You will remember we track the number of appearances young players make before they sign for Celtic. We have a sweet spot of around 60 games (van Dijk: 62, Wanyama: 51, Dembele: 56).
It typically takes this number of games before a prospect will raise his profile enough to come to our attention, and for subsequent scouting to take place. Consider the process. Before recommending a player to Celtic, one of their in-country scouts will have to see him perform on a number of occasions and tested at a level comparable to the challenges faced by Celtic.
Alternatively, agents will need to produce DVDs to entice some interest. It takes time to differentiate a Kieran Tierney from a one season wonder.
Leave it later, say until around 100 games have been played, and a van Dijk is likely to flicker on radars in England or Germany. Celtic’s chances of acquiring the player would be considerably diminished, as even one season wonders can fetch £8m when an EPL club shows interest. Out of Celtic’s reach, but often still rubbish.
Kouassi Eboue breaks our guidelines. The teenager has made a starting line-up on 16 occasions in senior football plus three as a sub. He was red carded once and subbed off four times, so he’s only played 11 full games. 11 games is not a lot to base a £3m purchase on.
On the plus side, the quality of many of those games is reassuring. Five of his 90 minutes came in the Europa League against Salzburg, Nice and Schalke, so Celtic will have had the chance to see him perform against decent European sides – as an 18-year-old.
There are things I don’t know about this deal, where the recommendation came from being the most significant. I don’t recognise his agent, so not surprisingly it appears we’ve reached beyond the pools we were fishing in under Ronny and Neil. Kouassi also appears to be the agent’s most/only valuable asset. As such, I doubt the initiation came from the agent, or if the player’s profile was raised with anyone outside Russia before Celtic had the preliminaries signed.
Is a season in the Europa League the new sweet spot for a Celtic prospect? Stay tuned.
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John James suggesting members of sevco board (s) ousted??
King, Murray P & Milligan
Understood JJ was an ousted PR guru, with an axe to grind
He plays the role well…
Hammers know he’s only 13….
right? ;-)
John James is an ex colleague of Irvine i believe
!!Bada Bing!! on 5th January 2017 4:47 pm
John James is an ex colleague of Irvine i believe
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Irvine still doing the Easdales’ PR, right? I mentioned earlier that JJ may just be the front of another power player trying to destablise the current regime, much in the same way as Glibby did with Charlotte Fakes…
Bada
Aye, lost out on the plum gig
Easy to see how his ‘style’ would be turned to advantage in certain circumstances –
but big Jim snaffled that mission
Fonte has handed in a transfer request. Can’t see them selling Virgil if he goes.
UP_OVER_GOAL on 5TH JANUARY 2017 1:24 PM
“It takes time to differentiate a Kieran Tierney from a one season wonder.”
Quizzical eyebrow raise gif.
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Yeah about 10 minutes!
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GO TELL THE SPARTIM on 5TH JANUARY 2017 4:02 PM
I was told as far back as September 26th 2016 that Lansbury would be one one to watch for in January.
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Things you don’t see anymore,…………..
Ice cream men on three wheeler bikes.
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Stopped reading at London Evening Standard
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January buddy….
Place is hoachin’ with the buggers in summer
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Celtic have received no Dembele bid
Facebook
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Where, Where ?
As somebody said the other day this is gonna be a long three weeks.
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BSR,
there is an ice cream seller on a bike in the summer in Paisley,
sells hot dogs in the winter,
GORDYBHOY64 on 5TH JANUARY 2017 5:43 PM
BSR,
there is an ice cream seller on a bike in the summer in Paisley,
sells hot dogs in the winter,
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Shooooorly in Paisley it would be the other way about?
;-)
HH jamesgang
Cough spent millions.
One million on a goalie.
Stein spent 30k and transformed a team that couldn’t win anything into the best team in the world.
BSR
Things you don’t see anymore………
Sikhs selling poundstore tat door to door from a suitcase………..I loved the sales pitch – There ye go hen, wan fur baith the weans :-)
Bourne
Paisley x
But he sells more hotdogs than cones…;-)
BSR
Never see Alpen Boays these days
What about a hotdog in a cone?
Fusion food. Paisley buddy stylee
HH jamesgang
I’ve never given JohnJames one thin dime.
Don’t intend to start now.
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I have been doing a bit of research on Kouassi Eboue and he looks a very decent player who is sure to have a great career ahead of him. This signing represents a fine piece of business from Brendan and The Board. It will also be interesting to see if West Ham’s bid for Moussa sparks off a biding frenzy in the Transfer Window but fingers crossed we hold on to Dembele, until the summer at the very least.
I have had a look at the West Ham official website & they have a section called ‘ the insider’
They profile the article by saying it deals in speculation on transfers in association with ‘ transfer mate’
It does say that a £20m bid has been made for a player at a Scottish team.
Are the swooping for Bazza ‘ world beater ‘ Mackay ?
HH
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You’ll confuse the poor guy-do you want him to mix up his raspberry sauce and tomato ketchup?
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The Alpine Man? forgot about him and his big bottles of
LIMEADE.
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Very interesting article Pablo.
You’ve omitted (perhaps deliberately) one salient fact.
Krasnodar are under huge financial pressure to convert assets into cash as a result of FFP.
Given the inflationary market, now made worse by China, 3 million Euros for a teenager still under a long contract who can already operate at Europa League level is a steal.
As an aside, clubs know when other clubs are in distress and bids are adjusted accordingly.
Doesn’t look good for the sale of Lewis McLeod Mark 2.
Hail hail
If W. Ham have only bid 6m for Defoe , there is no way they will have put a 20m bid for Moussa.
Brendan might be better saying MD is happy here and not for sale, end of.Re him and guys thinking 2 mil for Bitton is a good deal.Aston Villa paid £14 mil for Ross McCormack, who wouldn’ t get a game for us, he’s 29/30,and they are a Championship club.
I bought an Advent Calendar in Paisley,4 of the windows were boarded up.
Bobbio
;-)
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If & I say If WHUFC bid £20 mill for a player based in Scotland I reckon spending that on Sinky would be better business for them at this time.
I started my first degree in Paisley
Good Evening.
Here’s something new. About transfer window nonsense https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/no-not-him-we-actually-meant-the-other-one/