‘Kimmich vibes’, ‘let’s goooo’: Some fans react after talented Celtic prospect joins their club

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Celtic academy prodigy Barry Hepburn has officially left Parkhead.

The 16-year-old winger, one of the most highly rated youngsters to come through the Hoops academy, has signed for Bayern Munich.

Hepburn follows in the footsteps of his former clubmate Liam Morrison, who is already part of the Bavarian giants’ Under-19 team.

As reported by the Scottish Sun, Hepburn still had a year to run on his youth registration, and the Hoops had offered him his first professional contract to stay on.

That additional year on his youth deal would have given the Parkhead club a greater say had he moved within Scotland, but he rejected their offer.

Described by the Bundesliga website as a tricky right-footed winger who combines skill and an impressive change of pace, Hepburn will join up with Danny Schwarz’s Under-17s initially.

“We are very happy to have completed Barry’s transfer,” said academy director Jochen Sauer. “He’s an attacking player with a lot of potential who we want to help develop.”

Hepburn becomes the second Scot at the FC Bayern Campus alongside Morrison, and the third on their books overall after Alan McInally, who won the title with Bayern in 1990.

Some Bayern fans have had their say on Twitter: