28 Nov 2017 12:08:34
If this Australian deal is a goer can someone who knows about these things explain how it benefits us . ie are we buying outright or a minimal share. is it just a publicity/ awareness project for our image . if we finance it does it impact our spl/ euro spending . how many players could we send there on loan / development and vice versa . is the A league/ Australian player market worth the effort / expenditure of any investment? Or would a similar set up in a place like Croatia who season on season churn out talent not be better?

1.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 14:10:55
It's a controller stake that is being reported
It could benefit us in several ways.
Player recruitment and merchandise opportunities to name 2.
We can't do it with teams that can qualify for European football in case we meet them in a tournament.
Celtic are trying to grow but there in only so much that can be done because we play in scotland. This is just another way for our club to keep evolving and getting bigger.

2.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 15:56:12
No expert, but my thinking is that it will basically promote the 'Celtic' brand into Australia and Asia. Like City Group, it might become Celtic Group or something like that. A Celtic team doing well in that part of the world might drum up interest in the Celtic over here. The 'Celtic Group', or whatever, would also find another revenue stream in the club we'll look to have a controlling stake in. There's talk that it's Central Coast Mariners we're looking at, I wonder what the natives will think of the idea.

3.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 18:17:20
There is a lot of interested in Celtic over there already. A lot of ex pats. Be good to tap into that tae.

4.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 20:37:23
Really excited at the prospect of this. The a league has really improved recently. One I have noticed this season is a cb Thomas deng.

5.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 22:49:28
As a tim here in perth Australia i think it would be a brilliant idea. When i moved here six years ago i didn't have a clue that there's so many of us here.
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