Connor Jennings joins the Irons for a Celtic club record fee, after passing his medical.

Connor started his career with Celtic as a promising young 16 year old with a bit of "bite" in his game. Since then, he's developed enormously, gone on to score goals, made umpteen assists, always given 100% and has become a fans' favourite.

A Championship side made a similar bid to Scunthorpe, but when offered the choice, Connor chose the Irons. The details of the transfer will, as always, remain private, but Connor has been sold for a club record fee with a sell on clause giving Celtic fans a second reason to follow his development with particular interest. Jim has done a magnificent in nurturing and developing Connor from a raw boy into a wonderful player.

Connor made 123 appearances for us (89 of those were starts) and scored 51 goals, 44 of those in the league. Connor made his debut on March 3rd 2009, scoring in a 7-1 win over Hinckley, and his Celtic career ended with him scoring with his very last touch as a Celtic player - very fitting. He is no longer eligible for England's C team and will have the record of one cap and one goal for England.

We would have much preferred to have had Connor back on loan until the end of the season, but Scunthorpe United were keen to bring him in immediately and although we will all miss Connor, we must remember that we are far from a one man team. Connor was not even our leading goal-scorer! We will continue our strategy of nurturing and developing our raw talent and I know that we have a team that is still more than capable of achieving great success.

As Scunthorpe don't have a game this weekend, you will all be able to say goodbye to the "boy wonder" on Saturday as he will be there for the Droylsden game. He absolutely goes with our thanks for his great service and our very best wishes for what ought to be a very exciting and successful career ahead.

Connor Jennings himself is excited by the move.

"Stalybridge are a professional side playing in a part-time league. It is a good set-up there and one I enjoyed being at.

"I feel I'm ready for the step-up to League One."