Trending
Celtic News Now
Celtic Quick News on News Now
Celtic Quick News
You are at:»»Bernabei and the Magic Window

Bernabei and the Magic Window

302
By on CQN BLOG & Comments

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.

 

Click Here for Comments >
Share.

About Author

302 Comments
  1. Pages:
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8

  1. GFTB on

    St Tams

     

     

    14/1 each way … paid for the first two

     

     

    Guess what … I didn’t … thought a wee fiver each way would have covered the stake

     

     

    I now hope he wins

  3. GFTB on

    St Tans … I blame that Bada Bing … I was waiting on him responding to my original text :-)

     

     

    Like any bad gambler…

     

     

    try and blame somebody else :-)

  4. Celtic Mac on

    Hope the old folks on here are wrapped up tight in bed

     

    Not watching Kendrick on the big stage

     

    Could outswear a Glaswegian havin a bad night

     

    On a good night

  11. petec on

    Celtic

     

     

    Celtic

     

     

    Gerry

     

     

    Once again we are gonnae Pump Sevco. Tell me Lies, Sweet Little Liies.

     

     

    annihilating Rhthm….

  13. GFTB on

    Petec … I get slagged all the time for saying “my Celtic never need to win” … again when Brendan was here my daughter just thought trophies happened every season … when the Huns won their Covid title I thought she would loose interest …. It made her the wee rebel she is … she now refers her mums teams as “them” and Celtic as “us” …. The only downside is the wee shoite blames Neil Lennon … it’s the only hunk I argue with her …. Deep down I think she blames Neil just to get at me

     

     

    Neil Lennon CSC

     

     

    I will never ditch our Neil 🍀🍀🍀

  19. petec on

    Gerry,

     

     

     

    I cannae remember, Remember.,

     

     

    I know I Witnessed the UIltimate Buzz @ the Metro. Not sure if I was there that night.

     

     

     

    If I wiz I was upstair.

  25. petec on

    There wurnae many people dancin’ in the Metro when Dave Angel brought his sonics to Saltcoats. I was going tonto for that Detroit sonic.

     

     

    There wiz 2 dafties LOVING it Dave.

  37. GFTB on

    Felipe Friday … 1st July

     

     

    It’s a done deal

     

     

    Benfica will get 30% of any sell on

     

     

    (remember it’s the internet and none of the above could be true … but I am confident it is)

  38. petec on

    CaddingtonCommon on 27th June 2022 11:24 am

     

     

    Good luck to any signings this week.

     

     

    ——————————————–

     

     

    Maddens Hampden perfomance makes sense to me now. It was the Worst.

     

     

    Cheating Scumbag.

  1. Pages:
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8