Celtic Rumours Archive June 03 2017

03 Jun 2017 19:36:10
I see on sky sports news that ac milan are in talks to sign dembele.

03 Jun 2017 20:18:19
Seems to be on various sites but they're talking 27 million which would be too much to turn down. So long as it's all reinvested in the team.

03 Jun 2017 20:51:04
A 500 grand outlay? If we got 20 mill would be amazing business. 27 plus sell on clause? It's a no brainer especially when we look at the potential windfall from vvd 👍.

03 Jun 2017 20:59:46
Personally I would rather he stayed but that kind of money would be crazy to turn down.

03 Jun 2017 21:20:32
With chelsea and dortmund also interested hopefully a bidding war can start and drive the price up even further, dembeles been good for us but that's crazy money for a player we've only had a year but replacing him won't be easy.

{Ed007's Note - There will be more teams looking to sign Dembele but don't expect an auction.}

03 Jun 2017 20:49:32
If it's true they've bid over 25 million then we take it, it's really as simple as that! Love big moussa to bits but we can't knock that kind of money back! But agree it's a must that Brendan gets most of that to spend! U heard if this is genuine ED? And what's the latest on wee Hayes?

{Ed007's Note - AC Milan's interest is genuine. I don't know anything about the move for Hayes.}

03 Jun 2017 22:06:55
Think celtic will get the 30 million that they have set on dembele
the Bhoy is heading right to the top
Scores goals at every level he's plays at
Was hoping for a second season out of him but was always going to be hard to keep him.

03 Jun 2017 21:45:14
Cheers ED 👍🏻👍🏻 As much as I think we can't knock that kind of money back, it's a bit of a kick in the stones the prospect of losing moussa and we're looking to bring in johnny Hayes as our first summer signing!

{Ed007's Note - Yeah it's not exactly overwhelming but I'm still not convinced it's true. Maybe that's more hope lol

03 Jun 2017 22:16:46
Has a bid even been accepted for him to be in talks? I thought AC had just had a €60m bid accepted with terms agreed for Morata too? Will be same scenario of Moussa wanting first team assurances.

03 Jun 2017 22:42:48
All talk at the moment, anything about the club actually accepting a bid?

03 Jun 2017 23:15:11
Around £30mil is a good deal for us. The fact he has been injured 3 times in the last 6 months suggests it might be a good time to sell. If that was to become a regular pattern there could be no takers next summer. Good luck to him. We move on.

03 Jun 2017 22:43:29
Im thinking that's maybe including add ons as well Tim. If we hang off and he gets in the national squad his value will only get higher. Its a risk though. Definitely get a sell on clause on him for sure.

03 Jun 2017 23:33:07
maybe one day we will show a bit of ambition and try and build a team to do something in europe, if its not van dijk or wanyama leaving its dembele.

03 Jun 2017 23:31:28
Forget about the 500,000, Dembelle might have cost, that's nothing to do with his value now, look at the money (crazy money ) , that lesser players go for in England and Europe, why should we accept less money just because he is playing in Scotland, if Virgil van Dyke isn't going for anything less than £70 million, why don't Celtic do the same and start the bidding for Dembelle at £70 million.

03 Jun 2017 23:40:30
I think we are in for a underwhelming pre season boys, we have had a high, but with dembele for the off, Roberts away etc. we are laughing at rangers and Aberdeen being weaker, well hate to say so will we. End off. There is no way lawwell with sanction rodgers all that money. I think Rodgers will expect that, but this is where the supposedly impervious relationship gets tested.

03 Jun 2017 23:34:55
Who'll replace dembele? Has to be someone of quality, there will be names linked but no doubt it shall end up with a last minute scramble for adam rooney.

04 Jun 2017 00:17:27
Until we accept a bid it is surely all chatter. When a bid is accepted it becomes story. I may have missed something but thought it would go wild media wise if that happens . For my limited perspective this is a win win either way.

04 Jun 2017 10:03:39
£30m and no doubt a sell on clause we would be nuts to turn this down. Looking like Dembele is gona pay for the new South Stand.

04 Jun 2017 23:50:01
It is a cracking bit of business. Just hope rodgers gets a decent amount to reinvest or there won't be any european fantasy adventures.

03 Jun 2017 10:18:35
Ed007 just heard that Christie will not be leaving on a permanent but will be going back to the dons on loan.
You heard anything similar?

{Ed007's Note - The talk was that Christie would go back to them on loan before all this Jonny Hayes stuff started but with Sunderland looking at McInnes - Walter Smith is advising them - Christie isn't keen to commit until he knows who the Dons boss will be.}

03 Jun 2017 14:12:14
Typical of Smith . If he can't help his own shower of Sh£te he'll try and disrupt their challengers.

{Ed007's Note - That's exactly my thoughts too mate, wtf can a dinosaur like Smith offer as advice. As soon as I heard he was involved I knew that he would recommend McInnes, who else is he going to put forward, The Slug?}

03 Jun 2017 14:12:56
Walter Smith advising them Ed? Why because Martin Bain is at Sunderland if so that's another joke? fur fox sake they must be some knitting needles to make a cardigan to cover here to the north of England!

{Ed007's Note - I'd imagine there's an earner in it for Smith as a consultancy fee from his old partner in EBT tax crimes Bain.}

03 Jun 2017 14:42:47
I never took the Hayes transfer serious Ed I took it as paper talk but it seems to be happening is that the case mate?

Also Borini, now gathering momentum too is he next? (Y)

{Ed007's Note - I'm still not believing the Hayes story. There was all sorts of rumours yesterday about him having talks with Lawwell and/or Rodgers, he was seen at CP and Lennoxtown etc etc even though he's back over in Ireland.
Borini isn't going to happen, it's just made up.}

03 Jun 2017 14:52:59
I read borini had a fall out with the gaffer and slagged him in the press.

{Ed007's Note - Borini refused to leave for Sunderland in a permanent switch after his initial loan deal and Rodgers forced him to to train on his own away from the first team.

"I’m a proud person, but after a while I understood there was no future there and knew I just needed to accept it. Training alone was the hardest thing but they were pushing me away, forcing me to make the decision to go.
"Maybe I didn’t get as many opportunities as I deserved but the world doesn’t end when you leave Liverpool and now I’m very happy here. I’ve had too many clubs, too many changes, so I want to stay at Sunderland, to have some stability.
On Rodgers he said: "We don’t speak anymore. It’s sad. It ended badly between me and him, it’s not what I wanted."

03 Jun 2017 14:54:36
That is amazing that Sunderland are taking advice from Smith Have they no ambition?

03 Jun 2017 15:12:48
Ed has there been any news about the young Chelsea lad that was supposedly shown around Celtic Park, Will we be more eager to get a deal done now that his team mate Solanke chose Liverpool or is it a case of waiting for a definate answer regarding Roberts before making a move. I can't recall his name but pretty sure he was a right winger that can also play as a striker.

{Ed007's Note - Charly Musonda? Chelsea are offering him to Monaco as part of a deal for Tiemoue Bakayoko.}

03 Jun 2017 15:33:06
That's the one cheers Ed, zero chance of that happening then.

{Ed007's Note - Doesn't look like it, we never did find out if the tour actually happened though did we? It was just rumoured to be him.}

03 Jun 2017 16:17:00
Aye if we were to believe in every rumour we heard we would have a squad big enough to compete at the Olympics.

{Ed007's Note - :-D