Celtic Banter Archive January 03 2014

 

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03 Jan 2014 23:44:11
Neil Lennon wants three players in the transfer window. A striker, a playmaker and a left back. He said we COULD spend £6M on one player, however, how much of his transfer budget would that cut into?

~seamus~

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We have 10 million to spend plus any funds
from players sold.h

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If you listen to Lennon's interview he was asked could the club spend £6m on a single player. We all know they could, look at how much they've raked in the past 18 months. The question should be WILL they spend £6m on a single player? My answer would be no. We've heard it all too many times, it's time for action not words!

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04 Jan 2014 10:51:52
Where did you here this figure?
If it's true av got to say £20m in 1 season in Scotland seems over the top unless we're planning not to do much spending in the summer.

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MonkeyBhoy, we need to bed in a goalscoring striker and playmaking midfielder before the CL qualifiers in July/August, ie sign them this month giving them 4-5 months with their new teammates or we're going to be caught with our pants down and no European football next season!

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04 Jan 2014 16:16:04
HB fair enough but we couldn't go out and spend millions again in the summer if they turn out the same as our last signings. And we just know come summer the fans will want to splash cash again.
Catch 22 spend cash just now bed them in or give summer signings till the summer hoping they come good.

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I know what you mean mate. I think if we got two players in who shine then fans could accept a bosman or two in the summer. But if they go cheap and hit us with "these are the game changers" then it could face major backlash!

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03 Jan 2014 21:18:45
We are badly missing a Nakamura-type player. Need someone with a fair bit of experience in that role to help take the burden off of Kris Commons as he is seen as our main source of creativity. We struggle when he's not in the team. A playmaker and a goalscorer should be the two main priorities in the window. Our defence is solid.

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Well maybe time to give rogic a decent run in the team! This is the position he was signed to play and isn't getting a run out. Start bringing through the players that Celtic have instead of wanting to sign new players all the time!
Tom can play, he just needs the opportunity of a decent run in the team in his correct position to show that!

Taz

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Totally agree Taz but you have to convince Lennon first.
Rogic, McGeough, Watt, Atajic, Balde and a good few young stars have been frozen out and will no doubt be farmed out and sold on as seems to be the norm at Celtic.
Even guys we have taken on loan in the last two years have been ignored like Miku, Gershon, Brozek and more so there is a serious problem at the club when it comes to getting into the team ahead of 'the favourites'.

JJ

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JJ totally agree that they have to convince Neil, but maybe they have to prove they are better and have what it takes, maybe they aren't doing enough in training to get a game ahead of the tried and trusted so called favorites, I trust Neil and still believe he's the man for the job, he works with these players every day, he knows who's capable of what, maybe if the board dealt him a fairer hand people would get of his and the teams back, you can only pi55 with the. Well you know the rest, remember what Neil has done and went through for this club and what he's been given to work with
HH

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We seriously lack a Naka, Lubo, McStay or Burns in midfield. The thing is, we may have a player of that calibre in our ranks but while Lennon consistently picks his favourites no matter what their form or fitness is like, we'll never know!

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Taz Have been on here a few time's regarding Rogic, I have seen nothing to impress me about this boy, in fact after half an hour he seem's to be blowing out his er$e, if he want's a regular place in the team, need's to step up to the mark when he get's a chance
Tambhoy

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A fair crack at the whip is 45-60 mins. There's games where Messi and Ronaldo aren't seen for half an hour, never mind a young lad! Lennon needs to get Forrest + other favourites out the team when they don't produce the goods week in week out!

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03 Jan 2014 19:46:45
Hi ed guys happy new year, this steven fletcher thing is a nonsense, every time we are after a player (don't know who it is yet) a story comes out to distract. I firmly believe we are after a good striker in the 3-4 mill mark. Celtic do their business quietly because if it gets out the price goes up, (finboggasson).Ed you any idea who it is? and guys who do you want it to be?
Rayman
PS When is McGregor due back.

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{Ed007's Note - Happy New Year to you Ray. I'll be surprised if we bring in anyone of note this window, especially a striker. Club's don't want to sell, prices are inflated and it's a lot of business to cram into a month.
McGregor looks like he will stay where he was with Notts County, although his loan-spell has expired with them.}

I read that Notts County pleaded with Lenny to keep him and he agreed. Playing exceptionally well for them and scoring goals, MOM most games as well.

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12 in 27 for Notts County - he could be our Naka, Lubo, McStay, Burns, etc we're looking for!

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03 Jan 2014 19:34:37
so what can the celtic supporters expect for the first month of the year?

here are some predictions.

1. sami to leave this window
2. ledley to sign a new deal
3. marquee signing(s) this window - (finnboggasson, rhodes, fletcher?)
4. punt bangura and mcgeogh
5. a few cheeky bids for forster (who will defo leave in the summer), van dijk and maybe even izzy
6. cover brought in for lb (buttner, neil taylor?)

looking at it realistically, we are going to have to get all our business done this month. champions league qualifiers and the world cup dictate this. so let's hope this turns out to be a january to remember.

squad after jan window closes -

forster brown
zaluska ledley
fasan kayal
lustig boeriggter
matthews commons
fisher forrest
izzy rogic
buttner? irvine
van dijk biton
ambrose stokes
mulgrew pukki
fraser balde
atajic rhodes?

i'd be happy with that.

all the best to everyone for the new year!

hail hail!

souljacker

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03 Jan 2014 19:19:07
Do we really need to bed in a high profile player for the qualifiers? Would blooding the youngers and signing someone on a pre-contract not be a better option? 6 Million for Fletch is a hell of a gamble which may or may not pay off. I'd be more than happy with a defensive cover signing and getting Joe Ledley re-signed. Realyl want to see more of Atajic and Balde as well as McGeogh and th bhoys like McGegor and Watt when they come back. If Finbogasson was available for 6 mill that would be different but I reckon we'll be stroked by any club we approach for a top shelf striker.

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03 Jan 2014 20:06:48
We defo need some1 who will score goals it doesn't matter to me if he's free, £1m or £6m as long as he puts the ball in the net.
Afew more players should be let out on loan decent fringe players am meaning if there not gony get a shot (balde, mcgeouch, rogic, twardzicks)

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Pre contracts are all well and good, though does not give time to settle in before champs league qf. Celtic r not going 2 sign an established (expensive) player these days therefore I personally would rather see players given a chance or a signing just now at least they have half a season before the qualifiers. Ed been reading site for years- good job, onwards and upwards.

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{Ed007's Note - Thanks a lot, and welcome to the site.}

03 Jan 2014 17:34:39
Ed what u think about this fletcher rumour really if we going to spend 6 mill on him we could go for a better striker he's quality but for 6 mill I don't think so my self

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{Ed007's Note - I'd be disappointed if we spent that kind of money on Fletcher. He simply isn't as good as some people seem to think he is, probably the Scotland fans. His stats throughout his career are actually quite poor with only a goal every 3.5 games.}

03 Jan 2014 19:07:36
Think he's a cracking big player good on air and on ground. His goal ratio is when he's been playing in struggling teams Hibs, wolves and Sunderland . Think he'd score a barrel for us and in Europe

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{Ed007's Note - That doesn't even make any sense MB and sounds like you getting your excuses in early, I take it you're a Scotland fan? In Europe we are seen as a struggling team, even in Scotland we are struggling to score goals. A good striker will score goals no matter what level his club is at.}

03 Jan 2014 20:16:26
Sorry Edd don't know how uv came to that.
He has scored goals at every club, if your playing in a team that is always defending (struggling teams) it stands to reason you won't score as many goals as teams constantly attacking.
Excuses for what? A reckon he'd score for fun off us .
No edd not a Scotland fan in the slightest not interested in it, but what has that got to do with anything.

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{Ed007's Note - It seems it's only Scotland fans that rate Fletcher so highly and think if Levein and him hadn't fallen out they would have qualified for major tournaments. Gary Hooper is outscoring Fletcher so far this season, is there much difference between Norwich and Sunderland, I wouldn't say so.
I fully stand by what I said, a good striker will score goals at any level, Larsson proved that, from the SPL to the World Cup. A goal every 3.5 games is not a good ratio for ANY striker at ANY level. His return at Hibs was actually worse, a goal every 3.6 games and that was when everyone was raving about him so he has ever so slightly improved in the last 4 years but will never be good enough to be CFC's main striker, that's not to say he wouldn't have been if we had signed him from Hibs. We have enough average players masquerading as top strikers, Fletcher would only add to that list and certainly not at the ridiculous prices being mentioned.
CFC are not constantly attacking in Europe but you think he will score a 'barrel for us and in Europe', what brought you to that conclusion, the whole six games he played for Hibs in Europe?}

03 Jan 2014 21:18:45
Well am not a Scotland fan so doesn't really go for me, went to a Scotland game at ibrox when a was younger beat Malta 3 nil think pat nevin scored .
Meant he would score a barrel load in SPFL for us and also score in Europe, dnt think any1 will score a barrel load for us in Europe .
A can't manage to get goals to game ratios for player but al bet there's players that vary from what team there in.
What was larsson at feyenord, celtic, Manchester United and Barca by your reckoning they'll all be roughly the same.
What's hoopers and Fletcher's this season?

It's only ma opinion edd. Got to wonder with our fans it's always a dig at Lawell how if heed have spent the money on fletcher weed have won the league under strachan, was he only good enough back then

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{Ed007's Note - It's not about spending money to me, it's about how it's spent. Hooper has 7 goals in 17 games so far and Fletcher has 3 goals in 16 matches. Larsson scored a goal every 1.7 games throughout his club career. Stokes is a goal every 2.5 games throughout his career, Bangura is a goal every 3.1 games, Pukki is a goal every 4.2 games. Finnbogason's goal per game ratio is a goal every 1.6 games.}

03 Jan 2014 21:56:57
Nor about money for me either edd just want a player that will score for us and in ma opinion fletcher would, grifiths would a mention those to because av seen plenty of them and can form ma own opinion. Dnt kno anything bout Finbogason to form ma own opinion of him.
Going by wykapedia larsson 3.8 feyenord, 1.2 celtic, 3.07 Barca, Manchester United 1 in 7

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{Ed007's Note - Now that's just plain nerdy :)

03 Jan 2014 22:31:36
Agreed lol looked it up only because a new larsson didn't score many at utd

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Apologies for jumping in Bhoys but Henke also had a good assist record. He helped Man U turn the corner that season and they were upset he did not sign for longer. Two assists I remember well were when he came on as a sub. what game was it again. Oh yes the CL final. So Henkes goals don't say it all. Also look at his WC record and Swedish GS record both impressive. Sopotcelt

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04 Jan 2014 16:22:13
Sopocelt was never questioning how good a player larsson was with any team, a wouldn't dare (only guy ad marry lol)
Was just an example of GS ratios

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Henke is a footballing hero of mine. I am just shocked how badly it went for him since he hung up his boots. Hopefully now he is managing at a decent club with some resources he can make his mark as a manager in Sweden. Sopotcelt.

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03 Jan 2014 16:29:16
All the talk lately of us shelling out up to £6m for a striker, my take on things is this.
Lawwell is not stupid, and sees how crowds are falling away, a big signing would galvanise the support and probably make us all renew our season tickets. For simple maths, say 40,000 of us buy a st at, again for simplicity, £400 Celtic make £16m, if our marquee signing helps us get to group stages we make upwards of £20m, so for an outlay of £6m we make £36m before any other revenue taken into account.
Celtic already have a healthy bank balance just now, then factor in some transfers out Samaras, possible Ledley and one or two others. So board's overall outlay will be less than £6m plus wage bill will be greatly reduced also giving club leeway to offer higher salary to the new signing.
But what we have to be wary of is that Lawwell and others always TALK about big signings but mostly do NOT deliver, I hope this transfer window is different and we sign our marquee player. Timalloy

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03 Jan 2014 17:06:48
Timmaloy the season tickets are still getting bought people just aren't going

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03 Jan 2014 16:06:27
HYN everyone

just more food for thought

this time last year

2012/3 played 20 w12 d4 l4 goals F 39 A 15 Points 40

now
played 19 w16 d3 l0 goals F41 A 12 Points 51

Having played 1 game less and scored 1 goal more without Hooper and concided 3 less goals less with our well mangled defence and 11 points more maybe we are being a tad harsh .
Contra to that how much better of would we be at this stage with an in form out and out striker, would we be prepared to drop a few of those points on a brand of football that is expected at Celtic Park .
As someone who can't travel over as much as I would like, I can't be too critical of the team, others that save hard earned money for STs surely deserve that 1 player that will light the place up, if not with dazy runs and sublime passes, a few special goals .
Get a few of the young lads on, not too concerned about loosing a point or 2 maybe?Tell them to go for it .
Was slightly disappointed when straight back from injury Charlie Mulgrew walked on to the team to offer much the same from what is becoming a manager who has only much the same to offer

All opinions welcome

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I would be ecstatic to see some of our youth getting match time even if it meant sacrificing a few league points. It is one of the foundations of our club to produce our own quality players which has sadly has been ignored far too much in recent years in favour of signing less than average foreigners. Play the youth players to find out if they are going to make the grade, if not sell them on. We can get £500,000 or £1 million each for 3/4 youth players with first team experience going down to the Championship if things don't work out and it's all gravy in the pot at the end of the day.

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03 Jan 2014 15:40:39
Lets be clear, we Celtic fans will not get a good quality signing yet again.

Some rubbish like Tomlin will be it.

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03 Jan 2014 19:16:01
Haven't seen the guy play but could he not go on to be a good player for us same as hooper, commons and prob others from championship. Seems as if it's not a £6m player these days it's not acceptable

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I was at a local match a few years ago when Tomlin played at Diamonds against Hinckley and he scored in that game he was more of a winger then and was up and down that pitch the entire game, Even then I thought he was a good player he got motm and now plays with posh which is 2 leagues higher and still scores so he can't be that bad a player. Supporters are quick to rule out players before they've even seen them play

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03 Jan 2014 15:38:38
Is it just me or does Neil Lennon struggle to spot
a good striker. Here is a list of duds he has signed.

Miku, Pukki, Bangura, Lassad, Brozec, Balde
Murphy.

I'm sure there will be more that I have missed?

Hail hail

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The £24 million we got for Ki, Hooper and Wanyama suggests he's not too bad! Seriously every manager no matter how good will have players who don't do it for a million different reasons. More so when you have little money to spend and have to take gambles.
CBP

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Was Ki NL signing? Sopotcelt.

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04 Jan 2014 16:24:59
Mowbray a think might not have arrived till Lennon took over

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03 Jan 2014 14:56:55
Happy New Year to you ed all the best. Would love us to get Fletcher but would be shocked if the club payed the £6m+ fee for him considering he would be roundabout 30 by the end of his contract and a lower sell on fee. What do you think or have heard the club will do this month? Also think we must signing a creative player or 2.

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03 Jan 2014 15:31:53
i feel ryan gauld is a must sign. we let far to many of these young scottish lads go down south for the sake of a extra 200k on a transfer fee or whatever. the fletcher rumour is false as it goes against everything pl and the board have been doing.

surely danny ings for 5-6 mill or jordan rhodes for 6 mill would prove a far wiser investment. I would really doubt though if we saw a player coming in for around 6 million

will this be another window where "the right person wasnt available at the time but we will try again in the summer with that one"?

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03 Jan 2014 14:41:11
I find it hard to believe that Celtic will spend money on Steven Fletcher yet refused to pay the price for Finnbogason in the summer. We had our chance with Fletcher in 2009 and the board wouldn't sanction buying him then so why would we pay the reported £6 million for him now, he hasn't really improved as a player since he moved to England. Now with Lennon saying the club can afford £6 million on a player surely Finnbogason is a must buy. He has been scouted extensively, has made it clear that he would be willing to make the move and more importantly, he is the player the fans want. His signing could be the catalyst to get the club bac on track and the fans back in their seats. If we could manage to add a good quality AM in this window along with Finnbogason I would be happy with that, then come the summer all we could be looking for is a replacement for Forster although I would like to think if Forster does go to Brazil he will be happy to stay here. With what we have, the signing of Finnbogason and an AM along with the youth coming through I reckon we will be back in the CL groups come September and more than capable of dominating the Scottish scene for years to come.

--------------Forster/New GK-------------
Lustig------Ambrose---Van Dijk------Izaguirre
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-----------Brown--------Kayal/Biton--------
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Matthews-------New AM--------Commons----
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--------------Finnbogason------------

That's the team I would go with and the same formation can be played domestically and in Europe, the days of a rigid 4-4-2 are long gone and playing with 3 at the back leaves teams vulnerable with long balls played into the RB/LB positions. With Brown and Kayal/Biton sitting deep and protecting the back 4 it would allow the attack to be more creative going forward in numbers. No disrespect to Commons he has been a top player for us but it would be fantastic if we could find a left-footed Matthews, I think the Lustig/Matthews partnership on the right could be a great weapon in our arsenal, Lustig can get forward on the overlap and Matthews can drop in to cover the defensive duties, to have that on the left would keep the team evenly balanced, Izaguirre going forward leaves us a little exposed at the back so we would probably need Kayal/Biton to cover the LB position when we were on our front foot. Even with Boerrigter instead of Commons it still leaves the same problem regarding defence although I'm sure we would cope in Scotland it could be problematic in Europe. I don't think Commons is good enough to play in the AM hole behind the main striker when it comes to Europe but his goal threat (and set-pieces) is invaluable to us so I wouldn't drop him.

Any thoughts lads(and Mrs E)?

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03 Jan 2014 15:08:52
Think it'd be interesting to see rogic in the attacking midfield role obviously with a good solid 15 to 20 games in a row everyone really seems to think the boy has it I like the look of the boy but it's hard to judge in the little game time he gets obviously same goes for others in the same boat as much as I like Broony I still don't think he's the answer esp Europe Think a fit kayal would make a difference if he could rediscover his first season form

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Firstly I can't believe our niaive manager is on TV saying we CAN spend £6m on any player - as that automatically raises the price of any potential target!
Fletcher was better last season and has had a couple of long injury lay off's since and does not merit that price on current form and there would be no sell-on incentive.
Rhodes, Ings or Finbogasson would make much more sense IF the club were to part with that kind of cash.
However January is not really the best window to spend big as there is a limit on who is available right now?
We have not spent that kind of cash on a single player since MON and unless we are changing our transfer policy and wage structure as a New Year resolution - I doubt we will.
The club made serious errors in the summer in transfers probably costing Celtic continued European football; so The Board and manager need to seriously plan for next season and if it does mean a couple of quality additions, I won't complain, but I will have to see it to believe it.

JJ

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Hi Che Albert here, Finboggason, have never read, anywhere him saying he WANT'S to come to Celtic, I have spoken to John Park, he used to run an amateur team in Hamilton, he told me and my mate's that he did not think Finboggason was worth the money his team were looking for, as for Fletcher, you basically defeated your own statement, he has not improved since he went south, so that then ask's the question, how do we know Finboggason would do it here, Cheer's Albert
Tambhoy

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Tambhoy, did/does park then believe pukki and balde are better value then?,,,,,, deep river bhoy

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Hi Albert, I never said that Finnbogason WANTED the move but he certainly hasn't ruled it out by any means. Although John Park has produced some gem players he has also helped bring in a few duds as well, the financial aspect of any transfer is really not part of his resume, yes he will know the general value and price of a player their club are looking for but once he has identified a player it should be left to Peter Lawwell to conduct the business end of the deal with minimal input from Park or even Lennon whose part of the negotiations is to convince the player he is making the right move. The final decision on whether to pursue a player is down to the manager and not the Football Development Manager, or it should be, wouldn't you agree? Just look at what happened at Spurs because AVB was overruled on transfer activity by Franco Baldini, it is the manager's job on the line if things go wrong and I don't for a minute believe Lennon would accept being over-ruled on transfer policy unless it is by the financial constraints put in place by the board and Peter Lawwell. I don't see how I defeated any statement over Fletcher, sorry. I don't think the club should spend the money on him, not when we could have had him 4-5 years ago for less money and considering he hasn't developed as expected, but who's to say he would have had the same injury problems if we signed him back then?As for Finnbogason failing nobody is saying he is world class but the odds of him flopping must be very slim, every transfer has it's risks, would you rather see another couple of Banguras or 22 y.o Project Baldes signed than take the risk with Finnbogason? If Celtic are willing to pay out £6 million on a striker who else would you suggest as an alternative to Finnbogason or even Fletcher? If Finnbogason did flop I am 99% confident that we would at least recoup the fee by selling him to an English team or even abroad, his stock would still be high and it would be just seen as just making a bad move like Sutton going to Chelsea was. It was nice to see us FINALLY agreeing on something by the way - the enigma that is James Florist!

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03 Jan 2014 18:02:00
Wouldn't have Mathews in that position his final ball isn't very good, dnt get me wrong a do like him as a defender good pace good engine and good defending . If we wer gony b up against it in Europe a would play him in right mid . But he would still b ma 2nd right back to lustig aswell. He's a good problem to have.

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@4 Think you answered your own questioin mate, they did get signed
Tambhoy

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@5 Albert again CHE. I would imagine Park would be asked his opinion on what price should be paid for a player, then whoever deal's with signing's would proceed, one way or the other. Regarding Fletcher I agree with you, he has'nt exactly set the heather on fire, that's my pointwho know's if Finbogason would fare any better over here, they are know talking about £8 million, don't think he is worth it at that kind of money, Jordan Rhodes, Danny Ings, Ross Mc Cormack, I would even take a chance on the guy from Watford, can't remember his name, we need someone who can get on the end of high ball's into the box, we just hav'nt got that kind of player.
TamAlbertbhoy

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@8. Have you been in to Rodney's exotic tobacco there Albert? You are seriously suggesting Danny Ings and Ross McCormack over one of the most sought after strikers in Europe? I'm speechless! Well not quite, what guarantee is there that they will be successful, both of them would be a bigger gamble than Finnbogason for the simple reason that if they flopped we would have scrimped on another flop to sit with Bangura, Pukki and Balde which would just get the supporter's backs up again. I would take Rhodes but I think we missed our chance when he left Huddersfield.

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If park thinks the strikers we brought in are better quality/ value than finnbogason then maybe its time to get a new chief scout (is this the reason for Houston?) to identify strikers as we haven't had one good striker brought in since he got the job,,,, deep river bhoy

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@9 Come on now CHE is it uncle Albert or Albert Tatlock lol, Anyway Finbogson, most sought after striker?, who have put a bid in for him? Did we not get Hooper from the lower English league? What guarantee would we have with Finbogson? It's all about opinion's mate.My opinion is Fin is too dear, I don't even smoke woodbine
Tambhoy

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@10 I might be wrong but was he not there when we got Hooper?
Tambhoy

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@8 Just remembered the guy (wee senior moment there) from Watford Troy Deeney
Tambhoy

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I remember reading it was jim Melrose who recommended / brought hooper to Celtics attention, could be wrong though,,,, deep river bhoy

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{Ed007's Note - That's true DRB.}

@11 Tam look at the teams Finnbogason has been linked with in recent months, AC Milan, Aston Villa, Villareal, Everton, Roma, Werder Bremen, Hamburg, West Ham, Newcastle, Cardiff, Fulham, Sunderland, Hannover, Mainz, Zenit St Petersburg as well as ourselves and that's only the ones I've seen reported. Name any other player who currently has that level of interest just now in the game, he is being linked with a load of teams that shops in the price range his club are looking for. That makes him him not only one of the most sought after strikers, I never said THE most, but one of the most sought after players. There is no other player causing the same buzz throughout Europe as Finnbogason regarding being available this window or in the summer one.

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@15 I will ask again Che, who have made a bid for him? It's alright to be interested but where's the money on offer from these team's, if he is that good, why is he still at Herenveen
Tambhoy

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I can't answer that but neither can you say nobody has bid for him, can you? Perhaps the bids haven't met the club's valuation or perhaps as has been reported and said by his agent it will be summer before he moves. Can I ask who is interested in McCormack or Ings or who has bid for them? Troy Deeney? now I know you're at the wind up, you need to stop watching the English Championship matches and getting caught up in MOTD fever! You do know he was jailed, along with 3 others including his brother, for 10 months for assault and affray? Have a bit of respect for the club Tam, it's bad enough we have James Florist sitting on the charges he is and now you want to throw a convicted thug into the Glasgow goldfish bowl.

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04 Jan 2014 16:30:43
Surely none of us are in a position to say who's interested in who through out Europe apart from what we see in our own papers

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03 Jan 2014 13:59:02
Reading between the lines on Fletcher. In Lennons press conference, he usually says no to players coming or rules them out. But for some reason I have a feeling he is building up the Fletcher signing saying he would be an expensive player to get a few bums on seats.

After being disappointed by Celtic in the transfer windows in previous years, if we manage to sign Fletcher and somehow manage to get Souttar and Gauld this will be the strongest Celtic squad we have had in years.

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Fletcher is the lure for Finnbogasson to jump over.
Finnbogasson knows if we fork out for fletcher then we're finished with him.

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We never give our hand about players cause then other clubs jump in as well. Fletcher thing I'm sure is a distraction from our true signings like post 1 stated, plus wouldn't want fletcher as he is always injured and we can't fork out that much for an injury pron player. C-Bhoy

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03 Jan 2014 10:04:37
Would love for Celtic to splash the cash on Finbagason even if his price tag is a bit much for the Scottish Prem. If we sold Samaras Pukki Bangura and Stoke as none are good enough it would offset the spend. For an extra 2m we could get McKay too who would bang them in for us and either Yamada or that Egyptian lad for a creative midfielder. I know this would leave us short up front but I reckon Atajic should be given more game time and Balde or McGregor when his loans up at Notts County we are winning g games without strikers scoring so whose to say our young lads won't?

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03 Jan 2014 09:24:24
Was having wee debate with couple of my mates last night and was just wondering what you guys would think we go out and sign for example finnbogasson and fletcher this month but neil lennon gets told that he won't be able to sign anybody in the summer as that's his budget spent would you guys be happy with that being our squad for next season and do you think it would be a squad capable of doing some damage in europe look forward to your opinions

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03 Jan 2014 11:24:41
Wouldn't sign 2 .big money forwards as a creative midfielder is needed, surely 1 of the forwards we have just now could b a partner for Newguy . Hopefully some of the poor attempts for players also move on leaving the squad lacking depth. Unless we decide to give youth it's long awaited chance

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03 Jan 2014 13:31:51
@(op) I would'nt buy fletcher but would be happy enough with his fee being spent on two midfielders + the boy finbogasson also I'd like T Pukki and A Balde T Rogic given a six month loan deal to any of the teams finishing 1st - 2nd in the championship to play against rangers, hearts to toughen them up and given game time .

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03 Jan 2014 15:02:15
Fair doos I just meant Fletcher as an example can be anyone you want any position all I was meaning would you be happy to bring in couple of big signings this month and have nowt in the summer

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03 Jan 2014 16:43:39
@(3) if I we could sign 3 quality players now and none in the summer yes I would bite yer hand off ( barring injury to them of course )

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If we got 2 quality players an attacking mid and a striker i'd be happy. But you know what football fans are like i'm pretty sure come the summer i'd be looking for one or two more. mark.

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03 Jan 2014 02:20:15
I sorry but I see we have been linked with a move for steven Fletcher of sunderland with many papers suggesting 6million I really think celtic need their head examined if they go through with this deal? We are being told 5million will sign Alfred Finn a playerwho the fans have been crying out for why spend the extra 1 million on fletcher let's not forget aswell Fletch is picking up a huge wage at sunderland! Danny Ings is the perfect replacement for Gary Hooper plus he won't cost 6million and i'm 100% sure he isn't on huge wages! Really Hope Celtic don't make the move for Fletcher

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03 Jan 2014 08:56:12
Just seems there's no pleasing some people

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03 Jan 2014 00:21:51
Are any the games from the Turkey trip on tv?

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Eurosport might cover it

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03 Jan 2014 00:16:22
Myself like other fans are disappointed in the crowds we are attracting to the Park every week . I've just posted a fact on the sightings page to illustrate the ratio of crowds per population which is quite interesting . Not been too well lately so belated best wishes to everyone and Ed 007 on the best little site going . DH

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{Ed007's Note - Happy New Year DH, I hope it's nothing serious like man-flu mate ;) Your pic is here:

www.celticrumours.co.uk/ar_569.php

Wish it was Man flu Ed . It was made worse yesterday sitting in a fridge watching a team going through the motions . DH

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