Celtic are closing in on the signing of Australian international Marco Tilio

Celtic are closing in on the signing of Australian international forward Marco Tilio.

Mail Sport understands the paperwork is being finalised and the deal for the Melbourne City attacker could be completed by the end of the week.

The versatile 21-year-old attacker is comfortable playing on either flank and can also operate through the middle.

He scored nine goals for Melbourne City last season on their way to being crowned A-League champions.

Now he is set to become Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers' second signing since the Northern Irishman returned to the club earlier this month to replace Ange Postecoglou.

Last week the Scottish champions announced the signing of Norwegian midfielder Odin Thiago Holm on a five-year deal.

The 20-year-old joined from Valerenga in his homeland for a fee of £2.5million - and Rodgers last week confirmed he was seeking more fresh faces to add to a squad that won the domestic Treble under Postecoglou last season.

He said: 'It's a good time to strengthen whenever you have done well. It's not going to be lots of numbers.

'Over the last couple of years they have built a squad, so it's a case of developing that and adding quality where we can. I'm really excited with the players here because it's a young squad and there's still a lot of growth in that.'