Celtic left it late to finally make their only signing of the January window as they announced the loan capture of Everton's Jonjoe Kenny for the rest of the season.
The Toffees right-back - who has made just four Premier League appearances for the Goodison Park outfit this season - comes in as a short-term replacement for Jeremie Frimpong, who left for Bayer Leverkusen last week.
The deal was announced just just two-and-a-half hours before the deadline but it is better late than never for the Parkhead support, who have been crying out for fresh recruits to help out Neil Lennon's struggling outfit.
Lennon - speaking earlier on Monday - said: 'He's a player I have liked for a while. He is at Everton obviously and had a very good career at England Under-21 level and I watched quite a bit of him last season when he was on loan at Schalke.
'I like his qualities, his enthusiasm for the game, his character, and I think he will bring that to the team. He is a bubbly sort of personality and he plays that way as well.
'He's a bubbly sort of personality and he plays that way as well. I wouldn't say he's similar to Frimpong as everyone's different, but he's a bona fide right back who has come here to try and make us better.'
Celtic had hoped to complete a pre-contract deal for centre-back Ben Davies but were beaten to his signature by English champions Liverpool, who have now signed the 25-year-old from Preston.
'It's a blow because we were very close to doing that and obviously we got gazumped at the last minute by Liverpool,' Lennon said.
'(We're) disappointed but we move on. It's not the first time it's happened to us or myself as a manager.'
The Hoops are 23 points adift of Glasgow rivals Rangers, with their latest loss coming on Saturday to St Mirren as Lennon's men set to miss out on winning the title for 10 years.