Carter-Vickers, asset management and some hope

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Celtic last broke their transfer record four years ago this week when they paid PSG £9m for then-20-year-old striker, Odsonne Edouard.  Yesterday’s deal to acquire Cameron Carter-Vickers from Tottenham will almost certainly exceed this.  The initial £6m valuation will inevitably rise to £10m.

Cameron was our best defender last season and without him, the job of retaining the title, or competing in the Champions League, would look significantly more difficult.  He becomes a permanent Celtic player at 24, having spent four years on loan in the lower leagues in England before a temporary year at Celtic as part of Ange Postecoglou’s new regime.

He is 17 days older than Odsonne.  In asset management terms, he is a generation ahead of where the striker was when he arrived here from PSG.  In age terms, Cameron is closer to where Christopher Jullien was when he came to Celtic as a 26-year-old.  This means a lot of scouts have had a look at the player and none in the English top-flight have moved for him.  We can, therefore, hope he could be a mainstay in the Celtic team for some years to come.

The defence still needs work but we have paid a solid foundation this week.  Welcome to Celtic, Cameron.

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  1. Aw naw man,ye see that free kick from Kelly last night.That’s goat the pit him the 20 mullion class,man.

     

    Him an Basssey,45 mullion minimum.

  2. IniquitousIV on

    Scotland truly are absolute pish. I would not be surprised if Armenia beat them next week.

  3. Just put on telly, to see Scotland are get beat 2-0. Wasn’t even aware that they were playing

  4. AR does his best work in the final third when he is charging up the park and knocking players about but dearie dearie how poor is his defending.

  5. vinniethedog on

    I thought Hendry should have been more aware at 2nd….just completely unaware of the situation…..possibly they left it for each other ….poor all round……christie having one of his celtic days games

  6. Blaming Ralston for that goal ??? The only striker has dropped off so what was the three centre halves doing ? Obviously the Bhoy ran from Ralstons area .. thought big Craigy Bhoy running off his line also made Parrotts mind up … so in my opinion ex-Celts Hendry & Gordon more at fault than our Tony Bhoy

  7. PHILBHOY on 11TH JUNE 2022 5:57 PM

     

    Teacht ar Eirinn!

     

     

    Good effort. But, it’s

     

     

    Éire abú or even Éire go brách

  8. IniquitousIV on

    Jeez Louise! Billy Gilmour on to save the day. Can’t see Scotland making a major tournament ever again. Instead, we will slowly slide down the co-efficient charts to end up with the Moldovas and Andorras. Whit an embarrassment.

  9. Surely Che Adam can get at least a shot on target

     

     

    Paddy Power special 8/1

     

     

    Parrot, Obefwmi & Adam … 1+ shot on target

     

     

    Didn’t expect both Irish boys to actually score

  10. St Tams 6.09pm

     

     

    GFTB 6.08pm

     

     

    St Tams … There is a first … we both agree :-)

  11. bluegrass celt on

    Clarke’s days are hopefully number. Utterly clueless. Why is Christie still in the park, especially after a booking ?

  12. IniquitousIV on

    With the game gone, you would think Clarke would acknowledge he effed it up, and at least try Stewart and a few others.

  13. Go tell the Spartim on

    Let’s face it Scotland have no decent defenders apart from 3 left backs, Hanley, Hebert,McKenna and of course they’re keeping Souttar out the team so how shite he is

     

     

    Hope the Irish fans don’t buy into the fake tartan army chumminess (don’t they know they hate the Irish and even more so if your Irish and catholic ) taken from my most recent experience of them and I was born in Falkirk

  14. Che Adam subbed with 30mins to go … that’s why paddy power is a millionaire and betting is a mugs game

     

     

    Away to see what paddy is offering on the Italy game

  15. Hassan i Sabbah on

    John McGinn. Supposed to have been a replacement for Broonie but isn’t fit to lace his boots.

     

     

    Over hyped mediocrity but can do no wrong with the moronic and embarrassing Tartan Army and apparently the SMSM .

     

     

    Celtic dodged a bullet there.

  16. Hendry has more of an excuse than Tony for that 2nd goal. Henry , at least can say he was double teaming the players nearest the ball. Tony cannot assume that Henry will pick up that run, especially as he has no one else to mark.

     

     

    Tony must run with the scorer until he is sure that Henry has seen him.

  17. Go tell the Spartim on

    Hendry not Hebert (whoever he is bet he’s shite too)

     

     

    3 left backs, Robertson, KT and at a stretch GT

  18. IniquitousIV on

    And he waits until 60 minutes. WTF is so sacred about the 60 minute mark that managers of games will wait until then, regardless of circumstances, before making changes that are so obviously required?

  19. if in doubt, always always find a way to be negative about a celtic player, an ex celtic player, anyone connected to a celtic player, and neil lennon, who is cutting about glasgow this afternoon.