Camilo Duran: Who is ‘rebel’ forward set to join Celtic?

In his only season in Azerbaijan, he made 45 appearances with 25 goal contributions (15 goals, 10 assists), but it wasn’t enough for record-winners Qarabag to retain the league title.

While their European exploits yielded praise, there would have been pressure to record a fifth successive league championship. They finished as runners-up, nine points behind Sabah.

“Camilo has always been a bit of a rebel,” Botero added. “That’s why pressure doesn’t weigh him down – it fuels him.

“If logic says everything is against him, he does everything in his power to turn the situation in his favour.”

Speaking of power, his hold-up play is something Martin O’Neill highlighted when first revealing a deal for Duran was close in the aftermath of a 1-1 friendly draw with Shelbourne.

At St James’ Park in February, he raced clear of Dan Burn and buried a shot beyond another England international, Aaron Ramsdale.

Celtic fans will hope to see many more goals like that and they will expect more new faces to arrive.

“We have a number of players that we’re looking at,” O’Neill said in Drumcondra.

“And I’m hoping in the not-too-distant future, and I mean maybe in the next couple of weeks, that we will have some really decent players at the football club to add to the very decent players we have at the football club.”

Something of a rebuild is required at Celtic and Duran looks like a promising start.