14 Feb 2018 17:03:29
Hi Ed, after his man of the match debut for Dundee last night was there a reason we didn't sign Steven Caulker?

{Ed007's Note - He wanted to stay down south near his support network.}

1.) 14 Feb 2018
14 Feb 2018 17:42:43
Ed, staying down south clearly became less important to him if he ended up at Dundee. Are you aware of why we lost interest in him or was there another reason why he's not at Paradise? HH.

{Ed007's Note - When Celtic were talking to Caulker he didn't want to move to Scotland so that he remained close to his support unit. When Dundee were in talks with Caulker he felt that he was ready to move away.}

2.) 14 Feb 2018
14 Feb 2018 18:55:08
Best signing of the january window by any scottish club i. m. o, struggle to see logic in signing hendry for 1.5m and dundee get yer man for nowt🤔 himself with commper/ ajer would have been nice.

3.) 14 Feb 2018
14 Feb 2018 21:11:04
Thanks Ed, your reply makes sense. I know it doesn't really matter now but out of curiosity isn't it strange that his agent didn't alert us about his availability rather than him sign for Dundee? HH.

{Ed007's Note - We had brought in Compper and Hendry and only Sviatchenko had left so there was no point. I wouldn't be surprised if Rodgers has had a hand in Caulker's move to Dundee though. Perhaps Caulker contacted Rodgers, their relationship is way beyond needing agents speaking, and when Rodgers couldn't fit him into his squad he offered Dundee the chance to speak to Caulker during the Hendry negotiations - remember there was a late hitch in the Hendry move, could that have been to do with Dundee having no replacement for Hendry and Rodgers put them and Caulker together? Caulker has said he only spoke to Neil McCann on the phone before deciding to come up and sign, he was training with Luton then 2/3 days later he rolls up here and signs for Dundee, it's a bit weird isn't it?}

4.) 14 Feb 2018
14 Feb 2018 22:14:28
Didn't realise Caulker had Scottish family connections and can or could have played for Scotland, think Ngog was a good signing for RC, in the window as well.