Tony Haggerty and Joe Donnelly joined Hamish Carton on Wednesday's edition of The Celtic Way's morning briefing, sponsored by MPH Group.

Celtic have touched down Stateside as they get set to embark on a three-game pre-season tour of the USA.

Brendan Rodgers's men will open up their pre-season tour against MLS outfit DC United in Washington in the early hours of Sunday, July 21. After that, it's Manchester City on Wednesday, July 23, and Chelsea after that again on Saturday, July 27.


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The club dipped into the transfer market by recruiting two goalkeepers this week. Danish international No.1 goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is set to join his new teammates in Washington after passing a medical in Rome. The club also completed the £1 million signing of Finnish goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo. on a five-year deal from English Premier League side Aston Villa.

Celtic also hope to unveil Portuguese midfielder Paulo Bernardo on tour after they agreed a £3.5 million switch to Brendan Rodgers's Scottish champions from Benfica. Rodgers is still actively pursuing Norwich City striker Adam Idah whose nine goals on loan last season helped Celtic secure the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup double last season.

The panel discussed what to expect from Celtic in the three-game mini-series in the States as well as what Sinisalo would bring to the party.

The trio also debated which Celtic player they hoped would impress most on the tour as well as this season.

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