tilio on a five-year deal subject to the usual international clearance.

The 21-year-old attacking winger signs from A-League champions, Melbourne City who he joined in 2020 from hometown club, Sydney FC.

The new Hoops striker told Celtic TV: “I’m ecstatic that I’m coming over to Europe, coming to such a big club and team, and I’m super-excited.

“I hope to bring all my qualities, take on players in and around the box, help the team contribute to goals with assists and hopefully put a few in the back of the net as well.

“It’s an amazing opportunity for myself and having seen Aussies go over there and do well at such a prestigious club, it’s a massive opportunity for myself that I couldn’t deny.

“And being around those guys, Aaron Mooy and Tommy Rogic, in the national team camp over recent years, obviously helped make my decision easier.”

A move to Europe was always on the horizon for the new Celt, as he said: “It’s always been a plan ever since I moved over to Melbourne three years ago.

“It was my plan to go over and do well, and hopefully proceed to go on to different and bigger and better things, and now I think is the time for me to come over to Europe and really challenge myself.

‘And I’m really excited with the opportunity I have to come to this club and hopefully I put my best foot forward and play some good football.’

“I think it’s a massive opportunity to be a part of a team that plays in the Champions League, and have a winning mentality in bringing trophies. I think that’s important.

“And as a player that’s what you want to be a part of and what you want to do is win trophies, win games. For me it’s always been about that here in Australia and I want to come over there and do the same thing.”
Amid all the arrangements to make the trip from one side of the world to the other, the new Celt still found the time to catch up with Hoops manager, Brendan Rodgers.

He said: “I did have a chat with him a few days ago and I was really excited to have the opportunity to speak to him, and the plan the club has for me and for the team is a great opportunity as I said I couldn’t deny, and I’m really looking forward to getting over there to Scotland.

“I’m just finalising a few things and I’m trying to pack up everything here in Australia, and as soon as I can, I’ll head over to Scotland, meet all the team, the whole club.

‘I’m really excited about that and hopefully I can get over there as soon as possible and get right into the thick of things.’

“I think it’s amazing, obviously the pre-season is so long, it drags on, and in Europe it’s a lot shorter than what it is here, so I’m looking forward to getting right into it and playing games, and I think that’s exciting as well that you get over and start to gel with the team as much as possible before the competitions and season starts.”

Tilio will wear the same No.23 shirt with Celtic that we wore while with Melbourne, and he said: “My birthday is August 23, and 23 is sort of my lucky number, so it’s done me well over my time here in Melbourne and I want to carry that on coming over to Celtic.”

 

Welcome and good luck.

 

I think it’s just the timing and how it’s all happened that’s took the wind out of people.

Thing is I want us to get the most money for our players, I mean the talented ones, I feel like we got undercut with JJ and big Jackie.

Don’t want this to happen with Jota.


I would be worrying before 1st September to be fair. Want our business done early like we have done previously instead of going back to the old ways of last minute.