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29 Aug 2024 07:43:55
Morning Ed, hope your well. I know we were interested in the winger from lazio which looks to be dead now, but in your opinion would you take Ben doak back? Would that be a possibility? Also I get you get fed up being asked about potential signings, but what business do you expect done between now and tomorrow night mate? Cheers Ed.
{Ed007's Note - As far as I know the Engels deal is done and apparently the hold up has been money the player is due from Augsburg, they wanted Celtic to pay that in exchange for a lesser sell on percentage.
The Auston Tufty deal has also been completed or is just being finalised. Apart from those two I expect another midfielder (McCowan/Alvyn Sanches?) and a winger on loan.
I still wouldn't be surprised to see another striker brought in once Rodgers sees who's available as the window gets ready to "slam shut".
Celtic and Leicester have both spoken to Liverpool about taking Doak on loan but it would a no from me, apart from him buggering off he isn't going to improve our squad and I'd hope we are looking at a higher level of player than him.}
1.) 29 Aug 2024 12:24:17
It’ll be McCowan, but with all due respect he is not a Celtic game changer ?.
2.) 29 Aug 2024 12:48:54
Cheers Ed, appreciate the info ??.
{Ed007's Note - ????
3.) 29 Aug 2024 13:49:59
I wouldn't be adverse to Engles ? and mccowan who for me could definitely do a job and would only get better. we definitely need a cb so fingers crossed eds right and we can get them over the line. and we can all get back to normal especially ed.
4.) 29 Aug 2024 15:08:38
Engels deal done apparently ???.
5.) 29 Aug 2024 15:14:52
Are we going to get a triple or quadruple reveal tomorrow then?
25 Aug 2024 20:33:19
Alex valle. any truth I this Ed?
{Ed007's Note - Looks like there is Garry.}
1.) 26 Aug 2024 08:18:01
Is the bhoy any good?
2.) 26 Aug 2024 08:32:55
Ed, any rumours about Palma. Saw report regarding social media post he put out, suggesting he feels he is being left on fringes of first team.
Might be the usual misreading of a comment but this is a guy I think has a lot to offer the team, maybe from more of a midfield role as opposed to winger.
{Ed007's Note - If Celtic get an acceptable offer for Palma they won't stand in his way, I think his agent might well be looking for a loan back to South America.}
3.) 26 Aug 2024 16:20:59
Cheers Ed, thought he might have succeeded but clear BR has his own type of players in mind, which looks promising if we get Engels.
{Ed007's Note - ??
31 Aug 2023 11:41:32
Palma signed, Nat philips coming in, same with Bernardo. would seem there's a possibility for another two before the window closes. if we can get another two in, which positions would you guys like to see brought in? HH ??.
{Ed007's Note - I'd like a GK and a striker but I think that's just wishful thinking lol.}
1.) 31 Aug 2023 12:05:58
A real quality left back is required . I like Taylor but most teams know he is our weaklink .
2.) 31 Aug 2023 12:31:00
A striker in the John Hartson mould and a battling midfielder like Devlin of Hertz (only better) . J.
{Ed007's Note - Like a Sydney van Hooijdonk?}
3.) 31 Aug 2023 12:55:45
Any news on Podence, Ed? The links have certainly died down but don't seem to be going away completely.
{Ed007's Note - I think we've been priced out of any move for Podence but as the clock ticks down clubs and players do lower their expectations to get moves over the line. I wouldn't hold my breath, Kev.}
4.) 31 Aug 2023 13:11:48
For a goalkeeper why don't we offer Sevco £3m for Butland
It would help us and give a financially strapped club some much needed cash lol.
5.) 31 Aug 2023 13:13:36
Think striker could be down the pecking order with oh back and maeda could be used there. lb with a bit of height and a keeper for me as benji could be away.
6.) 31 Aug 2023 14:43:37
I wouldn’t mind us signing SVHD. Seems like a good first time finisher. If he is out of favour, we could offer a loan with an option to buy. Hedge any investment.
7.) 31 Aug 2023 14:56:45
A LB is an absolute MUST!
An out and out goal machine too.
8.) 31 Aug 2023 14:15:10
I’d like a striker tall with a bit of physicality about him, and a no nonsense DM…… not had a player do the real dirty side since brown left……. and being greedy I’d have liked another keeper brought in to really push hart out his comfort zone…… does the Sydney van hooijdonk rumour have any legs ED?
{Ed007's Note - I've been trying to find out mate but I couldn't say for definite either way, sorry.}
9.) 31 Aug 2023 15:16:19
A left back and a goalkeeper.
06 Jul 2022 07:42:18
Morning ED, what's your gut feeling on the Vinicius Souza situation? Do we have a real realistic chance of getting this lad in, or are we going to have to look elsewhere? Cheers mate.
{Ed007's Note - It was always going to be a big ask to get Vinicius Souza in at Celtic but until either party walks away there's always a possibility of it happening but I wouldn't be holding my breath on it.
PSV want to buy him along with Ajax & Club Brugge, Fenerbahce are struggling to finance the deal and on top of that any move to the UK would require the complex problem of Souza's third party ownership would need to be resolved.}
1.) 06 Jul 2022 14:11:56
I think it's time to move on, I'm sure Ange has plenty of other targets of the same ability. Just look at what happened when McGree turned us down, we brought young O'Riley in who is a very good player.
16 Aug 2019 21:24:09
See a report tonight from big Sutton suggesting the LB from rosenborg is nearly done. here's hoping.
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08 Aug 2024 07:42:40
Is it going to take selling oriely for £25million + before we actually buy anyone? And if oriely does go for the reported £25million +, how much of that money do yous think will be reinvested in the players we so badly need?
1.) 08 Aug 2024 09:07:35
I think Idah will come in for 6-7 million plus add-ons but there is no real info going about regarding anyone beyond him coming in and if MOR does go, we still need a replacement for him, 2 strikers, a CB a LB, that's a fair bit of business in a couple of weeks to get right and it needs to be right.
04 Aug 2024 08:06:11
Delighted the start of our season is upon us, pre season we look great, but I cannot help feel a bit confused with how our recruitment has gone so far this window. I think most would agree we need strengthening in the following areas LB, CB, DM, ST. and possibly out wide aswell. Brendan has stated he'd ideally like 3 strikers, 2 with one as a kind project being the 3rd. we sell Oh for good money yet we kick off today with 1 recognised striker? Why on earth would we sell Oh regardless of folks opinions of him and leave ourselves short? We all know kyogo has an issue with his shoulder, he gets injured we've not 1 out and out recognised striker on our books. at a club our size with the funds we have, how is that situation allowed to happen? I've absolutely no idea how our club go about their day to day business in terms of recruitment, but however they do it they best get the finger out quick style and get these areas addressed. to go into these European ties again without addressing these issues doesn't bare thinking about. seems to me when we try sign a player it's a focus on 1 player at a time mentality.
03 Feb 2024 10:54:41
After what the majority of fans would say was another anti climax of yet another transfer window, I'm left sitting thinking on what goes through the minds of our board and the actual level of ambition of them. I fully understand the need to trim a vastly bloated squad, far too much kicking around contributing nothing to the cause, I fully accept this, that being said I'm left thinking that for me we've men at boardroom level that run an astute business, the club financially have likely never to have been in a better financial footing, but my question is would it kill the club to have a couple of proper football minded men in and around the board in some capacity, wether it be a DOF or otherwise? Some one or persons that have actually played the game and know a bit about having a product on the park. Big named European clubs the likes of Munich, Arsenal, Ajax etc have ex players, some legends of their clubs employed by the club. I fail to see the downside of having guys in and around the club, guys that can in some way look past just having fantastic figures in a book and look towards the product on the park. just a thought.
1.) 03 Feb 2024 11:34:08
Yeah at 1st a thot mb a Gordon Strachan type but mb now ad go for sum1 in the Paul Lambert mould, knows the club, european scene with Dortmond and not a yes man.
2.) 03 Feb 2024 11:51:49
Troy colour, Paul lambert could be an excellent shout, I'm not claiming to know the perfect candidate, all I'm suggesting is we get one or two in that are ex professionals, know the club and what it's about, can relate to the fans and ultimately help in some way in contributing to the product on the park. to me it seems like a logical step. something needs to change.
17 Dec 2023 17:45:42
Does anyone remember the football served up under ange the last 6/ 7/ 8 games of kast season? It was chronic. Now I'm not on here to have a pop at ange, I'm simply pointing out that these players who were successful under ange had dire performances in them aswell, it's just easy to forget it 6 months down the line. the most telling thing for me is Rodgers from almost day one said we need quality and experience, his words and he's used them numerous times since August, but yesterday our club captain came out and said the exact same thing. Anyone who thought our summers business is anything short of a shambles is severely deluded, and anyone that thinks that bringing in almost a colt squad of players was great business, and that's what it amounts to, a colt squad of players and that it was Rodgers doing are also deluded. I'm not saying Rodgers is perfect, but anyone looking at him first before the players and especially the board are kidding themselves on. We've witnessed really good performances from this team under Rodgers this season, granted its nowhere near consistent enough but they've shown in certain games they can perform so for me first and foremost the players need to take responsibility aswell as the manager, but IMO the main source of anger, frustration goes to the board. We bring back Rodgers and pay him an absolute fortune, and by the way, Rodgers didn't need the grief of this job, I believe he'd still enough credit in the bank to eventually get another job in the EPL, but our board brought him back on a salary the likes of mo manager in scottish football history has seen and what do we give him? A colt team worth of signings. We lose jota and it takes near on 2 months to replace him with Palma, and with the greatest respect to palma, he ain't no jota. We lose starfelt and bring in 2 CBs to the tune of £8 million, yes both get injured but now fit if reports are to be believed lagerbielke can go and Nawrocki nowhere in sight. tells me straight away they weren't Rodgers signings. KWON, TILIO, HOLM, etc etc, all nowhere near good enough for the first team, not even the bench. When we've injuries, we've no proper backup, we've a GK that's no competition so will never be dropped even though he should be, when or if the likes of CCV, Hatate, Ababa, Maeda, Kyogo, Mcgregor etc get injured who can replace these guys and be worthy of doing so? But all that being said, as long as the books show we've over £100 million sitting in the bank then all good in the boards eyes.
1.) 17 Dec 2023 19:39:10
Can remember they said they were looking at redeveloping Barrowfield with the money sitting in the bank. Also the Museum and Hotel if I can remember correctly. But, first and foremost it's a football team that takes priority - it's what gets shown on the grass helps to pay for the others.
2.) 17 Dec 2023 23:34:00
Stengo there is an argument that the club didn’t strengthen enough for Europe but surely we have the players to comprehensively beat Hearts at home .
Board shouldn’t haven’t too shoulder that responsibility.
3.) 18 Dec 2023 07:50:03
I doubt if we have the financial clout or play in a good enough league to be able to keep back up of the the quality CCV, Hatate, Maeda and M O’R happy with not play.
4.) 18 Dec 2023 10:23:54
Celtic calling, its the clubs duty to get the best possible players they can attract to the club. We've guys playing right now that 1 aren't good enough or 2 need taken out and rested, we haven't go anywhere near the quality to do so.
04 Jun 2023 09:10:58
My take on the Ange situation based on yesterday is that if officially offered the spurs job he'll be off. He didn't seem his usual upbeat self when interviewed, if you looked at desmond and lawwells faces on camera they looked dejected, and the biggest sign for me yesterday and I could be reading it completely wrong but was when jota went off, he embraced ange as if it would be the last time he saw him. I'll be absolutely gutted if ange goes, he's brought us a style of football I've not seen at the club since the Tommy burns era. Yes we've had many a successful manager in between that time but none that's produced the type of football we've watched the past two seasons. my biggest concern now is if he goes what happens next? Of course we move forward, but it's in what way? Who comes in? And instead of having a settled squad all knowing their role within it, we'll have a new manager wanting to implement his style, his system and how these players fit into that who knows. Then your hearing noises now of a possible £20/ 30 million bid from spurs for kyogo if ange indeed does go. Instead of having a strong manager, strong squad going into the champions league and a relatively settled summer with a few additions, it could become hectic on who goes, who comes in, and on top of that we've this Asia tour. I honestly hope spurs look elsewhere and ange stays ???.
1.) 04 Jun 2023 19:00:16
Garryc1977. You may well be right, although I wouldn’t draw much of a conclusion from a fleeting glance at Lawwells and Desmond’s face . If PL had one of his big broad smiles, that would also be talked about .
Facial expressions or a throwaway remark can often be interpreted in whatever way receiver wants.
{Ed007's Note - Over the last week so many Celtic fans have became experts in human behaviour and body language I expect MI6 to be that inundated with qualified applicants that Scotland could become a hotbed for FBI/CIA/Interpol recruitment!
If you look close enough I'd say one of them cut the cheese and didn't want to own up so there was that kind of stalemate we've all been in with the Mrs, do I take the derry for that and be proud or do I make out it's barking and she done it......
29 Aug 2024 12:48:54
Cheers Ed, appreciate the info ??.
{Ed007's Note - ????
23 Aug 2024 22:12:20
Always looked like oriely would go this summer, but gutted it's actually happening now. but when i think back to last summer, we sold jota for £25 million, starfelt for £4.5, then in january we sell abada for £8.5 million. now we're selling oriely for £25+million not to mention the fees for Oh, Haksabanovic, Lawal, etc etc etc. the money in transfers alone since brendan came back in just over a year is staggering, that's roughly £70+ million without counting champions league money, season ticket sales, new strips and merch and finally the up coming champions league packages at a reported £200 a whip. what we've brought in in that same period on the playing front doesn't come close enough to being good enough, not when our manager continually tells us we need quality and experience.
23 Aug 2024 07:13:37
Jonbhoy71, what faith do you have in this board that they can deliver a real good replacement for kyogo? We can't even bring in a LB to compete with taylor, were screaming out for another cb to play beside ccv, we're still waiting on this 3rd striking option rodgers himself says he wants brought in, so what makes anyone think replacing kyogo this late in the window would be straight forward Selling kyogo now would be madness.
22 Aug 2024 12:35:43
Wiltshire celt, there will be no excuse acceptable by the club for not getting more business done this window. they've a week to sort it out, we cannot keep selling our best assets banking the money and not investing it on the best possible talent we can attract to the club. the board cannot throw out the usual excuses this window and expect fans to buy it. it simply won't wash.
14 Jul 2024 08:56:41
If £6 million is the fee Norwich want, and its a player Rodgers clearly wants, then stop the messing around and go pay the fee. if we get the reported £4.5 million for Oh, coupled with the fee for Haksabanovic it surely covers the cost of buying Idah. its almost like the club are only ever capable of doing single deals one at a time these days. my big concern is outwith a GK, Bernardo and idah the silence is deafening on other fronts. even signing those 3 doesn't strengthen the squad on last seasons. Rodgers has had a full season basically working with what ange left him as what was signed last summer not 1 out of around a dozen signings are deemed good enough to start week in week out, surely Rodgers and the club have had ample time to source players for this window? And whilst all deals may not be straight forward, we always seem to be that club that struggles big time to get deals done, especially when it comes to the "quality and experienced" players Rodgers has continually spoke about.
24 Aug 2024 07:07:27
Totally agree mally. cast your mind back to last summer when we sold jota. took us months to replace him. what boils my blood isn't so much players moving on, if players want to leave not much we can do about that, its the fact we continually sell our best players for right good money and it takes an absolute eternity to replace them. most clubs that sell their best assets replace them first before they sell them. This board as great as they are at gathering millions in the bank, are god dam awful in how they go about their recruitment . rodgers is put out in front of the media yesterday, telling fans oriely is in the squad for sunday then hours later the board agree to sell oriely making rodgers look like a right twat.
24 Aug 2024 02:28:16
My question weejoe is why would it or should it take the sale of oriely to get us moving on the transfer front? We like to think of ourselves as this big club, well big clubs don't sell their best assets without knowing who will replace them or already have the replacements in place. the way our club conduct themselves in terms of bringing players in is farcical.
23 Aug 2024 12:24:42
We shouldn't need to sell oriely or and kyogo to go out and sign a LB, LCB, CM, ST or any other position we may need.
23 Aug 2024 08:01:22
It's great we're cutting the squad size, but rodgers continually speaks of wanting quality yet we're on the verge of selling our biggest asset with possibly kyogo following suit. how anyone can be sitting comfortable right now thinking this board will deliver what's required by end of august totally baffles me. we've seen nothing so far this window to suggest this could be the case.
22 Aug 2024 03:05:13
I get your point celticmad73, for me wether folk think he's worth it or not, if man city are serious about kyogo then we demand no less than £25 million. he's under a long contract, so if city want him and the club are willing to accept an offer then a fee starts there. you mention not a long time left in the window? well if the club don't feel they can replace the likes of oriely and kyogo its very simple, don't sell. what's the point in selling our best players when we can't replace them? what's the point n putting more multi millions in the bank just for it sit there so the books look even more impressive than they already do? And do we really want to be sitting waiting on another transfer window to come around hoping we can do more business? Weve done very little this window in terms of incomings in certain key areas as it is.