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West Brom-Celtic row: it’s about Rekeem Harper, not Oli Burke
There is a subtext to the unedifying comments by West Bromwich Albion technical director, Luke…
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We knew KT bids were coming
We have known bids would arrive for Kieran Tierney since shortly after he made his…
Transfer ‘saga’, David Murray vices, warlords and dafties
Signing players is easy, just ask anyone who has never done it. The selling club…
Better for both parties that Lustig moved on
Modest understatement: we got our money’s worth for the wages paid to Mikael Lustig, who…
Background on Shkendija and Kalju, Turnbull, another that got away
If Celtic overcome FK Sarajevo in the Champions League first qualification round they will face…
Sarajevo recent European history
Celtic will face FK Sarajevo in the first Champions League qualification round. Ties are subject…
Lowdown on Celtic’s potential Champions League opponents
Uefa were kind to Celtic with the Champions League first qualification round groupings. None of…
When close season is no more than a 3-week taper
If you are a distance runner, you will know that a three-week ‘taper’, when you…
Managerial appointments
Middlesbrough finished a point off the play-offs in the English Championship last season, which was…
Lustig, love and money
I think we all like Mikael Lustig. This week the defender spoke to the Norwegian…
Celtic need a lager squad than any other club in football
At some point early tomorrow morning Callum McGregor, James Forrest and Scott Bain will arrive…
Ntcham and this week’s non-story
Neither of us knows why a Celtic player follows or unfollows teammates on Instagram. I…
Celtic will weep
There are probably a dozen important metrics to measure Celtic’s health: total revenue, commercial revenue,…
Why the new training centre? Look at the shape of players from England
And from the ashes of Barrowfield, the Celtic “Training Centre in the East End” arose. …
Scale of the potential leak damage
Celtic Park and Lennoxtown will be tense places to work today, after notes on recruitment…
Modest European targets should never be accommodated
The joy and ecstasy of others as they celebrate a Champions League win reminds us…
93 days of this left, the farming of Patrick Roberts
May is not out, the manager is not formally in place yet, but there’s an…
Priorities for next season
Of course, the priority is nine-in-a-row, even more than Champions League lucre, but I see…
A rising tide lifts all boats
The annual KPMG Football Benchmark included Celtic for the first time, this year. The report…
Need for an innovative assistant
One of the details pertinent to the formal appointment of Neil Lennon as manager will…
Why Neil Lennon got the job
And so it’s Lenny. Let’s put some easy to apply context onto the decision, Jose…
A goal down but the Celtic story was going to be told
A goal down in the second half, having not made a chance worthy of the…
Hearts v Celtic, Live updates
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For as long as Celtic’s history is written, these days will live in legend
Queens Park (twice) Vale of Leven, Rangers (twice) and Aberdeen have all won the Scottish…
45 mins of Christie taught Hearts their place in the food chain
Craig Levein has taken lulling opponents into a false sense of security to a new…
Lustig a gamble too far for final
There is an argument that Kieran Tierney should have been operated on earlier in the…