CAMILO DURAN is aiming for a personal hat-trick when he lines up for Celtic in the glamour friendly against AC Milan at Parkhead tomorrow afternoon.
The Colombian international striker remains the champions’ solitary purchase in the summer transfer window and has already demonstrated the penalty-box prowess that convinced the Hoops hierarchy he was worth the £5.5million fee from Qarabag.
The speedy frontman scored on his first appearance against Sporting Lisbon in Portugal last week and followed up with another in the 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough last weekend in his first outing in the east end of Glasgow.
Now the Serie A outfit are coming into his line of sites as he aims for three in a row.
PARADISE FOUND…Camilo Duran runs away after scoring Celtic’s equaliser against Middlesbrough at Parkhead.
Duran, speaking to Celtic Player, said: “I’m very happy to be here. It’s been great to meet all my team-mates and I’m just excited to get started.
“It’s been a great pre-season. I’d already done a month of training before joining Celtic, so I’m feeling really good.
“Who wouldn’t be happy with two goals in two games in this beautiful shirt? I just hope there are more goals to come.”
Duran added: “It’s great to be playing against such a huge team like Milan, and we’ll prepare in the best way and hope that things go our way.”
There will be no sign of Ipswich Town-bound Daizen Maeda, but manager Martin O’Neill is likely to have Scotland World Cup duo Kieran Tierney and Anthony Ralston available.
Tunisia’s Sebastian Tounekti is also in the running for a place as the Celtic boss prepares for the Premiership kick-off against Dundee at the same venue a week on Monday.
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