They call it Helicopter Money. Income that just lands in your lap without you having to do any work for it. It brings a special kind of joy. The millions Celtic will earn as a result of a sell-on clause from Virgil van Dijk’s £75m sale to Liverpool is a classic of the genre.
Right off, let’s acknowledge a few facts. Virgil’s £2.6m capture from Groningen was a brilliant piece of business by the club. Many are due credit for this, including Neil Lennon and Peter Lawwell, but the occasionally-maligned John Park, in particular, deserves applause.
Park lost his Midas touch after the January 2012 capture of Mikael Lustig, but that had as much to do with the change in comparative finances between Celtic and the bottom of the English Premier League, than any degradation of our former chief scout’s ability.
Virgil had played only 62 games in senior football when he signed for Celtic. We got him because we moved, showing incredible agility, before anyone else had the opportunity to act. We will not be able to exactly recreate the Virgil business – others see where and how exceptional value has been earned and copy, but this has always been the case.
What we can say for sure is that few clubs anywhere in the world have the success rate of Celtic at finding under-priced footballers and transforming them into Champions League players who are sold at multiples of five or ten times value.
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Stephen Sullivan is a former Celtic View reporter who wrote the much-lauded Sean Fallon biography, ‘Iron Man’. He is now the editor of FIFA.com.
Stevie Murray has now written two books on Celtic – ‘Ten Men Won The League’ and ‘Kenny of the Celtic’ – and he is a respected and authoritative voice on the club.
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BIG JIMMY –
I also use WhatsApp to send / receive messages to and from Europe , Africa , Asia .America etc . It uses WI FI . . Download it onto a smartphone and use it in a Wifi zone – Doesn’t cost me anything to send /receive
Awe_Naw_Nae_New_Article_Oan_The_Dae
Annaw_Noo?
Having a Scotch Pie, 24 hours in advance of my next one ;-)
SSN said about an hour ago, before showing BR’s press conference, that Celtic will receive around £6m from the Van Dijk transfer to Liverpool (using the Daily Ranger numbers?). Introducing the press conference again an hour later they have upped it to £7m. Wonder if someone’s had a word?
The incredìble BSR and the Tremendous Jobo…..
Showing signs of Lunacy.
Will Celtic be 5 up by this TIME tomorrow?
Luniz
Over 3.5 first half goals…… is a safer bet.
Belfast and Glasgow Celtic have been cheated more than anyone else.
Payback Time.
Strange the VAT has been deducted, do they do this with anyone else, no and we know why.
They dont deduct vat from hun transfer info because.
I —- they dont buy anyone.
2—- even if they did they wouldn’t pay it anyway.
Our German guests are in for a treat on Saturday.
Maximum respect to those that give up their tickets to let Others Witness CELTIC.
KEVJ – I Love ye to bits. No Celt is paying £49 @ Paradise. Ibrokes yeah. Not for me, never will be.
Tomorrow,my mate and I will head off to The Irish Centre,Wimbledon,to meet a few good men.
The Wimbledon Tims!
I will be wearing with pride-and my usual casual elan-a rather stunning top ALL THE WAY FROM MELBOURNE.
With,of course,grateful thanks to MELBOURNEMICK and PADDYMACOZ.
I might not be worthy of such a gift,such an honour,but heyho.
It’s
PeachyCSC
BT
will catch you for a pint over the hols
jingle bells
jingle bells
WHITEDOGHUNCH
Oh,what fun it is to…
Hope yer smashin’ pal.
Have a great 2018.
Tune
JAMESGANG…
All the best to you and your good lady big chap.HH
Sky sports have a special on the Lisbon lions just now.
More 1988
Oh how TIME flys.
2017 was Great watching Celtic, Fantastic fitba.
1987/1988 was the Best for me.
Oh theres only 1 King Billy.
2018 sees Israel……………………………………………
BEER Sheva.CSC
PETEC
Happy Hunskelpin New Year,mate.
Cot,night shift.
What an intro
WDH
Let u know when I am heading into town
Probably Wednesday as K back at work
BOBBY,
God Bless you and all yer crew – especially yer old dear. We had another scare with the Aussie Flu. Thankfully we survived.
I dinnae ken how Pat does it. Sprightly is not a good enough Word. He is remarkable.
Scott Brown is putting in 8.5+ games Every game now. I know Kojo would be purring about how well he is playing. The thing is, it is the off the ball stuff that is making him play so well.
Sleep Well Michael. There is a Hun to Really skelp tomorrow.
BMCUW
that’s the one, you to
BT should be grand
Congrats to Jamesgang and his bride.
new article posted.
BRTH at 11.16 am
Let me know how that worked out for ye !
Words only, mind. Nae pictures….;-)
Naps Compy?
West of the Edge 210 Haydock
Happy Hunskelpin New Year to yeezaw!!!
Wuff 2:25 Newbury.
Big Jimmy,
Few matches have undergone as much revisionism as that famed 1-1 draw. I was there, and remember us being poor, but at no time did I think we were going to lose it.
As for Ferguson’s comments about “fight”. These are the banal ramblings of an unimaginative pundit. Of course players need to be physically strong. But “going in hard” is redolent of the way the game was played 40 years ago.
Everyone else has moved on, and the idea that crunching your opponents early should be part of a sensible game plan is tragic.
CQN Naps on here today… and get your Christmas money on Celtic -1.5 goals today… it’s free money!
:)
fleagle1888
Haydock 1.35
Thomas Patrick
Cannae get beat but put your tank on -2. Easy money.
14:45 Haydock
Clan Legend
HH.
Shades of Midnight in 12.25 Haydock
Irish Prince 12. 40 Newbury
Newbury 3pm Poetic Rythym
Good luck everyone
3.00 Newbury
Dame Rose
Best of luck to all
Cheers GFTB
Dwaterside 12 35. Lingfield.
Whisky chaser 2.10 newb.
Dreadful performance at Paradise!
Today’s nap is : Daklondike
14:25 Newbury
Tank empty after a few days at Leopardstown.
14:45 @ Haydock – Church Hall – NAP!
Good luck everybody.
HH.