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Your timely reminder.  Players who are available at the start of a transfer window fall into one of a few categories:

Their clubs do not value them.
Their clubs need for cash is too urgent to wait until the end of the window (see Rapid Vienna).
Their clubs operate in a weak market, where the offer was a surprise and no other is expected.
When the player downs tools.

If a club is operating under normal financial circumstances and has an in-demand talent, why would it sell before the end of the window, when they can work on attracting higher bids?  If you were Celtic manager, why would you sanction the sale of a top player early in a window?

We all know why deals happen late in the window.  It frustrates the life out of all of us, but it’s the consequence of a natural bargaining position.  Yet, goldfish-like memories really struggle with how the world around them works.  There are exceptions, but see the above list for every one of them.

Then there’s the buyer.  Option 4 is available, and you can have him at the start of the window but none of the coaches really want Option 4.  They want Option 1, Option 2 at a push, but the further down the list you go, the less likely they are to give you the green light.  You might even hear, “Option 4 is no better than what we’ve got, so forget it” – which happens often.

Celtic are in the market for a striker.  Utrecht managed to sign a 26-year-old striker on 10 January with a Europa League winners medal, and experience in the Italian and German top flights.  Celtic have Oh at the Asian Cup and are relying on Kyogo, why can’t we do what Utrecht have managed?

We are in the market for a left back.  Now Greg Taylor is injured, we have to play his understudy Alexandro Bernabei against Ross County.  There are dozens of left backs available within Celtic’s budget, why haven’t we signed one already this month?

Tell me, why can’t we do what Utrecht did and sign a player with the pedigree of Sam Lammers, or just go out and spend £3.5m again and sign another Bernabei or Boli Bolingoli?  It can’t be that difficult!

Failure to grasp how the world works – when it is so obvious and predictable – holds people back more than they are prepared to accept.

Delighted Matt O’Riley has his eyes on the prize.

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  10. 31003 on

    Spurs never used Werner for the entire first half. This half he’s had the ball 3 times and caused mayhem in City’s defence

  11. Tom McLaughlin on

    Every time I see Porro at right-back for Spurs I think back to his nightmare performance for Spain v Scotland at Hampden. Gifted us the opening goal and never put a foot right all night. Even my 8 year-old grandson commented on his Hampden shit-show.

  13. Coneybhoy on

    Interesting that Ange doesn’t do the 4-3-3 or the inverted FBs with Spurs.

     

     

    Looks 4-2-3-1 to me . Wonder how that would have fared for us in Europe

  16. 31003 on

    CONEYBHOY on 26TH JANUARY 2024 9:22 PM

     

    Interesting that Ange doesn’t do the 4-3-3 or the inverted FBs with Spurs.

     

     

     

    Looks 4-2-3-1 to me . Wonder how that would have fared for us in Europe

     

     

    And they don’t look as good or as threatening

  18. Coneybhoy on

    31003

     

     

    Aye, much more cautious

     

     

    Ps

     

    Mccoist literally just said ‘at the rishk of repeating myshelf’😂

  21. clunks on

    Spurs playing better this half

     

     

    Always wondered how ange would fare against the bigger funded teams with similar resources

     

     

    He has a tonne of injuries still and Son away at the asia cup thing

     

     

    Be interesting to see his team after a few more transfer windows

     

     

    Obvs summer ones as winter ones are so hard…….

  30. scullybhoy on

    David66 on 26th January 2024 10:03 pm

     

     

    SS – Liewell is still a cheating, lying canute.

     

     

    D. :)

     

     

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

     

     

    I wish you were on the board, imagine who we could attract to tie shitty SPL.

     

     

    Name a few???????????????

  37. Chairbhoy on

    !!BADA BING!! @ 7:12 PM,

     

     

    It’s very interesting the abuse Celtic supporters take from the pro-Board agenda contributors CQN.

     

     

    Most of us are well aware of Paul67’s agenda and it’s his blog to fare do’s.

     

     

    This season getting in players late is the way to go, previous seasons getting our business done early was the way to go… it is what it is.

     

     

    However the nonsense that is spouted and counter views not listened too is bizarre to me.

     

     

    Today, Peter Lawwell is responsible for every trophy we’ve won since 2002, of course he wasn’t CEO until 2004, yet if he can get the credit for last season’s treble then why not!?

     

     

    Also we spent more on player recruitment in the summer than we got in player sales.

     

     

    Nonsense of course, we got circa 30 mn on sales and didn’t spend 20 mn on recruitment.

     

     

    Now those who disagree with these pearls of wisdom are dicks!!

     

     

    For what? For wanting the manager supported in his player recruitment.

     

     

    It is quite possible that unsupported the Manager will walk, yet I can see positive signs.

     

     

    He is hand picking the best players and giving them enhanced long term contracts, he has said no to MO’R and CCV sales and we haven’t been signing development players.

     

     

    On the later, Brendan Rodgers said he didn’t want to sign any players that weren’t going to improve the first team, he obviously hasn’t “signed off” on anybody except Nicolas Huhn.

     

     

    So that tells me he’s sticking to his guns, of course not improving the team this window and not thinning the “bloated squad’ so far is concerning but I’ll wait until the 1st February to see how it pans out…

     

     

    Hail Hail

  38. clunks on

    taylor gets exposed in 6 games a year in europe

     

     

    He is a fine spl level defender and a better attacking fullback

     

     

    Also when listening to the squad get interviewed by CTV he is a massive influence behind the scenes

     

     

    We are lucky to have him

     

     

    We have been blessed with left backs (Izzy and Tierney)

     

     

    But we could have a lot worse

  42. GFTB on

    Chairbhoy 10.37pm

     

     

    Abuse ?

     

     

    Maybe different view …

     

     

    In my opinion and this doesn’t even include Jota, we get very good footballers with the carrot of coming to us (Celtic) could lead to better things …

     

     

    Some people (like myself) can’t understand why other fans can’t enjoy what we have

     

     

    Am 100% with Brendan and don’t give two flips about any board …

     

     

    Here is a wee 11 without Jota …

     

     

    Fraser Foster

     

     

    Juranovic

     

    Ajer

     

    Van Dijk

     

    Tierney

     

     

    Frimpong

     

    Stuart Armstrong

     

    Ryan Christie

     

     

    Odsonne Edouard

     

    Moussa Dembelle

     

    Giorgio Giakamoukis

     

     

    I think most wanted to move on for money or job progression

     

     

    Maybe the board do better than other boards all over the world

     

     

    I just want 3pts tomorrow and delighted Matt is staying and guys like Broony, Jamesy F & Callum are our constants 🍀

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