07 Aug 2013 23:20:37
Italian broadcaster reporting we are in for Capuano from Pescara, another young centre back. Don't know much about him, anyone seen him play or heard about this?
CBP
1.) 07 Aug 2013
Werent pescara relegated without a fight last year? if we are interested surely its one for the future as we need ready made experienced replacements to challenge for a starting 11 spot
2.) 07 Aug 2013
Mentioned him on here about 2 months ago. Would be a great signing!
LM67
3.) 07 Aug 2013
21 year old centre half 18 Caps for Italy under 21s left sided, can see some truth in this one looks decent on YouTube
4.) 08 Aug 2013
I said in a post last week that I would never look past Italians when looking for central defenders-they have made defending an art form! Paul
5.) 08 Aug 2013
I'd say we need experience at this stage and someone who can play. No more crap signings by Lennon.
Iain
6.) 08 Aug 2013
I agree with Iain, we do need a centre half who has European or International experience. However we've lost Rogne and Gershon and soon to lose Wilson and so far only Virgil and Mouyokolo have been brought in. Before the window opened I would have hoped we were signing an experienced CB before anybody left. If we get Capuano plus an older head in it'll be good business.
Pescara were the worst side in Serie A last term but they do have a very young side. If this guy is a CB playing quite regularly for Italy U21 then like Van Dijk, he's coming in with more 'pedigree' than most of our recent younger signings.
Develop Capuano and Van Dijk together in the league and I think we've got a central defensive partnership that can go a long way. For our European campaign though, get someone else in, plus we've got Mulgrew and Ambrose, if we need him (apart from his pace acting as a sort of sweeper I don't see any benefits of having him in the side, he's a mistake waiting to happen).
7.) 08 Aug 2013
The article I read is saying we are after him IF we reach the group stages, we need players in regardless. In the space of a couple of months Celtic have went from looking like potentially the best team we had had in a long time to looking very ordinary! That's what happens though when you sell your best players and try and replace them on the cheap. We can't always just sign rough diamond types, we are entitled to the finished article as well surely, or close to it, especially if they are still youngish with a resale value. In more than 30 years I've never know us to make a real statement of intent, but it's getting to the point where I can't take much more! You can fool some off the people some off the time, but you can't fool all of the people all off the time! I do use the word, people, very loosely! Paul
8.) 08 Aug 2013
Iain, are you for real?
crap signings by lennon? ok he's had a couple of dodgy ones but look at
mulgrew
commons
hooper
wanyama
wilson
ledley
matthews
forster
stokes
boerrigter
9.) 08 Aug 2013
This would be a very surprising move. He's well respected in Italy with both Bologna and Napoli have been showing interest in him.
10.) 08 Aug 2013
Date of birth: 14.10.1991
Place of birth: Pescara
Age: 21
Height: 1, 85
Nationality: Italy
Position: Defence - Centre Back
Foot: left
Market value: 1.600.000 £
1.800.000 €
Player's agent: Yuggin Management SRL
Main position: Centre Back
Secondary position: Left-Back
At the club since: 01.07.2010 - 3 years, 1 month and 7 days
Contract until: 30.06.2016
Last international game: 11.06.2013 for Italy U21 under Devis Mangia against Norway U21
Matches Goals
Italy U21 18 0
12/13 08.03.2013 06.04.2013 Unknown Injury
12/13 08.02.2013 15.02.2013 Calf Problems
11/12 23.03.2012 25.03.2012 intestial virus
indirect card suspension 12/13 Serie A 18.11.2012 26.11.2012
11.) 08 Aug 2013
Paul, I agree with you to an extent the team is looking very ordinary just now but it's a fine line we have to walk financially. We are an exceptionally well run club, financially healthy and you only have to look at Rangers (RIP), Hearts and Dunfermiline to see what can happen if you splash the cash wrecklessly. It's not simple Maths with income and expenditure and there are agents fees, VAT, sell on clauses, signing on fees and bonuses that fans don't see to consider. That said the side does need strengthening by at least a Left Back (Izzy in shocking form), powerful Midfielder and goal scoring striker.
Also think the comments about statement of intent are unfair, what about Thom, Sutton, Hartson, VoH, hell even Rafael were all big expenditures. When I think of statements of intent I think of the folly of TA Flo signed to inflate the ego and leading to extinction.
CBP
12.) 08 Aug 2013
08 Aug 2013 15:36:18
guys need a center back and a left back.player we've been after to wear the famous number 7 is shane long its been on going since may making progress but a bit to go .
13.) 08 Aug 2013
Too much talk of money, some people speaking like its their own personal finances, its football your not supposed to make a profit just have a better team
14.) 08 Aug 2013
I'd play lustig at centre half, Mathews back at right back, lustig can play in there
Ska Bhoy
15.) 08 Aug 2013
Shane Long? The guy who had 8 goals from August to November last season then only managed another 3 between December and May? Not good enough. Thanks, but no thanks!
16.) 08 Aug 2013
Lassad
Brozek
Miku
Ljungberg
Kapo
El kaddouri
Bangura
Ambrose
Juarez
All lennon signings- his success rate is 50/50. This CANNOT be argued.
Jamie mac
17.) 08 Aug 2013
To the guy slagging of Shane long- how many did Sutton or Larsson score the season before we signed them?
Never as good but he had an injury which let lukaku in and the form he was in last season means there's little shame on long for not starting/scoring as many as he'd have liked.
Jamie mac
18.) 08 Aug 2013
Bhoys and Ghirls, the moment you've all been waiting for: The new Celtic number 7 will be. Shane Long!
Not a bad player, but come on now. If you choose to associate a squad number with a player being of outstanding quality then pick someone better than Shane long. You're not the same person who suggested St.Ledger by any chance are you?
19.) 08 Aug 2013
No it wasnt me st ledger maybe 5 years ago we've got to be realistic long is a good player who has pace and can finish champions leauge football winning trophys playing to 60 000 better than west brom money always the issue but you need to pay it if we sign him now he gets us in to the group stages we get 15 million and the club profile is kept up
20.) 08 Aug 2013
Jamie mac.
Surely you have the sense to realize that the money spent and these players is minimal (excluding the final two). Kapo was there 3 months; I don't see us mentioning O'Neill's duff signings. Look at Fergie, djemba-djemba, Forlan, Tiabi, Veron, Anderson to name 5.
Lennon has definitely been successful in the transfer market. I personally think they must believe Ambrose will come good; they wouldn't keep persisting. It took Wilson a whole season to stop looking like a car-crash. His success rate is significantly better than 50-50.
21.) 09 Aug 2013
Even if it was 50 50 that's still a good success rate and plus its not exactly Lennon picking them all
Cha67
22.) 09 Aug 2013
Good signings to bad he is very very near even success/fail ratio.
The good signings he has made have and will make the club good money, so yes I have to agree he has done very well there and also, his poor signings bangura(2m) and Juarez(circa3.5m) have and continue to cost money, other then that the rest gave done nothing but take too.
Not particularly bothered about the finances of playing squad but I thought that must have been the successes you were referring too as I don't believe you can argue he's made many howlers on playing merits, surely not?
He has got better and I think he improve more still in that respect, here it comes, but he's got a point to prove to live up to the "makes great signings" tag attributed.
In van dijk and boerrigter I believe he's signed soundly so that's encouraging for the ones to come!
Jamie mac
23.) 09 Aug 2013
While were on the the subject always botherd me with du wie and mizuno even naka[ who was class] had to play in certain games because we were trying to tap into the far east market. fuly back looking at making more money for the club but don't like the idea that some1 tells the manager who plays who doesn't
[bobo balde][ best cb at the club when we were leaking goal] manager should always pick the team that's his job, we all know lennon would have took the job under any conditions but what a job he has done in the conditions board must back the manager and club the way the fans do GREEN GIANT