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Celtic’s hopes of reaching the Champions League were dashed last night as they fell to a 3-1 defeat at the Emirates against Arsenal. It means that the Premier League side won 5-1 on aggregate and that the Bhoys will have to settle for a place in the Europa League this season.

Marc-Antoine Fortune has revealed that he is very excited about the start of the new season after completing his £3.5m move from French football club Nancy. In fact, he says that he has only just realised how big a club Celtic are in the last few days.

Celtic manager Tony Mowbray has revealed that Stephen McManus is not guaranteed to be the club’s captain next season. The former West Brom boss is clearly intent on freshening things up at Celtic Park and this could include changing the skipper. Mowbray says that no decision has been made yet, but that he will speak to McManus in the next few days to ‘see what he thinks’. Part of

Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher will ignore increasing speculation that he is set to move to Celtic, according to his agent. Scott Fisher – who represents the 22-year-old – has said that Fletcher will ‘remain fully focused’ on everything to do with his current club. This is despite fresh reports linking the forward with a move to Celtic Park.