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Bernabei and the Magic Window

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What a great start to the weekend, seeing photos of Argentinian left back Alexandro Bernabei (21) in Glasgow.  The player has made 60 starts in Argentine football.  He made an additional 20 in the Copa Sudamericana (equivalent of the Europa League), a tournament where his current club Lanus appear to give youth their chance.

That’s 80 games in total, 16 more than Virgil van Dijk played before arriving here at the same age.  You and I have long discussed the Magic Window, when a player has produced enough evidence for Celtic to have heard of him, do a proper scouting job and make their move, but before he piques the interest of more monied suitors.

If Alexandro is indeed a player, 80 games in Europe would almost certainly be too many for Celtic to be a potential destination.  The South American Magic Window may be slightly wider.

If you are a scout, how many performances would you want to see before you put your name to a multi-million-pound purchase and contract?  Albian Ajeti scored in five of his first six league games for Celtic, surely enough for you to endorse him as a nailed-on target at any level?

The risks involved in transfer work is significant.  Results vary widely, even from the very best practitioners.  This is doubly so when no one at the acquiring club has worked with the player before, more so if they have never worked in the country/continent.

What happens at the club after a transfer is also important; players need an environment that permits them to grow and succeed, so I don’t think outcomes are entirely random.  Alexandro succeeding in Glasgow will have a lot to do with how well his induction into life in Scotland goes.

I double checked that bizarre Ajeti stat, it’s true.

 

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  1. jackiemac on

    thanks gftb – wondered about it – as I far as I know Ange doesn’t do much coaching

  4. GFTB on

    Petec 4.13pm

     

     

    :-)

     

     

    Canny beat a bit of Saltcoats finest U.S.…

     

     

    well obviously after the buzzbomb … Saltcoats best

  8. GFTB on

    Petec 4.43pm

     

     

    Kyogo has been infectious

     

    Giamakous has been clinical

     

    Abada amazing

     

    Jota entertaining

     

    Joe Hart = shut outs

     

    Hatate = February goals against the Huns won us the league (imo)

     

     

    But Dazien is probably been my favourite the Bhoy just works his socks off and never stops …

     

     

    Not taking Captain fantastic & the other bhoys who were already there

     

     

    Greg Taylor CSC

  11. vinniethedog on

    Thought McCartney put on an excellent show…band were top notch….junior’s farm ..terrific wee nod to Michael Eves….. sure he croaked now and again……but mostly got it right….2 and half hours of top tunes …

  13. Philbhoy on

    TONTINE TIM

     

     

    Best wishes to you and your good lady!

     

     

    Hope you are having a great day!

  18. GFTB on

    PeteC 5.14pm

     

     

    The clip you put in earlier of Callum getting interviewed with Ange on last day of the season … don’t let the Huns know .. the Bhoy asking the questions JL used to work in the same HMRC office as me :… it will fuel the Huns conspiracy

     

     

    As for Reo Hatate … I love it when the Celtic DJ played Duran Durans … “RIO” … brilliant 🍀

  19. An Tearmann on

    Tontine and Mrs tontine congratulations and best wishes on your ‘1st’ anniversary(55th:-)) all the best to you both

     

     

    HH

  20. Celtic Mac on

    vinniethedog

     

     

    Was a wee bit sceptical about about Paul McCartney before the show started but like yourself and others thought the overall performance was nothing short of fabulous, (fab in old money) with a fantastic band supporting him all the way through. Thirty eight songs in total, over two and a half hours, ending at one in the morning, only Glastonbury could deliver that. A very special place for those of us who have attended over the years. Gotta feeling, (song in there somewhere) that his critics on here simply do not appreciate what Paul brought to a mid-summers evening in Somerset last night.

  22. GFTB on

    Bada … if lurking

     

     

    What’s your golf thoughts on Theegala ?

     

     

    Sitting at 14/1 with first two getting eachway

     

     

    Again … just chasing the price with no knowledge and cash in the account :-) …

     

     

    although probably not for long

  23. Tom McLaughlin on

    CELTIC MAC

     

    Gotta feeling, (song in there somewhere) that his critics on here simply do not appreciate what Paul brought to a mid-summers evening in Somerset last night.

     

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

     

    Did you work that out all by yourself or wot?

  25. Celtic Mac on

    I’m guessing going to see the Who twenty six times is not such a good idea…..

  26. Scaniel on

    Tom at 4:04

     

    Just back in from doing the donx and reading back….. you certainly dodged a cruise missile there, never mind a bullet.

  27. bigrailroadblues on

    BelmontBrian 7.18. A fabulous guitarist. Rod was his vocalist for a couple of classic albums in the 60s.

  29. !!Bada Bing!! on

    The Celtic blog,where you cannot have a different opinion…….nice (The Fast Show)….

  30. CamusBhoy on

    Never was a fan of the Beatles, not into boy bands with catchy tunes

     

     

    Lights the fuse and runs 😀

  31. timhorton on

    Lexi Thompson is a very hard watch on the greens,a pity because she is a very good golfer.

  32. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Eintracht Frankfurt

     

    Sevilla

     

    Inter

     

    Celtic

     

     

    That would do me just fine

  33. Tom McLaughlin on

    I would like Celtic to face Tottenham Hotspur in the CL group.

     

     

    Really fancy a trip to their new stadium after watching them regularly at White Hart Lane over a couple of seasons in the late 70s.

     

     

    We’d beat them too.

  34. petec on

    Callum cannae be as Guid as Xavi, naeone could.

     

     

    Callum has a proper Break now. it will be interesting to see where Callum is positioned.

     

     

     

    We Will get Bigger & Better.

  38. petec on

    Celtic Mac on 26th June 2022 7:22 pm

     

     

    I’m guessing going to see the Who twenty six times is not such a good idea………………………..

     

     

    How not?

     

     

    Love isnae conditional.

     

    lazy tubing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VTxbC8pwKE

     

    You were Lucky to See the Greatest Team.

     

     

    I lost another Pool session against my Son.

     

     

    Anger is an Energy.

  40. petec on

    B2B,

     

     

    Celtic have never had anything easy. Eintracht would be the Easy Davie Hay.

     

     

    1 time

     

     

    2 time

     

     

    Lunchtime.

     

     

    Celtic

     

     

    Davie Hay I wished I’d witnessed as a player.

     

     

    Not enough Tubes about This Celtic Great

  41. GFTB on

    Tom 8.52pm

     

     

    I think Liverpool are spreads in our group

     

     

    Eintract wouldn’t be a bad choice … I think Ange will be happy with whoever we get

     

     

    Real Madrid would be no bad

     

     

    As a wee daft 10yr old it was good seeing Juanito & Laurie Cunninghame … little did I know back then Del Bosqie played for Madrid

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