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22 Jul 2026 08:05:49
Baur deal done.
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22 Jul 2026 09:30:43
until he's standing in the stadium doing the usual foto shoot then the deals done. lol.
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22 Jul 2026 11:17:08
Funny how it's being reported that we have agreed personal terms but hadn't started negotiating with the club.
I will remain extremely skeptical, especially when the 2 goonies are involved in doing our deals.
I will only believe it when he is at Lennoxtown or Parkhead in a Celtic top.
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{Ed007's Note - That's actually pretty common mate, clubs speak to agents to see if the player is interested, get an idea of the fee/money etc before getting in touch with the Club. As long as we don't talk to the player directly - unless we have his club's permission - we can negotiate personal terms with his agent and it's all legal.
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22 Jul 2026 18:20:50
Thanks for letting me know Ed, I thought we could maybe ask the agent if he was interested and that would be it until the club said we could negotiate.
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{Ed007's Note - It's a loophole that clubs/agents/players use all time to get around the "tapping up" rules.}
— Hit The Byline - Analysis (@HitTheByline) July 21, 2026
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21 Jul 2026 20:54:49
Nice wee bit of info there Jim. Like the bit he out performance McGregor on the progressive side to. Could be a tidy we player.
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21 Jul 2026 21:03:57
About time too 🙌🏼.
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22 Jul 2026 00:47:01
Didn't Newgen mention a wee German attacker? Surprised he hasn't popped up to say this yet.
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22 Jul 2026 06:38:51
Can we just get that graphs overlaid with every player across Europe in each position we need a player, filter it down to cost less than 6mill, he presto we have a new team, easy peasy, I figure this is exactly how Jamestown works except the budget is lower and they pick best of that particular crop.
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22 Jul 2026 00:01:47
A few more incoming in the next few days. Ed do you reckon Engles Calmac and Hatate will go before the window closes?
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{Ed007's Note - Engels & Hatate 100%, I'd say it's 50/50 about CalMac. Ange is very keen to take him to Saudi.
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22 Jul 2026 12:00:37
If calmac was to leave what sort of fee would we be looking for, and is it the right time to let cal go.
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{Ed007's Note - About £15m 🤷🏻♂️ I think it depends how MON is going to set up the team and the job he wants CalMac to do whether I want him to leave or not lol if he's going to be our main CDM then he can go but if he's going to play further forward and be more creative in that final third then I think he deserves another season to show how good he actually was/is/could be in that position.}
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22 Jul 2026 12:39:43
Hopefully some physical powerful midfielders are brought in if 2 or 3 leave as we are far too lightweight.
21 Jul 2026 11:02:06
Hope it’s not just false hope but does seem from all the rumours and papers that the Egyptian player could be close to a deal. Hogh also but I’ll take that with a pinch of salt once I see him wearing the hoops, we’ve been here before.
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21 Jul 2026 12:00:12
Am not overly fussed about the egyptian boy, Hogh is the 1 a want seen in with few others a hope.
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21 Jul 2026 12:28:34
Says bodo want 10 million for hogh Celtic won't pay that.
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21 Jul 2026 13:23:00
Paid 9 million for idah!
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21 Jul 2026 13:50:17
Be amazed if we got him, and we won't because as you say they won't pay the money for a cl striker.
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21 Jul 2026 16:12:13
Paid 9 for idah but he was already with us on loan first.
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21 Jul 2026 16:59:07
Maeda sale could cover it.
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21 Jul 2026 19:36:14
the Egyptian signing is a bit worrying. he had a good game at the World Cup. but is he any better than the boy just who's left Motherwell? who seemed more suited.
19 Jul 2026 17:50:23
Couple sites saying hogh getting looked at again would be great if they moved for patrik berg as well woukd strengthen the team substantially.
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19 Jul 2026 21:20:42
100% would be very happy with both.
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19 Jul 2026 21:41:39
They should take them both but won't probably not get any of them.
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19 Jul 2026 22:14:56
Come to the conclusion that what any of our fans think or mention that should be signed have got no chance of getting signed.
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19 Jul 2026 22:27:34
If they went for both berg and hogh that would be a step in the right direction, surely should be looking at the big midfield from tromso as well Sevconian are looking at, as well as boy the plays in midfield for them as well larsen.
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20 Jul 2026 08:24:07
Just go no confidence in them delivering a junior player you'd think after last seasons debacle in both Windows the penny would drop but nothings been learned and the communication is woeful, Martin is being hung our to dry like Brendan,70m cash reserves 53k St money god knows how many strips they've got out and we're strapped for cash, aye nae bother mick.
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20 Jul 2026 10:01:26
Surely we have learned our lesson? Don't believe any signing news until it has been officially announced.
These stories will be a mixture of made up nonsense, agent based, club based and crap stirring.
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20 Jul 2026 17:18:59
Heard Hogh deal is very close and Maeda close to leaving.
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20 Jul 2026 18:21:07
We all hear a lot of things.
Unless your source is impeccable, which I very much doubt, you are simply into Chinese Whispers.
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20 Jul 2026 19:02:53
looking, looking, looking but no signings.
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20 Jul 2026 19:36:45
4 leaf its a rumour page. Don't understand why folk go in a huff about what folk here. Got told about Maeda at 5pm. Main stream put it out a hour later, so its not that exclusive.
Ed
Much do you think Maeda will increase our bank balance.
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{Ed007's Note - A lot of people are saying it will be in the £15m-£20m bracket but I think it'll be in the £10m-£15m range with only a year left on his deal - unless there are a couple of clubs bidding which could push the price up.}
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20 Jul 2026 19:53:24
the club will push for as high as they can which is there right. but when they try to buy a player they think there being robbed by the asking price and pull out.
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20 Jul 2026 20:09:16
Cheers Ed. One thing we can't throw at the board. They always get top dollar when selling.
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{Ed007's Note - 👍🍀
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20 Jul 2026 21:16:55
Keep their ours coming. It gives a wee bit of hope.
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21 Jul 2026 02:21:22
Personally I don't see us signing Hogh and think it's just the board getting there cronies in the MSM to regurgitate old stories to try and make them look like they are doing anything.
19 Jul 2026 13:21:49
OK Guys rumours that Kyogo would not be adverse to soming back as would Greg Taylor
Would you like them to re sign.
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19 Jul 2026 14:35:39
Kyogo was done when he left us. He's not done anything to suggest different.
GT isn't coming back. He said recently he's staying where he is.
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19 Jul 2026 15:04:37
Absolutely not on both players. More imagination required in my opinion.
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19 Jul 2026 15:06:08
Kyogo had a good season and a half at Celtic. The calls saying best since Larsson etc were absolutely shocking in my opinion. Not even close.
The number of sitters Kyogo missed cost us more comfortable league wins and was a liability at times. He’s well past it now, I am never keen on resigning players.
As for Greg Taylor he was immense for us and a top player. I’d have him back in a heart beat. He’s one of them that you lose and realise how good he actually was. I am contradicting myself in resigning a player but I believe Taylor had a massive positive impact on the squad behind the scenes. If McGregor is moving on we need to bring in these types of guys to pull the squad together.
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19 Jul 2026 16:01:14
See if Henrik and Lubo want to come back as well.
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19 Jul 2026 16:47:27
100% agree.
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19 Jul 2026 18:58:10
I reckon Kyogo made his bed and chose to lie in it when he made it clear he wanted to leave for Rennes.
I would have GT in an instant, i feel like we lost something going forward with him especially when he went inverted and became the extra man in the middle.
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19 Jul 2026 22:13:16
Well already have two smaller, nippy strikers. We need a taller, physical presence up front to mix it up, especially now we have a set piece coach.
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20 Jul 2026 10:03:23
No to. both.
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20 Jul 2026 11:43:48
Also has a shortbread shoulder.
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20 Jul 2026 12:43:24
No to both. Bringing Kyogo back now would be disastrous from a recruitment point of view and we've managed to upgrade GT.
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20 Jul 2026 15:21:43
If GT came back here he would achieve what MN hasn’t so far.
18 Jul 2026 08:15:24
Now Celo Sarrachi has came out publicly and said him his agent tried all they could to get a move back to us. This is unbelievable how bad this is.
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18 Jul 2026 11:15:20
Wasnt bothered about not getting big Ian but this one is mental. Apparently only 1.5 million and he wanted to come. Surely his wage demands weren't beyond what our outdated structure could afford?
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18 Jul 2026 11:58:18
Seems like the might be going for Bakker as a better option can play anywhere on the left. Loved Sarrachi but maybe they have decided Bakker offers more and better calibre of player.
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18 Jul 2026 12:33:37
United… the issue I’m now having is that you may well be right but because we have no faith in those at the wheel we naturally assume this is a $hit$how. It’s an experienced and fairly well informed assumption.
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18 Jul 2026 12:37:44
Great player but don't think Atalanta will sell for less than £5m tbh. With the scale of the rebuild required would rather we got Saracchi in and used the extra money on a quality starter in midfield or attack.
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18 Jul 2026 14:04:38
The only flaw here is MON made it clear he wanted Sarrachi.
The board failed him.
Be interesting to hear his take on how he thinks the transfer window is going.
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18 Jul 2026 13:42:55
Where’s Mikey when you need him. He could tell us all about him!
Ed has mikey taken a bit time off the site?
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{Ed007's Note - Mikey still reads the site but with his work and two toddlers running about he doesn't have much free time.}
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18 Jul 2026 14:38:41
true mate that's were the issues are laying haveing no faith in them. if they want 5 mate we should be paying it none of this use extra cash here and there.
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18 Jul 2026 15:26:16
So we had a chance of bringing back Saracchi for a reported £1.5m and who's wages wouldn't be an issue to instead we are reportedly going after a player who will cost around £5m and is on £45k a week.
He also missed 7mths of the end of last season with a knee injury.
Aye, I don't see it happening. Maybe if our so called CEO wasn't terrified of talking to agents, we would get on a bit better.
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18 Jul 2026 16:26:22
jon bhoy what's the fee got to do with it i thought people were want us to spend big and stop with the 1 million signings. and his injury was the start of last season he came back in january mate so he recoverd from the injury 6 months ago.
also seasons only run for 9 months so ye cannot miss 7 months of the end of the season ats basically missing the whole season
dnt let the truth get in the way of a bit of negativety bakker is a brilliant signing mate. and so is sarrachi so i'm happy with either one.
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18 Jul 2026 21:17:04
United, my point is that if we all think the board are as bad as they have been made out with penny pinching, there is NO WAY that we will buy a player who is on £45k a week and will cost over £5m when we could get Saracchi for £1.5m and probably on less than £20k a week.
Also when I see the MSM saying Celtic are "Looking at" "Preparing" "Thinking about" "Keen on" or any other crap, you can pretty much guarantee it's total bollocks and never going to happen.
This guy may be a great player but has a history of various injuries over the last 5 seasons and averages less than 25 games a season.
I just don't see our "penny pinching" board spending that on this player.
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18 Jul 2026 21:48:41
Jon bhoy he doesn’t iv researched him that injury was his first major injury in his whole career hese had a few knocks before out for a few days and weeks about 4 other times nothing major. Once he was at lile he played 35 that season 8 in Europe and he played regularly for Bayer Leverkusen and got okay game time at PSG. Only club hese not really played was Atalanta mate.
And as I says he seems a higher cabire of player so why go for the cheaper option in surrachi maybe there looking to actually get players that will perform in Europe. I love Sarrachi mate I’m happy with either one but can see a lot a positives in the Bakker move and can see why they would go for him instead.
17 Jul 2026 21:50:03
Lost out on saratchi as well just gets better and better.
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18 Jul 2026 03:28:58
We have plenty 17 year old.
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18 Jul 2026 09:31:40
Chill. We're swooping for a dude from Sligo Rovers in that position who is ripping it up in the LOI.
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18 Jul 2026 11:59:04
We’re going for Bakker in that position who is a great player won the Europa league as well played for top teams.
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18 Jul 2026 15:27:59
United
He is on £45k a week and missed 7mths with a knee injury last season. It's NEVER going to happen.
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18 Jul 2026 16:42:54
Yeah he was instrumental in the Europa league win for atalanta in his 1 appearance in the knockout stage. he's a decent player but he's far from great.
17 Jul 2026 16:14:11
Apparently Iheanacho has agreed a deal with Bursaspor in Turkey. Can't really blame him as it's apparently a 3 year deal and he was only getting another year out of us.
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17 Jul 2026 16:26:28
Official now. Thankfully we've got everything under control and its easier to deal with out of contract players.
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17 Jul 2026 17:39:58
Wonder how MON feels now with him saying he wants and is confident Ineacheo be in soon, i think Edd is right sumit is brewing behind the scenes, they shouldn't be treating MON like that unless he knows everything that's going on.
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17 Jul 2026 18:15:50
It’s the secrets that are killing everyone. Nothing has and will ever change with that load of idiots in charge.
How can we possibly be 3 weeks away from our first game and signed 1 new player. It’s unbelievable really.
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17 Jul 2026 18:57:55
He had an offer,
Didn’t merit a longer offer from us,
And has chosen a different option, prob correct one for him, the narrative is valid but not sure in this particular case it is,
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17 Jul 2026 19:16:41
We're off the tail end of a record revenue, Have about £70m sat in the bank, set to bring in tens of millions through player sales, season tickets fully sold out again, the potential to bag a further £40m with CL qualification (no laughing at the back) and we can't even secure a deal for a player that had a years option on his contract. If we thought the 90's was bad then what is even this? I personally wasn't thrilled with the signing to begin with, he did a job albeit with the fitness levels comparable to myself. Wasn't keen on keeping him on either due to said fitness levels and would rather someone that can give us the full 90mins when called upon.
But this is absolutely pathetic from Mickey. When you think the guy can't do any worse he takes it up another level. MoN wanted Iheanacho and the board have failed him. Mickey is totally out of his depth and needs dismissed immediately. Again you can't blame Iheanacho, they let his contract run out, left it way too long to trigger that one year, he probably didn't feel wanted. Although he's not short of a few quid he wouldn't want to be sat around earning f. a when he can get paid elsewhere. Has to be said, swiftly done by Bursaspor. Our board should take note on getting deals over the line when the wages on offer are less than other interested parties!
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17 Jul 2026 19:29:11
It’s embarassing mate.
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17 Jul 2026 20:02:04
Kenlike,
What secrets? Nobody is due anybody anything!
Deals will get done or not, you don’t need to know before anybody else 🤦🏻♂️.
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17 Jul 2026 20:04:18
DontLookBackInAnge
There’s far more than £70mil in the bank 😜.
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17 Jul 2026 20:35:07
seems the boy who plays in Italy being spoke about Bakker. hardly kicked a ball a bit injury prone. seems tailor made for us bit like the one we signed from Ajax when Lennon was in charge I think.
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17 Jul 2026 21:20:22
John, the secrets I am talking about go far deeper than transfers. The lack of transparency, the lack of action, ambition, communication. The list goes on. Time and time again we are left hanging with what’s going on at the club. Something is a miss.
It’s truly shocking to me and many other fans.
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17 Jul 2026 22:44:31
there could be 500m in the bank it makes no difference, it can't just be spent on players due to sustainability rules.
money should have been spent over the years on the squad, training ground and stadium.
too happy being just ahead of nearest challenge on the home front and anything else is a bonus.
no serious money will be spent until huge sales made.
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18 Jul 2026 09:36:21
To think there has been debate for years with Celtic competing in the premierleague. "If we had their money we would win the league in 5 years" not with these risk adverse clowns in charge 😂.
17 Jul 2026 10:27:41
Fresh speculation about calmac this morning at this point if calmac goes MN will have to pull at rabbit out of his arse to make this a successful preseason/ window. The old question from last season will come back will we accept a season of failure to get this mob out?
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17 Jul 2026 11:53:35
I can’t see him leaving but if he stays I’d like to see him play less and someone else take on the captain role.
Not sure how that would work tho.
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17 Jul 2026 12:57:50
Agree KenLikeEh. I just hope this season is the end of Calmac in that deeper role amd we get a proper CDM in there. Calmac would be more suited linking midfield to attack but then that's the role you would expect Ox to play as well as hopefully a new marquee signing as a starter there.
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17 Jul 2026 14:01:21
We might get Nicholson, McKay or Wilson out but Desmond ain't going anywhere.
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17 Jul 2026 14:51:36
Calmac has said Celtic need to match his ambitions, so if he stays expect plenty of top name signings or mb just fact he's on circa of £30k pw and no1 wants him, ano what my money is on.
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{Ed007's Note - Ange wants CalMac at Al-Nassr.}
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17 Jul 2026 16:16:50
The board will be doing a circle jerk with that news.
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17 Jul 2026 16:38:34
Forgot he was there, might b a good window after all🤦♂️.
{Ed007's Note - That's actually pretty common mate, clubs speak to agents to see if the player is interested, get an idea of the fee/money etc before getting in touch with the Club. As long as we don't talk to the player directly - unless we have his club's permission - we can negotiate personal terms with his agent and it's all legal.