Celtic Transfer Rumours

26 Jun 2024 08:08:07
Dominik Livakovic to Celtic is false news and not happening according to a very reliable journalist who has contacts with the players PR team. A Turkish media outlet reported that we had an offer accepted and that he would move, but apparently it's a non starter.

For me I can't see this move happening either. We have the money to sign him, but I just don't think coming to play in Scotland is much of an appeal for a player in his prime looking to play at the top level. If we did manage to sign him though, it would be a great signing. Let's hope.

26 Jun 2024 08:54:08
Couldn’t have helped watching Scotland, if that was an indication of the quality of our league.

Noticed wee Strachan hoisting the white flag on behalf of the board no doubt, about, how we can't do this, can’t do that, don’t have the money, smaller teams do well but they get decimated by bigger clubs buying their players. But, they do well. They get better prices because they do well. I’ve never read such a pessimistic, sh itebag, what’s the point we are all going to die attitude. He talked of, you can spend but you have wages. No sh it, Sherlock.

This to me is the Lawell mindset and Strachan iniws there’s no effin way our board will step up. If Paddy Power had a bet that, even with all that money, we end up weaker this season, I would stick a score on it. We lose Matt and CCV there is no way we will replace them like for like. Buckle up for hard luck stories of failed attempts for top players and being taken the p iss out of yet again.

Run by ambitionless, dithering cowards and no matter how much I try to believe we will have a go, that fizzles out when I remember who we have to rely on.

26 Jun 2024 09:00:56
Thought it was too good to be true. but we need to get a keeper in soon pre season not too far away as is tour of America.

26 Jun 2024 10:27:34
I’m with you magicpole, it’s happened to us too often .
Even though Br said he wanted to change the structure of the transfer, it’s no surprise that hart was leaving so we should be well down the line with a keeper. We kept getting linked with Kellerher but for the price tag and wages we know that was a non starter. Stories going about saying we won’t sign Bernardo due to wages, we need to cut the squad by 7 . The squad id agree with but it’s never easy getting rid of players who are poor and wouldn’t get the same wages that we are giving them, not saying we pay massive wages but we are paying high wages for the standard of some of them and what they contribute. We probably all agree Mor is going to be sold, and he will negate the spend as we never seem to have a big net spend . Surely with what we have in the bank plus the champions league money we can afford to have an out lay of 30 million . If we can’t do it now we never will, I just don’t trust the board to spend . Hanging on for their bonuses again, and just do enough to keep the common folk quiet for a while.

26 Jun 2024 10:48:09
If he was available for the reported 7.5m as mentioned in the press then i would imagine half of europe would be in for him. Because the reported price for an international keeper of his calibre is so low makes me sceptical. I think we obviously hold an interest but i doubt very much we have had a bid accepted for 7.5m.
I personally haven't seen much of him other than the world cup but he must be decent to be croatia No1.

26 Jun 2024 11:15:20
We just need to wait until next week to see if it's true or not.
One report says we've had a bid accepted and we were all happy, one report from a guy on x says its not happening and everyone believes it.
The truth is, No one knows what's happening.

29 Jun 2024 08:00:54
He was just another name that until they are standing with a scarf, we shouldn’t believe. Not many will move from a better league for Lawell wages. And as long as that mentality persists, even going for these players is like Alex Rae turning up at Miss World and expecting to go home with the winner. Let’s face it. We don’t need to waste our time with the big leagues. Every team at the euros now are better technically than us. Georgia, Albania etc have players too. With a league as attractive as Rae, we need to look at places where we can spend £6-7m for their better players and they see us as a step to bigger leagues. Otherwise it will be an excercise in failure that will end with the usual, we tried. Well Alex would try to nip Miss World but it would never happen. Same for us with players already in better leagues. All the talk about signings already done? Did anybody actually believe that? Bless.

29 Jun 2024 08:18:39
What we do know is his PR team called it out as BS. Hart told them he was going. If a single board member takes a bonys because the bank balance is high, especially if they fail to improve us, they are despicable opportunists and theives. They have manufactured a system that pays dividends to those and such as those. The bottom line is still, we are run by ambitionless, cheapskate cowards. And my suggestion that even with all our money, these men will leave us actually weaker, is a better bet with them in charge. They are our greatest barrier to improving. Always have been, always will. I have zero confidence in them and not much in Rogers signing record either. Everybody, myself included, thought after the last two windows would step up. But at the back of our minds was the nagging doubt about our board. Those doubts are backed up by past experience. It’s hard to be optimistic when the dithering, cheapskate elephant in the room is still wearing a blazer, with an eye on a bonus. It’s a tragic state of affairs when our biggest threat isn’t Sevco, it’s our own board.

29 Jun 2024 21:37:07
It’s a good job the Celtic Board gave some of us nameless posters a fools errand as if the Board gave everyone equal treatment, I would expect some would have to explain themselves in a court of law . It maybe debated that our Board could spend more money on players, However although spending more money on players would be an important part of Board’s duty it isn’t their most important which is. earning money for investors
So Our Board may not be made up of the type of people magicpole writes about.

25 Jun 2024 16:39:00
Apparently the Celtic Park Tour has been voted one of the best tourist attractions not just in Scotland but worldwide
Well done the people who run these tours.

25 Jun 2024 19:51:33
That lot seen it and are now putting up fake reviews. Pathetic aren't they.

25 Jun 2024 20:15:46
Celtic FC have broken that Sevco Support.

25 Jun 2024 21:41:04
Couldn't get a sniff of a ticket last season for me and the kids but the stadium tour was a great consolation prize, took my father and the kids they loved it, would recommend to anyone that has never done the tour.

25 Jun 2024 22:33:04
Tour was great but must admit I was shocked at the size of the dressing rooms, then was told that’s why Celtic park couldn’t hold a European final bcoz dressing rooms too small. tour guides know there stuff and good company.

26 Jun 2024 10:29:54
Troy, like you I can’t believe they haven’t upgraded the changing rooms, they are embarrassing . I’ve changed in better ones in Saturday football I’ve played at.

25 Jun 2024 14:36:03
Offer accepted apparently for the Fererbahce keepee.

25 Jun 2024 15:11:06
I am a very happy Bhoy with that news, he is the guy I was hoping we would go for all along.

25 Jun 2024 15:28:53
Offer accepted from the Turkish media, hopefully not lies like normal, would be a good signing.

25 Jun 2024 15:57:53
What a signing if true ??.

25 Jun 2024 16:00:30
It would be good to get our Number 1 target and the Croatian keeper is who the majority of our fans want, to replace Big Joe.

I reckon it would be our best permanent signing in years.

25 Jun 2024 16:30:35
If he does sign hopefully he gets Aindoh’s approval.

25 Jun 2024 17:30:11
Aye but we’ve still to agree on wages that’s the tough bit it seems to get over the line… sane with Bernardo too.

25 Jun 2024 18:25:10
Big P, I'm sure we will already know what wages and kind of contract the boy will be after before we made a bid.
I'm sure ED mentioned a while ago that deal are usually done when clubs contact agents and ask IF we were to make a bid, would your player be interested and what would he be after.
No point in making a bid if the player isn't even interested in coming and he is looking for 4 or 5 times the salary that we would be offering.

{Ed007's Note - The story yesterday about Bernardo's wages was just the same story that was out a couple of weeks agio and that was rubbish. Celtic would have known exactly how much he was on at Benfica.
Does anyone really think Michael Nicholson brokered a season-long loan deal with a reported (at the time) £6million fee and didn't know what it it would take to at least match or better Bernardo's Benfica Salary?
Why would we even enter negotiations with Benfica over the fee if we knew his wages were going to be a problem, we would know how much he was wanting long before that stage.}

25 Jun 2024 18:46:22
That's what I was talking about ED, by the time a team bid for a player or agree a loan to buy. We would already know what type of deal the player would be on.

{Ed007's Note - ????

25 Jun 2024 19:03:53
The daily ranger at work.

{Ed007's Note - The scamps.}

25 Jun 2024 16:59:10
If he does sign, he will make a big difference to our European exploits, I wholeheartedly approve.

25 Jun 2024 19:25:43
Croatian journalist says no deal for goalkeeper. Turkish media are the worse for false stories.

29 Jun 2024 21:43:19
When will our fans understand that the SMSM, possibly has one true story about Celtic every year . The rest are either lies or damned lies.

25 Jun 2024 08:21:40
Being reported in the DR thst Frimpong release clause has now expired and Barcelona are interested in signing him for £60m

We hold a 30% sell on clause on any profit over £10m.

25 Jun 2024 08:50:46
Do you believe the nonsense the media report each day? I know we have a sell on clause but Barcelona haven't been able to buy a bean in 5 years. They are skint. The have same bank manager as Asbestos FC.

25 Jun 2024 09:22:17
Frimpong has been moving for 2 years.

25 Jun 2024 09:43:04
I did read a while back, that Leverkusen were offering Frimpong a new and improved contract, that would take away the €40M clause.

25 Jun 2024 12:41:40
I agree with smkmeakipper. Barcelona are very unlikely to be able to afford it. More nonsense from the media. I wouldn't be surprised to see him stay at leverkusen.

25 Jun 2024 13:00:00
Frimpong could leave for 600 million with us having a 80% sell on clause. It would make no difference to us the support. Money banked and a few projects bought.

29 Jun 2024 22:14:47
And remember the Board would be within their rights.

24 Jun 2024 21:49:51
Livakovic for £7.4m! I'll take that every day of the week. Cracking keeper, who's got a good few years left in the tank and has played a blinder against Italy.

25 Jun 2024 02:01:05
I think he would be a great signing.

25 Jun 2024 14:14:22
I don’t want to get my hopes up until it’s over the line but we would find it hard to get a better goalkeeper.

24 Jun 2024 13:20:21
See we're linked with the boy from motherwell theo bair if only a £1m or so I'd take a gamble on him.

24 Jun 2024 13:47:58
He's a bear alright no pun intended ? he's a unit and got a good few goals last season.

24 Jun 2024 14:36:36
Guys I know it's only paper talk and you take what you want from it, but apparently Aberdeen want around £7m for Miovski, I think boy is worth it so I would take a punt.

24 Jun 2024 15:09:19
Hes there biggest asset since Lewis Ferguson who went for about the £3:5m mark so they are entitled to ask for what they think his value is, personally a think in the £4/ 5m mark would do it.

24 Jun 2024 16:11:06
The price, as far as we, the supporters concerned is totally irrelevant. The Blair Bhoy is of no value at all, if we sign him for £1m and he doesn’t get near the ist team squad, a waste of a down payment £1m and a wage, and maybe keeping a young fellow away from training with ist team .
As far as Miovski is concerned. If we pay even £8 to £10 m and up to £20k in wages he is one of the buys of the century if he comes to us scores and assists in more than 25 goals per week season after season.
We should be highlighting players who will fit into our team and do a good job, the Boards responsibility is to make the supporters dream come through .
If we say a player is too expensive, surely we are letting Board off the hook . The shouldn’t be our role.

24 Jun 2024 17:50:18
Our support have not forgotten last season's shambolic summer window and I would hope our first signing sets down a quality marker that shows the intent and ambition of the club to progress and improve.
Anyone who comes in before then, that is no better than what we have will sow seeds of doubt about our Board's idea of what is required.

24 Jun 2024 19:30:01
Gambles and punts on these sorts of player is not what we should be doing this Summmer.

25 Jun 2024 02:05:38
SMSM link us to a player out of the blue, the next day the dark side get linked to the same player.
He signs for them and then all we hear is that they beat us to a major signing.
I wouldn't believe a thing that's printed/ posted in the media.

25 Jun 2024 14:40:10
Would people be happy if we sold oh and replaced him with miovski, and signed Idah . Front 3 options of that would be decent tbf.

23 Jun 2024 13:07:21
Afternoon All

Was having a general chat with a couple of my Celtic workmates who are STH.

When renewing there tickets, and then accessing there online Celtic accounts they said there was something different showing. along the lines of credit with Celtic store, merchandise etc.

1 of them phoned Celtic to find out what this was and he was told that "we are going to introducing a STH resale scheme". "There will be a trial in a certain section of the stadium to start with" and "STH will receive credit to purchase items within superstore, tickets, etc".

Apparently no exact date was given but my mate thought the lady he spoke to was hinting it was going to happen quite soon.

?.

23 Jun 2024 14:39:04
Not before time brian it was a crazy rule Not being able to fill empty seats.

23 Jun 2024 19:25:59
That's excellent news hopefully eveeyone backs it.

23 Jun 2024 21:08:49
Might eventually be able to take the kids to a game ?.

24 Jun 2024 16:19:15
I wonder what the argument is for our club not having a resale option. I think there must be a reason, maybe not a good reason, but at the same time some reason why our Board hasn’t adopted a season book resale previously. Anything that improves the attendance, particularly after full house notices has been issued . A few seasons ago a man sat down next to me, he said he was from Linwood, and he calls at TO just after KO and can buy a ticket .
Mustn’t be a widespread practice.

23 Jun 2024 00:41:22
HH it's Kev from Baws and Bovril chat.

Hearing that we've made an offer to re-sign Vic fhe Brick. Two year deal, Celtic have the option of a one-year extension. Nominal fee as his contract with Montreal is up in January 2025. Will join up with the squad in the US when we head over for pre-season.

Anyone else heard this?

Always thought we needed a Wanyama replacement since he left. May as well just sign Wanyama.

Good signing if it happens IMO. Bossed it for us and we need a beast like him in the midfield for Europe.

23 Jun 2024 11:20:54
Apparently we're resigning John Collins and Paul Lambert to play alongside him Kev.

23 Jun 2024 11:45:41
It's a bit of an indictment on our transfer strategy when we yearn for several players that left, to come back. I have no idea what level Wanyama is at these days but that's certainly a type of player I'd like us to sign.

23 Jun 2024 15:40:23
That would be a shocking signing.

24 Jun 2024 16:20:30
Big Victor is 33 on Tuesday the 25th June.

22 Jun 2024 14:03:27
I want us to go get David De Gea. Think it could be another sort Joe Hart deal. A good solid 2/ 3 years of service. Also helps the club I feel with the so called big name player.

23 Jun 2024 08:32:59
I'd like us to go for the Georgia keeper. No idea who he is but he looks a bit mad.

23 Jun 2024 11:43:19
Would cost around 25milllion henrik so think we can rule that one out.

23 Jun 2024 13:49:55
One thing I like in my goalkeeper, is ability to make simple saves . David De Gea hasn’t learned that and I don’t want him coming to Celtic at his current age without having mastered that.

22 Jun 2024 13:23:20
The latest Gk to be linked is 25year old Mark Travers from Bournmouth. Has played 77 games for them incl 19 in the PL.
Has acted mainly as bournmouths backup keeper last season.
Has also been capped a few times for ireland.
Hes a pretty decent keeper but with bournmouth reportedly wanting 10m i can't see this move happening.