By all accounts, Virgil van Dijk has had an excellent season for Southampton and now has a trio of the Premier League’s wealthiest clubs on his tail. We knew he was a player when he left as a 23-year-old two years ago, but you don’t really know how a player will measure up in a new environment until he gets there.
Scottish club have suffered from this previously, as players with decent EPL experience under their belts have not cut it herem even Bundesliga players, in the case of Teemu Pukki. Virgil’s success, and that of Victor Wanyama and ‘England’s number one’, reflects on everyone in the current Celtic squad.
You and I watched Celtic bridge the gap between selling our players in the £4m – £6m bracket, to selling between £10m and £12m. But we have hitherto been unable to fetch the kind of money the Portuguese regularly get for their top players (well into the £30m category).
If Virgil van Dijk leaves Southampton for north of £50m, not only will Celtic earn 10% of the fee, at a stroke it will increase the value of our playing squad, whenever the next EPL club comes asking.
Within just over a year of leaving Celtic, I have it on excellent authority that Virgil increased his wages by a factor of 10. His next move, by necessity, will see him earn over £100k per week. Celtic will not compete with those wages; players will not reject them to continue to enjoy our special club. We live in an era where Celtic players can one day aspire to earn £20m over a four year contract (elsewhere).
The migration south will continue, but if it is appropriately compensated, the opportunity for growth at Celtic will not diminish. It could even improve. Good luck to you, Virgil.
CQN’S VENI VIDI VICI T-SHIRTS ARE ARRIVING ON MONDAY AND WILL BE SENT OUT SAME DAY! THESE ARE SELLING FAST AND ARE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT CQNBOOKSTORE.COM
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ACGR – Nice chatting amigo, it’s definitely a print of a sketch by Andy O’Connor, I just took the plastic cover off it and for sure it’s a print.
I’ll scan and email it to you for free…..jist fur you;)
Slainte
Tony
Findlay “Guilt has to be proved, it’s not for the police to do that, it’s not for the prosecution to do that” tells jury “It’s up to you”
Findlay: The Crown approach is wrong, is unfair is unjustifiable.
Findlay: 400,000 pages of evidence yet Crown focussing on 6 words. Argues “This is a revisionist view of history”
Adds “That’s just wrong”
Findlay “The Advocate Depute says he has to prove his case then jumps to the end..is a semantic exercise”
Findlay “Mr Whyte is not my client” says he works on instructions of solicitor
Findlay “what happens then is that the person sitting over there (points to the dock) puts his trust in me.
“He sits in the dock and is in my hands… responsibility is mine, and mine alone”
Findlay: Crown suggest Whyte was in control of everything that happened during the purchase “That is far from the case”
Notes role of lawyers, asks if you would expect a Dr to ask you for advice on treatment?
Findlay Whyte and David Murray have both been “Ill served by their advisors”
Findlay “you might wonder why trial has not lasted 12 weeks”
Says after McIntyre testified “a see change in Crown case”
Says Crown tried to drive down the case to narrowest level, witnesses got “shorter and shorter… there is a lot more to it than that”
*sea change*
Findlay compares Crown case to trying to solve a jigsaw only looking at a few pieces.
Findlay to the jury “look at the bigger picture”
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS OUT,THEY PULL ME BACK IN AGAIN,
.Williamson.
You’re twistin’ my melon man…
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1 hour ago, j1mgg said:
A Google run in Europe is always going to be high on the agenda with the money it brings in. Our shitty league and winning it brings in very little.
Further we get, the more money we should get.
Aye but winning the league brings the possibility of champions league money.
In saying that winning the Europa league throws you straight into the champions league so maybe we’re going down that route.
I am speechless.
BEATBHOY on 2ND JUNE 2017 10:39 AM
That’ll be 10 in a row when BR gets us 5 then! 😜
BEATBHOY on 2ND JUNE 2017 10:40 AM
Ha, ha! Your choice of words coming back to bite yer bum! 😂
KTF
new article posted.
Findlay Crown case is that money was not available on date of purchase, 6 May 2011, and Whyte knew, that amounts to fraud.
Whyte was on one side and on the other “the dupe”
Findlay “There was no financial loss to Murray, not a penny piece, well I suppose you could say they lost a pound”
Findlay accuses Crown witnesses of buck passing” to preserve their reputations.
Morning Celts
Turkeybhoy
Can they really be that stupid.
And unbelievably, the answer is a resounding yes:)
Staggering stupidity that soars beyond the height of absurdity…..cheers me up:)
Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
HH
Aberdeen based take on Jack and Hayes..
AFC fans are ightly embittered that Jack has gone to their much hated rivals Hunco..but not too many thinking they’ve lost any jewel from the crown. In fact consensus is he peaked 2seasons ago. McLean Shinnie and soon to be Tansley viewed as better. Jack slowed play down is the consensus.
Hayes has more claim among AFC fans as being the jewel in the crown. I’ve said for a couple of seasons he should be at Celtic. I think he’s perhaps a year or 2 too late in coming but he’s a much much better player than many Celtic fans realise. As you know I’m a regular at Pittodrie. He’s a serious influence, he’s fast and direct. We could get 3 good years out of him. By all accounts he’s a highly intelligent guy so he may bring more than just on field benefits. I thought he held his own playing up against Paddy Roberts on Saturday and arguably had more influence. Paddy is potential.. Hayes a lesser potential but a stronger more mature ready now player.
He’s make a better squad player than GMS.
So good luck to Pedro he’s buying a pup. Hayes if he comes is an older dog, well trained with plenty of tricks… And capable of biting when called upon to do so.
Turkeyboy nice one from club legned or as I call it my Friday funny. Every week since 2012 or my poor sides. I almost want to keep them on just for the comedy. Astounded of forehead awright. The gift that keeps on giving haha. I hope Paddy R comes home.
Going to the Saw Doctors tonight, anone know of any Tim friendly pubs around the O2?