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title: "Celtic: Fans wanted Victor Wanyama despite club’s late-night signing of Lee O’Connor"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-fans-wanted-victor-wanyama-despite-clubs-late-night-signing-of-lee-oconnor/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "SPFL News"
published: "2019-09-03T14:15:38Z"
modified: "2019-09-03T14:15:38Z"
---

# Celtic: Fans wanted Victor Wanyama despite club’s late-night signing of Lee O’Connor

**Celtic signed three players on transfer deadline day, bringing in Greg Taylor from Kilmarnock, Jeremie Frimpong from Manchester City and Lee O’Connor from Manchester United. \[[via VideoCelts.com](https://videocelts.com/2019/09/blogs/latest-news/celtics-six-deadline-day-transfer-deals/)\]**

The latter was the [last of the three to be announced](https://videocelts.com/2019/09/blogs/latest-news/celtics-six-deadline-day-transfer-deals/), with Celtic’s official Twitter channel [@CelticFC](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1168657606837186560) confirming the news just nine minutes before the midnight deadline.

> Lee O’Connor joins the Champions!
>
> The young Irish defender signs from [@ManUtd](https://twitter.com/ManUtd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on a four-year contract [#WelcomeLee](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WelcomeLee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) [September 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1168657606837186560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

O’Connor, a 19-year-old defender who is part of Republic of Ireland’s under-21 squad, has signed a four-year deal with the Hoops and will rejoin his country’s international setup, having flown over from Dublin to complete the move to Celtic Park. \[[via CelticFC.net](https://www.celticfc.net/news/16755)\]

He made 21 appearances for Manchester United’s under-23 side in Premier League 2 last season, along with seven UEFA Youth League appearances. \[[via TransferMarkt.co.uk](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lee-oconnor/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/366681)\]

Here’s how Celtic fans reacted to the defender joining…

https://twitter.com/milkybar\_p3/status/1168657777784500225

Quality Celtic. Is that it? Can I go to bed?

—  (@allcaps67) [September 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/allcaps67/status/1168657702828068866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/Adamgill1888/status/1168657644619534339

> Tasty
>
> — PaulKeating02 (@Paulkea35607057) [September 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/Paulkea35607057/status/1168657648729956355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/SeanDowley12/status/1168659245786718209

> Cracking signing this.
>
> — Peter M  (@BkHazard) [September 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/BkHazard/status/1168657913247916032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Celtic fans, were you happy with the players the club brought in yesterday or are you disappointed not to have signed Wanyama? Share your views in the comments section below!***