There was a standing joke on here for years. On day one of the transfer window someone would write, “The transfer window’s been open 13 hours and still no news, get your finger out Celtic”. It mirrored the less jovial comments when the transfer window had 13 hours left, although “get your finger out Celtic” occasionally still featured.
It’s not just Celtic, transfer business is a deadline activity. Why sell your prime asset early when you know desperate clubs will pay over the odds to appease the manager who is demanding sufficient resources to meet target?
You need to work an angle to pick up prime cuts this early in the window. We picked up Virgil van Dijk for a paltry £2.6m in June 2013, which is remarkable, considering he is an outstanding player who was working in one of Europe’s heavily scouted leagues.
We got in early with van Dijk, who had been released by Willem II without playing a game before making 62 appearances with Groningen. A false start followed by a period with just enough form to tempt Celtic’s scouts, but not so much as to alert the slower footed.
So what do we know about Dedryck Boyata? He’s 24, three years older than Virgil when he joined, but has played around half the number of first team games Virgil had experienced. Dedryck was vacuumed up by City as a 16-year-old, part of the annual harvest major clubs make each year. He clearly had something about him to convince City to retain him, but first team outings were rare. When Celtic came shopping a year ago, City were prepared to live without Jason Denayer for a season, but not Dedryck, who went into their first team squad.
It’s correct to say that knowledge of Dedryck is scarce, even among City fans, but Ronny has spent time on City’s training fields with him, and had him watched extensively in non-first team outings over the last year.
Is he the answer to our defensive prayers? Time will tell, but the recruitment strategy which brought him here is coherent. All our scouts and management team have watched him to the extent that a consensus has been reached. His profile is not high enough to commend a fee which is out with our budget, and most importantly, we can bring him in now, making sure he’s embedded before the potentially lucrative Petrofac Cup Champions League qualifiers.
Welcome to Celtic, Dedryck.
Still laughing, in case you were in any doubt.
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Iain Anderson playing some crackin music tonight on Radio Scotland. And this sipping whisky is good!!!
TSPOAL – will definitely bump into you then. I will be the 6ft 2inch father at the sidelines shouting like a madman at his centre back bhoy!
Sipsini
My Polish friend and his wife and family live on Duke St. He has experienced Diablo walks for his 2 years in Glasgow. He thinks thinks they are Glasgow’s KKK.
Tae see oorselves as ithers see us!
Kelvinbhoy
Drop 2 inches in height and i will be doing the same thing
Love
Evening.
If – like me – you have been laughing out loud at the media pretence that there is a field of quality managers lining up for the Sevco job, you may be interested in these thoughts…
https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/the-knackers-yard-donkey-derby/
Enjoy the rest of the night. I am away for a large drink now!
Barrowbhoy
Thanks pal.
Peter McDougall CSC
TSOAL – it’s a date then…….see you there!
Anyone know who from Celtic is going to the Vegas convention this year?
Minceyheidman
Flying oot Sunday morning from Manchester
SOAL, sorry for the late reply.
Hopefully, next year both tournaments are played on different days.
When my grandfather arrived in glasgow from pettigo in Fermanagh, he lived in the Garngad. Jimmy McGrory’s family lived in the same close as him.
I enjoy a good Clump
2015, Glasgow.
An ‘Orangefest’. A public celebration of anti-catholic ideology.
Religious bigotry given official sanction, enabled by taxpayers’ money.
What kind of image of Scotland does this project to the rest of the world –
That we’re as backward thinking as ISIS? Mired in the faux-historic celebrations of a perceived battle victory over Catholicism?
How can the basic concept of such an event even be tolerated by a civilised, sophisticated society?
As Celtic supporters we cannot throw around the word ‘Hun’ in public – a nickname for a bunch of moronic, savage baboons in blue FFS – without the chance of some thick plod lifting us.
And yet Glasgow council validate the public display of intolerance by the inrbed, ignorant, scum of society.
The lunatics are now in charge of the asylum.
I expect in forthcoming months there to be a Ku Klux Klan day in Glasgow, an evening parade of torches and burning crucifixes and some mock-lynching to climax in George Square.
I mean, why not?
Barrowbhoy
I know you are.
Any news on players etc?
Delaney’s, guys like yourself, lou, cokey,terry mcquade, john duffy, frantic 07, the pattersons, joe and gerry o’neill, jim reilly, gal and his crew, willie taggart and my pals i went on the lions with, hardly missed a game in the centenary season .
Most of the above went to every game of the 87/88 season.
DD,
Maybe this will help you to explain things to your Polish workmates.
How to make friends and influence people.
HH,
Clogher
http://youtu.be/RLdQ9-nNeO4
TheClumpany
Loving your brain more every day you post.
Level5 must love you. You have Traynor roon yer little finger. :)
Peace & Love
Shane McGowan CSC
Night all Night wee Oscar my hero. God bless !!!!
Sandman 23.33
You can be arrested by the police for performing your tunes in Ibrox.
You will be protected by the police for performing your tunes on the streets of Glasgow.
Blatteresque.
the spirit of arthur lee
22:38 on 3 June, 2015
Forget Glasgow on Saturday and get you arse over to Hamilton For the Reamonn Gormley footy tourney from 10am to 16.30 pm
Love
Not even looked at the blog since around 6pm, I mentioned to my good lady about Raemonn Gormley tonight, not even sure why he came up in the conversation, I didn’t know the bhoy but my sister was close to his parents, I log on for a wee lurk and read your post, totally agree with your post and I hope everybody has a great day over in the Ton on Saturday, that bhoy done more good in his few young years than most could do in a few lifetimes
Hail Hail
Sandman, when’s the KKK march as I might be free?
Is my MLK “I have a dream t-shirt” de-riguer?
Anyhoos, aff to Tam Shepherds in the morn to buy 300 pounds of itching powder, 100 fake jobbies, 1 buzzer ( to fake the ole masonic handshake) and a score of fake moustaches for the wummin. All to be delivered to Gorge (sic) ■ for Saturday morn.
Scratch that bit- they have taches!!!!
Good night all and sleep well.
Celtic,celtic, that’s the team for me
Gerry, when do you fishally start mate?
art of war
15th June …….
Starting to panic about rejoining the rat race, quite liked being a kept man !
Wee yin is gutted that I won’t be on school run duties everyday
Clogher
The Diablo peepul only know hatred. Pray for their black souls.
Been done etc…
I hope it goes well bud but I’m not enjoying the journey…sound familiar?
Will do my best to help oot!
AoW
Would love to meet you. Esquire Friday afternoon you could meet me and the huge Delaney clan. :)
AoW
Cheers….
Hopefully going into it with my eyes wide open
DD,
You are right about The Clumpany blog, I get it e mailed, great stuff.
Anyway heading off to the scratcher.
Thanks for going on Saturday.
Wonder what the retailers and business owners in Glasgow think of OrangePest on Saturday?
HH
Huns urging Warburton to come to their rescue…..otherwise they fear they could end up Pan Breed
DD- working till 4-ish. You be in 5-ish will come say hello.
Clogher
My niece works part time in Glasgow. My sis and I have declared her a no go for this Saturday. We are weighing her lost wage. Diablo peepul!
AoW
We are in when we pick the wean up fae Saint Ninians at 3.
See you 5 defo. We will know each other when we meet. :)
DD- HAHA deal.
“I didn’t start the Squire…”
Orangefest aka Anti Catholicfest.
Glasgow City of Hate. Sad
AoW
I will be the cool granda wi a family of extremely handsome and beautiful progeny. My sis and you were in the same year at Saint Thomas Aquinas school for young ladies and gentlemen. West End Tims!
Minceyheid and Barrowbhoy,,
As far as I know the ex players going to Vegas are Pat And George McLuskey, Dixie and Evan Willams, I’ll be driving up on Tuesday, maybe catch up for a drink?
timsrgr8
Ok pal see you there, wear a celtic top so we can recognize you…. : )
minceyheidman
Sorry didnae get back to you I am on backshift finished at midnight went to my local couple of applejuices back home now. Don’t know who’s going Berties always there but I am confused how do you know me I can’t remember your monicle