Celtic allow loan exit for Irish under-21 international and Queen's Park return

The former Republic of Ireland under-21 international spent the second half of last season at the Spiders under previous manager Ray McKinnon.

Luca Connell in action for Celtic during a pre-season friendly against Charlton Athletic. (Photo by Craig Foy / SNS Group)

After 11 games, helping the club to the League Two title, he returned to Celtic in the summer but has been unable to feature in Ange Postecoglou’s first-team squad and after only one appearance for the Celtic B team, has been permitted to join the League One leaders for the remainder of the campaign.

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