Celtic have activated a clause in their loan deal for Odsonne Edouard (20) with Paris Saint-Germain to sign the player on a four-year permanent contract. The deal will cost the club an initial £4.5m but the add-ons which follow will soon make the deal the club’s highest transfer fee paid.
To give some perspective, Celtic last broke their transfer fee record with the £6m purchase of Neil Lennon in 2000.
Watching Odsonne develop during his loan period has been an education. Brendan Rodgers put Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths on the bench to allow Odsonne the game time he needed to grow. His early-season rustiness was history by March, when he came off the bench when Celtic were down to 10 men at Ibrox, brushed aside what defences there was, to score a memorable winner.
The last player to match our record transfer fee was John Hartson in 2001. Like John then, Odsonne is third choice striker, so the work does not stop here.
Great business, well done all concerned.
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Bin the VAR it’s not football it ust spoiled this game with that penalty decision for France
Yeees
Pen Australia!
Stonewaller for Australia 1-1
Worried that beard might put him off balance:))))
HH
Did the French defender get booked at the penalty? ( do want to name him incase I get moderated)?….
Karma is a beast. Australia taking the game to France now, go Oz. Get TR on the ball more. HH
50 shades of green
No booking for French defender.
French substitute can be considered an unlucky Fekir not to have started today:))))
Rogic off Jackson Irvine on!
So France bringing on “another ” Fekir now…!
Good James Forrest blog about STV’s coverage of French Eddie’s transfer, well lack of it. Apparently it got a mention then off to all things sevco. I personally didn’t see it since I’ve never watched STV since they went into partnership with the Hun. Doubt I’m alone on that one.
Starry
Looks a decent player, yon grasshopper
HH
Jackson Irvine on for TR. Another one possibly let go too soon?
Go Jacko Irvine ex Celtic and Ross County.
From Dingwall to Kazan. Magic
YNWA
MINCEYHEIDMAN on 16TH JUNE 2018 12:26 PM…
Cheers mate….
Shocking decision not to….
H.H
Jammy goal..
What is it with this referee, again conned. Gone off France big time, and they were my choice to win the WC. Ach well. HH
Irvine picks Pogba’s pocket…
HH
Aussies in a defiant huddle, like it
HH
Modern technology 2 Australia 1
Australia were very unlucky there,but that was not a good game.
Hernandez – the most pathetic display of acting since Deco in Seville.
Jimmynotpaul, even though I work in same office , I’ve not seen Alex and John for weeks. I hope you enjoyed your drinks yesterday.
I was wondering if Tony woud have known have known Paddy’s relationship to you , prior to the game. That was good Tony was very complimentary about you.
For those who dont want to listen to the BBC tv commentary , if you press the red button on BBC , you can watch the game while listening to the radio 5 commentary. I was driving and listening to the match on radio 5 when Conor McNamara mentioned this.
Does anybody else think we should shop in Sainsbury’s?
Agree with BMCW, Aussies were bang out of luck there.
Very fine margins in that game.
Defender made a good tackle but was unlucky his follow through caught Greizmann slightly.In previous tournaments it wouldn’t have been given.
ZIGGYDOC1 on 16TH JUNE 2018 10:26 AM
On a lighter note, last night’s game was amazing. I can’t believe Spain never took three points. They were amazing, with an incredible passing accuracy. Iniesta is still a brilliant player. Ronaldo hardly on the ball, yet scored three.
*yip that’s the game I watched, for all the gushing about CR7 he was hardly in the game, first goal a penalty in which he had no involvement, the 2nd a calamatous fu by the manure goalie and although the 3rd looked amazing everybody and his granny could see where it was going, I felt that the goalie was badly positioned in that one, just my opinion though.
Both teams will go through but I feel that the pork and cheese are a poor aging squad, Spain were by far the better side. Still think it will be the Fatherland or Brazil although if any of you have any spare money might not be a bad idea to putin it on the host country.
Hello again all you young rebels.
Thought France could have lifted their game up a level but great
credit to the Aussies for giving them a fright.
Not so sure now about France winning the trophy after watching
Spain and Portugal but good teams tend to get stronger as the
tournament goes on.
Thought the big wizard was missing Broony, needs to step up and
win the ball more in 50/50’s but Oz is jumping and hoopies
everywhere.
Big decision now do i stay up and head down to our big Celtic Sunday
half pashed or go to bed and get full pashed tomorrow.
I’ll phone a friend, PADDYMACOZ will keep me right.
H.H Mick
Henrik in ITV studio for Argentina game
I don’t understand the ‘experts’ reluctance to embrace new technology such as VAR. Today it was the turn of former top flight footballer, BBC pundit and head coach of the England women’s team.
I would have thought anything that helps the officials to make the correct decision must be embraced.
France v Australia today saw a penalty awarded by video review, an offside checked and ruled out following a goal and a goal awarded using goal line technology where in the past the bounce of the ball may have fooled the officials.
I suspect the present confusion may be caused by FIFAs latest interpretation of the laws of the game which must be causing the watching Scottish refs something of an existential crisis.
Oh how we could’ve done with VAR at Celtic games over the years in the face of the honest mistake excuse.
cv
John Paul McBride, now there’s a name from the past, seemed to be one of the country’s most promising young players and we had him, and then he just disappeared.
*Phil Neville
CV
Re VAR and could’ve been…
Henry against Ireland a few years ago sprung to mind earlier when thinking of different outcomes.
Your post made me think of Cadete’s goal at Ibrox, onside by a clear yard yet given offside, that one still rankles .
HH
Does anyone know why Umtiti wasn’t booked at the penalty as it looked like a deliberate handball.
Tontine tim
Re JP McBride
Played in a trial match for Mill utd 20 odd years ago. Remember when I got home telling my old man that I just played in the same team as the next Paul McStay, he was amazing in that game. I was convinced he would make it.
Went on to play in Denmark and had a spell at Partick and St Jonstone I think.
HH
DBHOY,
My initial thoughts were of fairly recent ones. Shalks dive v Ross County, Meekings handball v ICT in the cup semi etc but there’s loads of examples.
Once you start that kind of mental list you realise how many big calls have gone against us over the years that just couldn’t have stood had the technology been in place.
I really don’t understand the motivation of anyone involved in football not wanting the correct decision to be made.
The technology is new to football and there will be teething problems but it will be adapted to suit the sport with minimal impact to the flow of the game.
cv
Dallas
Been listening to this instead of Lawro.
https://youtu.be/0PUj0bU-JDw
CV
I would be keen to see it in the SPFL, the architects and implementers of mibbery less so I think
HH
Lethal.