Leipzip central defender, Marvin Compper (32), us cup-tied for the Europa League but that is of little concern to Brendan Rodgers as he looks to reshape his team for the future. We are not buying for the Europa League, Celtic’s primary responsibility in each transfer window is to prepare for future Champions League qualifiers.
There is likely to be a bit of traffic in-and-out in central defence over the next couple of transfer windows. What Brendan needs before any activity gets underway is that he has sufficiently experience headcount in place to see him through to 1 September 2018.
We were in a very similar situation in June this year. Patrick Roberts was wanted back at the club, but there was never any certainty Manchester City would agree. That left James Forrest as the only right mid option – and James is not unfamiliar with an injury lay-off. As a consequence, we recruited Jonny Hayes early in the window, to increase our options at right mid from one to two.
There’s a good chance we are going to be shopping for a central defender in the summer, but we will be reluctant to sell any of the three seniors in the squad without an experienced addition.
Compper fits the bill. He is at the stage of his career where a former German international (albeit with limited experience of the NT) would consider a move to Scotland. He is three years younger than Kolo Toure when he joined, so we can hope for a bit more from him. It will be interesting to see what he is like on the deck.
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COWIEBHOY. was tommy gemmel/bertie auld/ronnie simpson/willie wallace celtic men.
Auldheid- HH
hahahhahahaha ttr, he’s doing a tour with his bus pass
Cowiebhoy-lambert is never a Celtic Mhan but he was my favourite player when he played for us.6:2 game or 2:1 him and Burnley while I sat in the temp stand behind both goals,lambert loved playing and scoring for us
Sorry about that incomplete post but here is the rest.
” The exceptional item reflects a provision for a POTENTIAL tax liability in relation to a Discounted Option Scheme associated with player contributions between 1999 and 2003. DISCUSSIOs ARE CONTINUING WITH HMRC TO ESTABLISH A RESOLUTION TO THE ASSESSMENT RAISED.”
This is what the SFA Comp Off is investigating as it does not align with witness testimony at the CW trial.
Johnsons statement is similar to the justification for granting the UEFA licence that Regan was going to issue in Dec 2011, but did not after a meeting with Ogilvie and Whyte in mid December.
Regan wanted to say
It is noted from the report submitted to the Licensing Committee by Rangers FC’s advisors Grant Thornton UK LLP, dated 30th March 2011, (and then quoted the auditors report)
“All the recorded payroll taxes at 31 December 2010 have, according to the accounting records of the Club since that date been paid in full by 31 March 2011, with the exception of the continuing discussion between the Club and HM Revenue and Customs in relation to a potential liability of £2.8m associated with contributions between 1999 and 2003 into a discounted option scheme. These
amounts have been provided for in full within the interim financial statements.”
So Johnson, desperate to keep Rangers going could claim the auditors misled him, or the auditors could claim the reverse, or perhaps they colluded.
Regardless this was a fraudulent statement made in public by the then Chairman of RFC and now current Director (not sure if its TRFC or RIFC but does it matter?)
You can see why its taking the SFA Comp Off so long as Regan has defended the granting of the licence based on a statement that was not true and those responsible for it are still at large..
Auldheid
All credit is due to the Res 12 lads for their persistance
It’s taking the compliance officer so long because ‘turkeys don’t vote for Christmas’ and he is looking for some seasonal fudge.
Auldheid on 19th December 2017 9:16 pm
with apologies for repeat but I think it best that the narrative as it stands is best set out in one post.
marspapa on 19th December 2017 8:32 pm
TREBLE WINNING CAPTAINS
A while back you had damning evidence that would bring the whole pack of cards down round the shambles of our game …..is that now dead in the water or is it a going concern ?
Maybe its been dealt with ,sorry , if this has been disscussed before .
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Perhaps not my place but I think the guys thought they had a damning case but the source was not prepared to go to the extent of proving it/going public.
I can sympathise because the one fear I have on Res12 is that something unforeseen will turn up to change the narrative.
The longer is takes for that something to turn up the more certain I think it does not exist.
On that theme: Phil at
https://philmacgiollabhain.ie/2017/12/19/daves-cash-isnt-arriving-so-a-real-guy-steps-up/
suggest it is Alistair Johnson, who knows where all the RFC financial bodies are buried, who is now the bank of latest resort.
It shows jus how far Johnson is prepared to go to keep TRFC alive have done his bit in April 2011 to keep RFC alive with UEFA money. Here is what he said in the Interim accounts.
” The exceptional item reflects a provision for a POTENTIAL tax liability in relation to a Discounted Option Scheme associated with player contributions between 1999 and 2003. DISCUSSIOs ARE CONTINUING WITH HMRC TO ESTABLISH A RESOLUTION TO THE ASSESSMENT RAISED.”
This is what the SFA Comp Off is investigating as it does not align with witness testimony at the CW trial.
Johnsons statement is similar to the justification for granting the UEFA licence that Regan was going to issue in Dec 2011, but did not after a meeting with Ogilvie and Whyte in mid December.
Regan wanted to say
It is noted from the report submitted to the Licensing Committee by Rangers FC’s advisors Grant Thornton UK LLP, dated 30th March 2011,
(and then quoted the auditors report as follows)
“All the recorded payroll taxes at 31 December 2010 have, according to the accounting records of the Club since that date been paid in full by 31 March 2011, with the exception of the continuing discussion between the Club and HM Revenue and Customs in relation to a potential liability of £2.8m associated with contributions between 1999 and 2003 into a discounted option scheme. These amounts have been provided for in full within the interim financial statements.”
So Johnson, desperate to keep Rangers going could claim the auditors misled him, or the auditors could claim the reverse, or perhaps they colluded.
Regardless this was a fraudulent statement made in public by the then Chairman of RFC and now current Director (not sure if its TRFC or RIFC but does it matter?)
You can see why its taking the SFA Comp Off so long as Regan has defended the granting of the licence based on a statement that was not true and those responsible for it are still at large, not to mention how the SFA and UEFA dealt with the RFC June 2011 submission, more or less repeating the same narrative, when it was discussed mid September 2011 after the Sherriff Officers alerted the world all was not what it seemed in August 2011.
I thought NS Johnston was returning as chairman?
gene on 19th December 2017 9:38 pm
Auldheid
All credit is due to the Res 12 lads for their persistence
It’s taking the compliance officer so long because ‘turkeys don’t vote for Christmas’ and he is looking for some seasonal fudge.
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Indeed, but had it existed by now I think it might have been used to jam the oven door :) .
The thing is how long are supporters going to let turkeys rule the roost and are clubs prepared to let them?
Should STs be sold next season with qualification?
We [insert club name] cannot guarantee that the rules and articles of the SFA and SPFL will be adhered to if it impacts on the commercial viability of one or the other or both . We promise best endeavours to protect sporting integrity, but as governance is currently constituted, we cannot guarantee rules will be applied without fear or favour.
Such an inclusion allows supporters to make an informed decision on what they are prepared to pay to watch.
Auldheid
My money is on a brief statement before next years AGM to say he is still looking at it, if he does anything else I will have to be picked off the ground, unless, it suits for the guilty to move out of the SFA to pastures new like Ogilvie and Dallas did.
I’m hoping the Celtic community can help.
My daughter is in her 3 Rd year of a 4 year degree course.
Millie is studying Business and wishes to major in Finance and HR.
She studies in Glasgow at Strathclyde Uni business school.
She is a bright ,friendly ,and dare I say ,good looking young lady ,who will turn 20 in January.
She is looking for an internship for the summer of 2018 ,just before she enters into her 4th year.
Current plans are that she will stay on to do a masters degree,but that is not finite.
If there is anyone out there who can help ,I would love to hear from you.
She is particularly interested in working in investment or commercial banking ,or HR .
But she is open to any suggestions,from anyone with a directly related opportunity.
I can be emailed on andrew.watt16@btinternet.com
TT
Mars papa
One guy would have lost his job another it was revealed a week or so later was suffering from an illness that effectively invalidated anything said around the time so choices, damn choices.
Maybe one day.
WINNING CAPTAINS
thanks , being an infrequent lurker / poster i thought i might have missed the conclusion .
AULDHIED
Can i offer you an apology , my gut feeling when this came about “res12 ” and the other issues surrounding Rangers and the Governing bodies , my first instinct was that you were a ” quisling ” a board placeman to keep us on board ……i will get slaughtered on here for thinking that way ……
No-one deserves to be thought of in that way …..
I’m actually embarrassed seeing it in writing …
Sincere apologies .
Treble Winning Captains
I think the guy suffering the illness was very convenient and sudden
How many stolen trophies have been stripped ?
Who’ll still be alive when the 1st trophy is stripped ?
Biggest pile a pish ever!
Crowd funded *statements* to claim that, Sevco / Rainjurs are different clubs, printed in hun newspapers, that are read wi, two guys and a dug, led to, back slapping jelly n ice cream street parties on here.
And then,…….Sevco / Rainjurs are back in the same league as Celtic.
And then, these same crowd funders, are queuing up to buy, £49 Old Firm tickets, which by their very nature, rubber stamp the lie that, Sevco / Rainjurs are the same club.
All of this was obscured by, the arrival of Brendan.
So, the question now is, are the PLC board *really* paying Brendan £45 k a week to, fudge the same club lie, so that, Celtic supporters will move on and, forgive 25 years of Murray Mibbery ?
Is Brendan no a squirrel efter awe……..is he a fudge ?
Hmmmmm….?
Or, are the PLC paying Brendan £45 k a week, to skelp Scottish pub teams, so that, the PLC don’t need to deal wi the Sevco / Rainjurs same club lie ?
Are the PLC saying – “Its time to move on.”
And, are the Celtic supporters and their purchases of the £49 Old Firm Sevco / Rainjurs same club lie stamping tickets, doing the same ?
Is it a case of,……..
“The Game, The Game Is Over, The Rebels Have Gone!”
Anywye,………HH
Marspapa – HH fella, hope yer well.
Dopey McGowan.
I went through, St Joseph’s Blantyre, St John Ogilvie Burnbank, in the same year as, John Joe McGowan, he had a younger brother Stephen, I think, that’s as far as I know. I apologise for not responding the first time you asked, I thought you had taken yer place in the pitchfork brigade ;
Yer better to do that, its an easier life ;
Take care. HH
Anywye,…….
……oot.
See the Fifth Column has arrived. Outa here….
Kev J
I’m afraid your right. They are getting away with it and nothing will ever happen
If only Celtic FC, a member club had an opportunity to raise the issue with UEFA……..wait a minute, what did that letter from UEFA say again…?
HH
CRC
Club 1871 has put out some Q & As that arose at last AGM.
https://twitter.com/GrahamSpiers/status/943209048740126720 and this extract caught my eye
Q.7) The most recent financial results are encouraging but highlight the staggering gulf between us
and our nearest competition. Can this board please outline how they plan to deal with this
substantial deficit going forward?
A) The majority of the deficit is accounted for through qualification for the Champions League
group stages. Other income streams such as retail revenue and commercial income are
increasing however there needs to be a recognition of just how valuable qualification for
the group stages of the Champions League has now become. It is worth in the region of
30m Euros plus associated gate monies.
What it says is that CL qualification will fund the debt that will get them CL qualification!!!!!
Its back to 2011 when getting CL qualification was essential for survival and look at the impact that had on season 2010/2011.
Celtic really must raise this with fellow clubs and at very least insist on an independent audit of UEFA Licence applications and, if Scottish football wishes to avoid a repeat of the consequences of this insane TRFC policy (keep doing the same thing and expect a different result) the other clubs need to support Celtic in taking some steps to prevent the same outcome happening again.
Auldheid- Reagan said when Sevco appeared , that they would check clubs’ accounts regularly, to make sure what you have outlined, wouldn’t happen again, he will be hiding under his desk again….
Auldhied @10:40
The problem with that club is their fixation with us and also the fact that they haven’t run a proper economic model since pre Murray days.
Brendan and Lawwell on flight from London. Speculation rife.
https://twitter.com/shaundillon3/status/943210783135150082
Rumour it’s 18 month loan deal for Charly Musonda from Chelski.
dessybhoy on 19th December 2017 9:58 pm
Auldheid
My money is on a brief statement before next years AGM to say he is still looking at it, if he does anything else I will have to be picked off the ground, unless, it suits for the guilty to move out of the SFA to pastures new like Ogilvie and Dallas did.
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For that to happen Celtic will not be the club I thought I was following.
No heart, no soul, no doing what is right, just another business trying to stay in business.
KEVJUNGLE
The Coatshill team were a great bunch of young guys .
John and Tommy
Crocker
Sammy grieves
Stevie thompson
Stuart henderson
Steven smith and a few others my old memory has failed me .
Next time you speak to john-jo ask him about our trip to play ARBROATHS all conquering u/21 side and what happened to him on the way home .
Take care .
!!Bada Bing!! on 19th December 2017 10:47 pm
Auldheid- Reagan said when Sevco appeared , that they would check clubs’ accounts regularly, to make sure what you have outlined, wouldn’t happen again, he will be hiding under his desk again….
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According to an article by Phil, UEFA were not happy at the licence granted this year and only an early exit stopped it going further.
I suspect the same applied in 2011 but it suggests UEFA FFP is more akin to the Pirates Code – they be more guidelines than rules.
BURNLEY78 on 19TH DECEMBER 2017 7:44 PM
Really likin
Auldheid- will be interesting if a club surviving from hand to mouth by monthly loans, bring in any players next month, will Milne have the cojones to call them out? HH
prestonpans bhoys on 19th December 2017 10:48 pm
Auldhied @10:40
The problem with that club is their fixation with us and also the fact that they haven’t run a proper economic model since pre Murray days.
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How they think and how we think are products of our history. The future is a new page of history that has still to be written. Maybe even a book.
BURNLEY78 on 19TH DECEMBER 2017 7:44 PM
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Thank you for your post. A rose amid many thorns. :)
marspapa on 19th December 2017 10:15 pm
AULDHIED
Can i offer you an apology , my gut feeling when this came about “res12 ” and the other issues surrounding Rangers and the Governing bodies , my first instinct was that you were a ” quisling ” a board placeman to keep us on board ……i will get slaughtered on here for thinking that way ……
No-one deserves to be thought of in that way …..
I’m actually embarrassed seeing it in writing …
Sincere apologies .
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Thank you. How were you to know? We never met.
I’ll repost the extract from Corinthians 13 that I try to follow.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
I commend the whole passage if understanding real love ever becomes a need.
!!Bada Bing!! on 19th December 2017 11:18 pm
Auldheid- will be interesting if a club surviving from hand to mouth by monthly loans, bring in any players next month, will Milne have the cojones to call them out? HH
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Only of Don’s supporter s and supporters of other clubs tell him they will not accept one club getting preferential treatment and seek assurances that TRFC are not.
JIMMYNOTPAUL
So it was you ya fe**er that poured the bovril all over my good suit! I demand satisfaction! I’ll see you at CQN corner after the game tomorrow night!
:-))
onlykiddingcsc
Expressed the view before the game finished on Sunday that the result/performance would see a bigger spend in January ( some fandan on here tried to ridicule that notion ).
I see Phil Mac mentioned a similar view on his blog re January window, time will tell.
A few quality signings is exactly what we need and would help rejuvenated the existing players ( extra competition often has that effect ) .
All IMO of course.
Looking forward to see who we end up getting in.
HH
Thanks Bhoys!
Celtic FC 16/17 – Invincible…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=511HgfER2SU
Theoriginalsadiesbhoy.
Nice one. :-))
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