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Celtic confirm Kiwi Killen signing
GLASGOW, Scotland (AFP) - Celtic completed the free-transfer signing of New Zealand striker Chris Killen on Thursday.
The Scottish double winners signed the 25-year-old on a three-year contract after sabotaging Cardiff's bid to bring the forward south of the border to the English Championship.
Killen had rejected a contract extension at Hibernian and will follow fellow striker Scott Brown to Celtic Park after he too left the Hibees in a 4.4-million-pound move earlier this month.
With Scott McDonald also joining Celtic from Motherwell, Celtic manager Gordon Strachan will have an abundance of striking options for next season unless he offloads one of his existing forwards.
Killen spent almost 18 months at Hibernian after joining from Oldham, but has not played since January, after suffering a serious Achilles injury. He had hit 15 goals for the season when injury struck.
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