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30 Apr 2014 20:08:42
Ed am hearing that Hooper is now regretting having made the move he did! Anyone else hearing this?
Do you think PL would stump up for to bring him back?
{Ed007's Note - I doubt we would pay his wages let alone the fee Norwich would want.}
30 Apr 2014 19:50:03
Ed, just been reading online that Samaras wants to stay at Celtic, surely the deal he was offered earlier in the season isn't still on the table. He should't be allowed to string the club along for the past 9 months and when no one comes in for him he uses us as a fallback option.
30 Apr 2014 21:57:15
Can my day get any worse, my guinea pig passed away this morning now you tell me Tragedy wants to stay.
Have a look at John Terry in tears after tonights game, that'll cheer you up Stevie.
Obviously nobody else wants him - now Lennon has that £5M player he wanted!
Seriously though; he needs to get tae .
Samaras has now been linked with Greek champions Olympiakos.
30 Apr 2014 16:19:25
Just wondering if anyone else has heard the same story, or something similar regarding Hooper. A guy in my work told me that Liverpool had also bid for him last summer, but PL wouldn't let him go to the red men as Norwich had offered £100k more?
{Ed001's Note - sorry mate, not true. His agent was trying to drum up interest in him and he was offered to a number of clubs in the Prem, including Liverpool. They were not interested, they had already decided on Aspas and were set to keep Borini, in the case that Suarez went. The only club I know of that showed an interest, other than Norwich, were Everton, which could be the mix up? Martinez nixed that move though, as he wanted Kone, despite the recommendations of others within the club to get Hooper instead. His agent did keep suggesting interest from Liverpool, probably to try and secure a better wages deal for the lad.}
Cheers Ed, thought it seemed a bit farfetched - even for our club! I just don't see where Hooper's lazy attitude and potchers style would fit in a three pronged pace driven attack like Suarez, Sturridge + Sterling.
30 Apr 2014 09:45:47
A few rumours in today's papers:
Finnish international Alexander Ring's agent says Celtic have been watching the Kaiserslautern midfielder for over a year. (Various)
Norwich star Robert Snodgrass is flattered to be linked with his boyhood heroes Celtic, but admits he is keen to stay in England's Premier League. (Various)
Full-back Mikael Lustig is ready to open talks over a new Celtic deal, with the Sweden international revealing he is hoping to get the chance to play in an Old Firm game. (Various)
Former Celtic assistant manager Johan Mjallby has revealed he is not certain to take a job in his homeland of Sweden this summer. (Record)
So we're linked to a DM who plays for Lautern, Snodgrass doesn't want to leave the EPL, massive news that Lustig's ready to commit to the club + Mjallby's leaving without guarantee of work which means it's likely something's happened behind the scenes at Celtic. Thoughts?
Ring is ok. Just ok though from what I remember. Didn't know he was still in Germany tbh. If we go for another cm, Bibras Natkho for me, we've also been watching him a while. He's a very creative cm with goals in him. Great technique and a set piece artist too. Think he's a free agent this summer and would look very good with Johansen in a 5 man midfield in Europe. Still we need an anchor though like Wanyama. Another free: McDonald Wanyama?
Snodgrass I'd love, another creative player, Norwich's stand out for me. Fairplay if he wants to wait a few year though.
Lustig, great to hear. Quality versatile player.
Not sure about Mjallby. Don't think it's got Alan Thompson written on it or anything like that. Perhaps he just wants to be No.1 somewhere, plenty coaches do.
Never heard of Ring. If/when Cardiff go down could we nick that Medel off them or is he on huge wages? If we're going to be playing 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 we do need a Wanyama type in the middle with Johansen acting as our Pirlo type player and Brown going box to box. As with the Nick Powell rumour I'd love to see Snodgrass here - him and Commons would torment defences, if we were to sign a top class forward they'd get plenty of chances.
I have two ways of looking at the Mjallby news. Either Lennon has hinted he's off and Mjallby doesn't want to stay without him, or he's wanting a chance at a managers job and has to move away because Lennon is staying put. I've said before I'd have been quite happy for him to be given a chance as number 1 if Lennon was to leave.