Chairman Peter Lawwell: “He’s a supervisor with a report which demonstrates the sort of soccer which we all know Celtic supporters like to see.

“I wish to specific our honest due to Martin, Shaun and our backroom crew. They’ve finished such an incredible job in stabilising the crew and restoring an actual degree of confidence, with some unbelievable outcomes domestically and in Europe.”

Chief government Michael Nicholson: “We’ve got been conscious of Wilfried and his high quality of labor for a while – he was our primary candidate after we started the method and we’re delighted that he as agreed to affix the membership.

“I do know he’s massively enthusiastic about this chance to be a part of Celtic’s future. We are going to give Wilfried each help to face the challenges forward, with our goal as all the time being to ship the success for the membership which our supporters deserve.”

Principal shareholder Dermot Desmond: “We consider we now have introduced a massively gifted supervisor to the membership. He’s a person who completely understands the calls for at Celtic, he’s a person of actual humility but in addition somebody together with his personal concepts, his personal imaginative and prescient and such a private drive and need to do nicely.

“I’ll all the time maintain Martin in such excessive regard for what he has finished for Celtic and for what he’s as a person – a person of such professionalism and integrity and somebody who undoubtedly will all the time have the very best pursuits of Celtic in his coronary heart.”