Celtic Rumours Archive August 19 2012

19 Aug 2012 22:58:50
ki to leave and henrikson will be his replacement, FACT,

That is what is expected. �6m plus add ons for Ki. Hopefully a centre half in with the change too.

19 Aug 2012 21:47:20
have heard that we will be getting an unamed German on trial this week can't believe we ignore German market lots of really good players who could do a right good job for us

PL would never sanction a deal for a player with no name, too much money to be made from the names on the back of replica strips

Mikey Bhoy

I would not normal comment on anythig like this i just like to see whats going on but thay comment Mikey bhoy litreally made me laugh out load:)) well played sir!

Maybe they will put "UNNAMED PLAYER" on the shirts and make a fortune selling 13 letters at a time.

His name is abu-bakarr kargbo, been interested for a while

19 Aug 2012 10:37:42
Morning Bhoys, Girls and Ed

with Song gone now, If Arsenal are going to bid for one of our players to replace him do you have any idea who it might be Ed, To begin with it was strong interest in Big Vic and there was talk of a bid being put forward but now Arsenal seem more interested in Ki?

Flynny {Ed007's Note - Arsenal are still very keen on Wanyama but now that Nuri Sahin (the player that injured McGeouch has been made available for loan Arsenal might look to him and save having to pay a transfer fee this summer. Arsenal, Liverpool and Napoli are all very interested in Sahin but it looks like he will/has rejected Liverpool. Arsenal feel that they could have Sahin this summer for only a loan fee and Wanyama will still be an option for them next summer plus he would have another season to develop and get some more European experience under his belt. I don't know how serious their interest in Ki is, he caught a few teams eye during the Olympics but I don't think Arsenal followed up their initial interest. Again though that could have changed with Song leaving.}

Spot on Ed. I think you might have been right about Wanyama all along. My cousin down south is convinced that he will be at Arsenal when he does leave.Keep up the good work it's a great site. HH

{Ed007's Note - Cheers.}

19 Aug 2012 16:59:04
why are people saying 5million for ki, come on guys, that is a joke, already refused kazan when put a bid of 6million, so after him having a very good olympics, his value is defo on the up, not down, be happy to sell for 7 million, and get ciani, russel and stevens from dundee utd, wee cheeky bid for zigic on loan, and id be a happy chap, c'mon hoops time to show your hand and get busy with transfers, after game yesterday needs few new faces

Who told you kazan offered 6 mill ?do not believe anything you read.UNLESS YOUR HIS AGENT FFS TOO MUCH BULL IN SJOKELAND FITBA START USING THE BRAIN. jimthetim...reality in motion..

I think Russell and stevens would be good signings but maybe Russell is the option if we get put out cl? Think big mensah might be an option if we get in the cl

Brian

IMO Zigic should never be courted by Celtic, really not what we need

JGD

I don't see it being 5mill cause then I think that would put a cap on buying spl players for years to come. With all thats going in spl if we sell ki given his talent and the hype around him right now for small amount the we could expect small bids in the future, so we must stand our ground and demand what we want.
What you think Ed? And if we were to sell him for 5 mill would I be right in thinking that we did that because of a big sell on? Cause I can see us selling small if it means big sell on cause once he is in epl ppl will notice and a bigger club could come in and we could get a good part of the epl money.

First time poster fans demanding �8 mill plus for a guy nobody wants in the team when hes the only mf we have that can pass the ball

19 Aug 2012 15:00:19
if ki leaves for swansea it will be 5 million and 2 million if they stay up and there is a small chance dobbie will be coming the other way .if celtic get into cl there will be 2 big signings might even be in before the 2nd leg depending on the result in sweden. junior 29

Why would we let Ki go to Swansea for 5m when they just sold Joe Allen ( same level of ability IMO ) for 15m+?

Just doesn't add up. Remember we are not in financial trouble and have no NEED to sell....lets be realistic!

JGD

In regards to the comparisons in ability between Ki and Joe Allen. Can anyone tell me one attribute that Joe Allen has that Ki doesn't. Both great passers, both not particularly physical players, Ki is better at delivering corners and free kicks and is taller and stronger giving Ki better aerial ability, Ki has more international experience 47 caps 5 goals, Joe Allen 9 caps no goals. Domestically Ki has played 66 games scoring 9, Joe Allen 130 played 7 scored. If Joe Allen is worth 15 million then Ki is worth the same, but being realistic and taking into account Allen has proved himself (using the term "proved himself" loosely) at premiership standard then Ki Sung Yeung is worth 7 million PLUS. You could also factor into it that Ki now doesnt have to do national service, so our earlier valuation could be adjusted now by Peter Lawwell.

I can 100% guarantee you Celtic wont be selling Ki for 5 million. We are holding all the aces and wont be messed about by premiership or any other teams looking to pick up our players on the cheap.

Doesnt joe allen come under homegrown though? That is the reason for inflated prices down south. Especially with the homegrown rule coming in.

19 Aug 2012 14:23:38
I don't get why people believe everything they read. If we rejected a bid of 6m for ki from Rubin Kazan what makes people think we would now sell or 5m?

Junglebhoy33

There is absolutely no chance wee will accept 5 million for Ki. It will be 7 miilion plus.

Its not always the bid amount that makes it get rejected .... Rubin kazan may have wanted to pay in instalments where Swansea may have offered 5m as a straight up payment...which is more favourable.
Agent4

Maybe there is a large sell on clause or EPL survival clause maybe a player coming to us is part of the contract. Ki will leave this window or he will leave on a free when his contract is up. I heard he is in his final year of his contract now but I dont know for sure.

I'd take that Leon britton if we could get him best pass accuracy of an English player in the premier league last year cracking player but suppose can only dream lol

Brian

19 Aug 2012 14:08:06
Very impressed with Dundee utd
Russell would be a very good player for us...we create plenty
And I'm confident he would bury as many as hooperman..
Zigic on loan, ciani in cb...ki out to cover cost...

Zigic is the only player I've ever seen that made Cascarino look mobile . He is rank rotten and wouldn't improve our squad

I have said it before and will do again Zigic is NOT, repeat NOT what we need. Yes he is 6ft5in but that does not make him a good target man........like the unknowen man before me said.....not very mobile

JGD

19 Aug 2012 13:54:33
The match against helsingsborg on tuesday is on itv

How can this possibly be unbelievable? It is on STV. If Craig Burley co-commentator, I think I'm doing to do myself an injury.

19 Aug 2012 10:13:20
£5m for Ki! What the he'll is that all about, should be getting at least £6.5m.

19 Aug 2012 03:03:32
I know we need a Target man and this person ain't that but becchio? Would be cheap.and has a goal in just over 2games chips in with 15 a season in the championship I think he'd do a job anyone else?

And do you think arsenal will use song money for ki?

I think arsenal will now go for wanyama IMO.
Paddy

Arsenal aren't interested in Ki.

Becchio is a class act though and would certainly do the business. I'd like to see Murphy or Russel brought in seeing as Rhodes is out of the question. How much their respective clubs would want for them remains to be seen. Hopefully less than Huddersfield would want for Rhodes.

What's clear is that Samaras certainly isn't a striker, but i think most of us knew that. At least Hooper will be back this week.

There are 46 games in the Championship, so his record isn't glowing.

kev88

Apparently swansea are now ahead in the race to sign ki, the have funds from selling joe allen and see ki as his replacement. My fear is arsenal will now move for wanyama as he is a similar type of player to song. I am expecting a bid

Celticthomas