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title: "Leeds: Summer target Rory Mahady leaves Celtic"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Leeds United News"
published: "2022-09-12T12:40:54Z"
modified: "2022-09-12T12:40:54Z"
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# Leeds: Summer target Rory Mahady leaves Celtic

**[Leeds United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/) summer transfer target Rory Mahady has officially confirmed his departure from Celtic in [a social media post](https://www.instagram.com/p/CiXwHhIKDL0/).**

### The lowdown

The 16-year-old goalkeeper could possibly be about to join the Leeds youth setup now that he is a free agent.

Last month, the Daily Mail reported in its [print edition](https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail) of The Verdict (22 August, pg. 14, via [MOT Leeds News](https://motleedsnews.com/news/leeds-united-in-talks-to-sign-celtic-goalkeeper-rory-mahady/)) that Victor Orta and the Whites were in talks over a deal for the Scottish prospect, and his latest step may pave the way for a move to Elland Road.

He’s not only the youngster from north of the border who has been linked with Leeds, either. According to [Aberdeen Live](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/sport/aberdeen-youngster-lewis-pirie-catches-7562948), the Whites possess a ‘cast-iron interest’ in 15-year-old Aberdeen striker Lewis Pirie.

### The latest

Mahady [took to Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CiXwHhIKDL0/) to reveal that he has ‘officially left Celtic’ after nine years in the academy.

He issued a ‘massive thank you’ to the ‘players and staff’ with whom he had worked and called his time at the Glasgow club a ‘pleasure’.

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### The verdict

Leeds could be implementing an intelligent recruitment strategy.

As the report from [Aberdeen Live](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/sport/aberdeen-youngster-lewis-pirie-catches-7562948) explained, it has become more difficult for [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) clubs to snap up top talent from Europe in the wake of Brexit, so the solution is to look within the United Kingdom for the brightest youth players.

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Assuming the club take this opportunity to go after the free agent, Leeds fans should be excited by the prospect of signing Mahady, given that he has [won international recognition](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rory-mahady/leistungsdaten/spieler/948939) for Scotland at under-16 and under-17 level.

Furthermore, he has also been [pursued by two Champions League clubs](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/rory-mahady-poised-leave-celtic-24112922) in Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, so this may be regarded as a coup for the mid-table Whites if they can fend off those two competitors to land the precocious goalkeeper.