Celtic have lost another young talent to the English Premier League, with 16-year-old forward Conall Glancy completing a move to Tottenham Hotspur’s academy.
Glancy joins Spurs as a first-year scholar in their Under-18 squad, becoming the latest Scottish prospect to make the cross-border switch south. He had been with Celtic since the age of six and was highly regarded within the youth ranks at Lennoxtown.
Capable of playing off the right or through the middle, Glancy had a prolific 2024/25 campaign at Under-16 level, netting 15 goals. His performances drew interest from several clubs, but Tottenham have won the race for his signature.
While the move represents a blow to Celtic’s academy, the club will receive compensation for the youngster under FIFA’s training and development rules.
The departure follows the news that Mitchel Frame is set to join Aberdeen, as two promising youth products now move on from Parkhead in the same week. It once again raises the wider issue of talented teenagers departing before making a breakthrough into the Celtic first team, with clubs in England increasingly targeting Scottish academies for emerging talent.
In recent years, we have seen many players leave the Hoops for development fees to head south of the border. The most prominent being Ben Doak.
Celtic’s academy has a strong record of developing players, but ensuring a pathway to the first team remains one of the key challenges – particularly when Premier League clubs come calling with financial packages and infrastructure that are hard to match.