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title: "Celtic: Fans buzzing as James McCarthy unveiled at Parkhead"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-fans-buzzing-as-james-mccarthy-unveiled-at-parkhead/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Celtic News"
published: "2021-08-08T10:15:03Z"
modified: "2021-08-08T10:15:03Z"
---

# Celtic: Fans buzzing as James McCarthy unveiled at Parkhead

**Celtic [unveiled](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1423650135905558529) new signing James McCarthy on Friday afternoon after he penned a [four-year deal](https://www.celticfc.com/news/2021/august/Double-signing-delight-as-Joe-Hart-and-James-McCarthy-join-Celtic/) at Parkhead.**

As to be expected, a number of Hoops supporters were quick to share their delight at the news via social media.

McCarthy was announced as a Celtic player alongside [Joe Hart](https://www.celticfc.com/news/2021/august/Double-signing-delight-as-Joe-Hart-and-James-McCarthy-join-Celtic/) on Tuesday afternoon, with the latter making his Hoops debut on Thursday against [Jablonec](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/joe-hart-celtic-promise-vows-21240957). The Irishman didn’t travel with Ange Postecoglou’s side for the 4-2 Europa League qualifier win but was [unveiled](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1423589961811599366) at Celtic Park 24 hours after the match.

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McCarthy will wear the number [16](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1423589961811599366) shirt in Glasgow, with the central midfielder describing the deal as a [‘dream come true’](https://www.celticfc.com/news/2021/august/James-McCarthy-can-t-wait-to-get-started-after-dream-Celtic-move/).

The 30-year-old is a [boyhood](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/james-mccarthy-agrees-celtic-transfer-24679554) Celtic fan and becomes the club’s latest number 16, following on from [Lewis Morgan](https://www.myfootballfacts.com/world-football/scottish-football/celtic_squad_numbers/) in the 2019/20 season.

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### Celtic fans react

Celtic posted the news regarding McCarthy on their [official Twitter page](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1423650135905558529) on Friday. These Hoops fans were buzzing, with one describing a deal for the midfielder as ‘big’.

**“My whole timeline is gonna hate me but I’ve honestly never been happier with Celtic”**

[Credit: @Danielle\_McG4](https://twitter.com/Danielle_McG4/status/1423656131486965765)

**“Tasty”**

[Credit: @EuanCampbell\_05](https://twitter.com/EuanCampbell_05/status/1423650292172722176)

**“Big signing”**

[Credit: @darrand\_02](https://twitter.com/darrand_02/status/1423752341845577730)

**“A brilliant signing, can’t wait to see him play for us“**

[Credit: @Marion1888](https://twitter.com/Marion1888/status/1423650767622348803)

**“Excellent signing, bring it home James”**

[Credit: @Sligodamo32](https://twitter.com/Sligodamo32/status/1423657696637734919)

**“Content I love to see”**

[Credit: @currancharles1](https://twitter.com/currancharles1/status/1423658027987701769)

***In other news:*** [***Hoops linked with new right-back amid Aurelio Buta delay, find out more***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-transfer-rumours/celtic-hoops-linked-with-fabricio-bustos/)