Celtic Rumours Archive March 28 2013

28 Mar 2013 20:34:41
Think I've found the new Wanyama guys! Junior Malanda of SV Zulte Waregem. CDM and is an absolute beast. Look him up! {Ed007's Note - I doubt we will pay the £5 million fee.}

£5m fee? That's what was being quoted in the papers in January. Did the move materialise? Nope. Could he be a potential replacement for Wanyama? Definitely!
~seamus~ {Ed007's Note - The price in January was £3.2 million, the price that teams are being quoted for the upcoming summer is £5 million. Don't read the papers ~seamus~, they actually make things up to sell copy you know and I have no interest in what any of them have to say.}

Don't read them Admin, just saw it online when I typed in the guy's name. He is a beast of a player though! {Ed007's Note - I've mailed someone that will know more about his current situation, I will post up any new info as soon as I get an answer. I've not seen much of him but I know he is highly rated and would probably end up making us a shedload of money if we could strike a deal for him.}

Cheers Admin. Would like to know more about him. Understand he's only 18 so has plenty of potential.

Macdonald mariga is man to replace vic. Noel

28 Mar 2013 16:00:54
Wondering what peoples thoughts r on the ledley situation. I'd love him to stay but totally understand that the lure of playing and the premiership with the team he supports may be a big attraction for him and I would'nt begrudge him that if it did happen considering he's only got a year left on his contract and if he doesn't sign by the summer then its a definate that cardiff will table a bid a believe. He's been a fantastic servant 2 us. Would really love him 2 sign a new contract. Even though its all just rumours and paper talk just now was wonderng how yous felt about it

Be happy to see him stay, great pro who always puts in a shift. Gets what our club are about as well and seems happy. Type of player you need around when bringing new players through. green jhedi

Totally agree GB. Has done a tremendous job for us. HOWEVER, decent bid and the lad wants to he would do so with my blessing. Joe, Joe Super Joe!

Punt him. Too injury prone. We'll probably get about £5-6 Million for him from Cardiff Reds. And as for this 'great servant' stuff. Catch a grip of yersel. He's only been here for less than 3 seasons. Great servants are folk like Larsson, McStay and The Lisbon Lions.

Celtic should build there team around Ledley. Johnnybhoy

You can keep Ledley. He would not be welcomed back by many fans including me. He left us in the lurch without any transfer fee despite us bringing him through the ranks. Anyway if we get promoted he wouldn't be good enough.

Redbird

28 Mar 2013 15:02:39
Anyone else miss Ki at all?
Don't know about you guys but I rated the boy very highly and without him this season in the spl our perfomances at playmaking has been absolutely dreadful.
Yes we got a good offer and he wasn't a 1st team regular but we, re craving exactly what he possessed.
Young tall playmaker and could hit them all day long, kayal hasn't kicked a ball this season and to be honest I would have sold him instead, too injury prone also. Rogic is still there but I do think we need an urgent bust if 2-3.5m on someone special as the cash is there. Commons can hit them but he, s too slow and wanyama is a certainty to leave.
Would like a good young replacement in big Vic with eaqual potential and someone classy like henriksen albeit we missed out on him.
With the cl qualifiers starting early I do think we should be hitting the ground running come the start of June when the window opens.
We, ve already proved we, re masters at unearthing gems so who would you guys like to see come in?

Greenbhoy67

Awrite greeno aye a miss ma ki ah coodnae get oot ae big eds hoose last night ahv jist shimmied doon the draino
ps whits wae the pet cemetry ootside big yin?

Hi, I miss Dave to, thought he was an under-rated player for us, the lad is still young, would have kept him instead of kayal

Personally I would have sold any of the other midfield players excluding Joe Ledley to keep Ki. Ki was the only player we had ion the midfield with a touch of class, like Naka, Lubo when they were with us. He had the ability to keep the ball, pass the ball long or short and he chipped in with the occasional goal. When you are lucky enough to have players like that then you adapt the system to get the best out of them, to make sure they get the ball all the time. I don't think NL's tactics suited Ki which is a real shame as I think he will go on to bigger and better things. Sometimes it isn't about getting money in, sometimes its about playing football the right way. Can you imagine if he had stayed and passed on his knowledge to the young boys coming through.

I personally didn't see what all the fuss was about Ki. 9 goals in 66 games isn't exactly top notch. I take it you forgot about Wanyama when mentioning class midfielders and I wouldn't mention him in the same breath of Lubo and Naka. DH

Great bit of business selling Ki. I don't not really see what he brought to the table. Ian L

Naka. dh, Neil Lennon scored 3 goals in 6 years haha, but he was the first name on the teamsheet all day long kos he was a fantastic player and one of the best to pull on a Celtic jersey of the role he played.
Sometimes its not just about goals, its how you get the best out of the team through a player and what extra he can bring on top of already what you have and that's exactly what ki brought. Yes I would take wanyama I front of ki any day as he has proved to us all and also chips in with goals, but ki was a class act if you ask me, wanyama ledley and brown are similar type players, more defense controlling play players if you like.
Ki was an attack minded playmaker who could pick a pass and stretch opposing defences open to create chances for other players, sad to say but when going forward no ones done it this season and that's why I would have sold kayal instead. (too injury prone)
We definetely need a replacement in of ki, s qualitys though to further our ambitions next season.

Greenbhoy67

Why mention Neil Lennon. We're talking of creative mid fielders or attacking mid fielders and IMO Ki was nothing special and can never be compared to Lubo or Naka. DH

GB67 my first reply wasn't to you but to the unnamed poster who said Ki was the only class player we had. I agree about the number of defensive mids we have and agree we could shed one or two. I've always said when we bought Brown from Hibs he was a great box to box player and chipped in with a few goals. I thought we had the ideal replacement for Stan but we have turned him into a more defensive midfielder. DH

I think the un named poster dh. Was referring to ki being the player of recent times to contain the same skill level of Naka and lubo.
Personally if you ask me, we haven't replaced Naka or Petrov since they left.
We built a new team through mcgeadys transfer and its turned out magnificently, I do think ki was a real class act though just unlucky with opportunities.
He may not have been prolific as Naka or lubo but they all have there own specialties.
Naka (playmaker, freekick specialist)
Lubo (fantastic dribbler, could beat any man and his crossing was 2nd to none)
Ki had a very good shot, excellent passing range and accuracy but my point is I think we need to hang on to those kind of attributes those 3 players produced and I haven't seen it this season.
its most likely we, ll lose 1 or 2 big players in the summer but we CAN replace them, I just hope we leave the transfer window in the summer a stronger team than we entered it.

Just as another thought, anyone think Gabriel Tamas could do a job for us?
6ft2, 29 and a no nonsense stopper who just needs game time and I know we were after him a while back, would bring out the best in our defence as I think that's the main area we need strenghening?

Greenbhoy67

I have already posted this in the past. Have a look at the 1 to 11 when we went on the long unbeaten run last season after kilmarnock and Ki started only 2 games (both against Dunfermline when we scraped wins). He then came back into the team and we started dropping points again. I know you can't blame 1 player but I don't think it is a coincidence. All those saying we should have sold Kayal instead? Can you tell me what reasonable bids we turned down? If we had been offered 6 million for him he probably would have been sold.

Niall

28 Mar 2013 09:28:30
ive seen we've asked for a price on the bhoy tonev, I hope we are also keeping tabs on his fellow bulgarian georgi milanov, 21, 6ft plus, attacking mid, two footed, player of the year 2012, 11 goals this season, this bhoy looks a great prospect,,,, deep river bhoy

Is it confirmed yet? The piece I read had no direct quotes mentioning Celtic. His stats don't exactly bowl you over either. green jhedi