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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TURKEYBHOY
Aye,they’re right.
£4.5m we’ve spent on him. Ridiculous amount of money. We could have got an unproven Brighton reserve centre-half for a million less.
PL must go,and he can take BR with him. Spendthrifts,the pair of them.
Quite like the look of The Costa Rican no. 16
Maybe he would provide good cover for Mica Lustig?
Looks tidy in possession and no slouch defending
HH
Newcastle bought Mitrovic for £13m and want to punt him to Fulham for £20m. He’s dug meat.
Celtic away top behind the Costa Rica goal.
Rumour is that Gamboa transfer from West Brom has a clause when he reaches 25 games they get another payment. He’s played 24 for Celtic.
‘Rangers (Easy)jet out to Spain’
Good play from wee Cris there, have only watched second half but he’s been decent.
“He’s dug meat” (David17)
That’s another saying I’ve never heard before. I’m beginning to think I’ve led a sheltered life.
Very goòd performance by Costa Rica,against a very talented Serbian side.Wonder free kick to win it by Kolarov.Wee Gamboa had a good game.Nothing came down his side.Played further forward and got up and down all day.I think he is a bit unlucky with us.Any time he has played in the SPL,he has done fine.Don’t know why he is so out of favour.
Bobby,they are so deluded,they really have become a parody now.
We keep saying it,but they ARE the stupidest fans in the world.Last season it was”Dumbele “who was useless.A guy who absolutely destroyed them.
Bigotry and hatred just blinds them.The con men just love them.
James Forrest thinks the Monkeys are on a drug from”Grand Theft Auto”,called”Deludamol”.
LOL.
Great start to Germany Mexico!
T
looking through all the fifa.com records.
danny is the most succesful celt at world cups.
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International career
His international career began at Scotland Under 23 level on 13 February 1973 with a game against England at Kilmarnock.[30] McGrain played alongside Alan Rough and Asa Hartford in a 1–2 defeat.[31] He won a second cap at Under 23 level a month later away to Wales, winning 2–1.[32]
McGrain made his full international debut for Scotland on 12 May 1973 in a British Home Championship tie against Wales at Wrexham, winning 2–0.[9][33] He won a further two caps over the following week in Home Championship ties against Northern Ireland and England.[34] The game against England saw McGrain fielded in an unfamiliar role at left-back to accommodate another highly rated right-back, Sandy Jardine of Rangers.[35] McGrain would go on to play at left-back for many of his Scotland appearances in the 1970s in order to accommodate the Rangers player, still able to play to the abilities he displayed in his normal role.[14]
McGrain played in eight consecutive internationals for Scotland[9] and was selected by Willie Ormond for the 22 man squad travelling to West Germany for the 1974 World Cup.[36] McGrain played in all three World Cup group matches (Zaire, Brazil and Yugoslavia), but despite being undefeated Scotland returned home having failed to qualify for the next phase.[36] This early-exit from the tournament proved fortunate for McGrain, who had been suffering from extreme thirst all through the tournament and had lost 2 stone (12 kg) in weight. On his return to Glasgow, McGrain was diagnosed as being diabetic. Had there been any further delay in identification and treatment of his condition, the consequences could have proved fatal.[37] With his illness now being managed, McGrain was able to continue playing football.[37]
McGrain continued to play regularly for Scotland, now being fielded in his more familiar position at right-back, but missed Scotland’s ill-fated 1978 World Cup campaign in Argentina through injury.[9]
On his recovery from injury in 1979, McGrain regained his place in the Scotland team.[38] He made 16 consecutive international appearances in the run up to the 1982 World Cup in Spain. Now captain of the side, McGrain was named in Jock Stein’s 22 man squad travelling to Spain. He played in Scotland’s opening game against New Zealand but was dropped for the next match against Brazil. McGrain came on as a substitute for Gordon Strachan in Scotland’s third game, against the Soviet Union.[9] This transpired to be his final game for Scotland.[9][39]
McGrain is a member of the Scotland national football team roll of honour, courtesy of the 62 caps he won during his career.[40]
there was a very good doc on anbout Argentis – called 1978 LOVE STORY.
if danny had have went we would have went much further.
jardine was shite by the way.
Those Mexicans are speedy little feckers but Germans are strong and disciplined
Racial Stereotypes CSC
Well deserved, Germany not at the races.
Well deserved……… 1-0 Mexico
ondalay ondalay
Wee bit of Lubo at Ibrox about that goal.
I’m bored. No interest in International football if Scotland or ROI are not in it. The telly is rubbish too. I’d go to the pub but I’m skint. If I had needles and wool I’d have a go at knitting a scarf.
Speedy Gonzales One
Vorsprung Panzer Divisions Nil
Germany going up through the gears now…..
Alemania struggling
As Carlos Pena opens another bottle of Sol…
Maybe Scotland didn’t do too badly on their recent travels. Mexico seem to have the measure of the Germans. They scored a lovely goal and are well worth their lead, imo.
The Mexicans have a lot of spunk
Germany totally out of sorts. Really susceptible to the counter attack. They don’t have a proper defensive midfielder.
WDH
Thank’s ….just spat oot my milkshake :O(
Mehico lead deservedly. Hope they hang in there.
Hoopy Father’s Day to all. Proud owner of the new Home Strip. Gift voucher also for the eagerly awaited away top.
BBC interrupt England camp to show some football…..
Mexico starting to tire?
Germany can’t get through Trumps wall.
A nation of Mexicans appeal for a penalty
Jonathan Pierce
Had a look at John James site,seems like he has gone totally pay per view,last 5 articles are all password protected.
Still Juan Nil
Racial Overtones CSC
2nd half is like the Alamo in reverse
Panzer Divisions massing on the Rio Grande
Germans haven’t thrown the towel in yet