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Celtic have beaten off competition from Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United to land Irish starlet Barry Coffey.

The 16-year-old playmaker played for Chelsea last year in a youth tournament in Rotterdam and had been offered trials by both Manchester clubs.

But the youngster, who made his name playng for Nenagh AFC in his homeland, has opted to join Celtic and has signed a three-year deal with them.

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Coffey has already impressed in Scotland - he helped Ireland win the Victory Shield at the Oriam Training Centre in Edinburgh earlier this year.

And the Tipperary kid is set to join up with the treble winners' Development squad for the forthcoming campaign.