Mistakes in the transfer market are more costly to a club than any mistake made on a football field. It’s too easy to spend millions on a transfer fee and commit to the kind of contract you or I will never see in our lives. After contracts are signed you need to hope the player settles into the squad, and the city, sometimes hope he learns the language, and assume he can cope with the weather.
So how do you offset this? In recent seasons Celtic have tried, when possible, to agree a deal in principle, but front-load the transfer with a short-term loan deal. This gives the club six months or a year to ensure all the boxes are ticked before they commit the kind of resources which would have an impact on multiple seasons.
Miku is a case in point. Glasgow is a long way from his native Venezuela, and as different from Madrid or Valencia, where he spent most of his adult life, as you will find in Western Europe. He is a almost certainly a better player than we have seen since he arrived at the end of the summer transfer window, but it would be foolish to suggest he has settled well at the club.
If Miku doesn’t cut it, he will return to Spain in the summer, or sooner, and Celtic will have conserved millions.
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RobertTressell:
It’s not too difficult! It’s always one of Elgin or Annan!
ItaliaBhoy
17:40 on
5 January, 2013:
a deep cover timposter maybe?
Great equaliser for West Ham….
67Heaven
Heard that: 12-12-18
What’s not to like – would keep that mob in the bottom tier for another year!
Will Sally and The Rangers get the world record for second most points in a fourth tier campaign? Or the one for most opposition red cards for nothing? Or maybe the one for lowest points per pound spent in the fourth tier?
Here’ssssssssssssssss Tommy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim spence saying 2 leagues of 12 splitting to 3 of 8 likely to be in place for next season.
Are these clowns trying to kill scottish football dead? Celtic need to get out.
Praeepta
Why would that be the case .? …hope you’re right
Evening Celts, never knew the Sevco zombies were playing today, fat Sally’s NY resolution is now kaput……”must do better” or perhaps it’ll now become ” must do bitter” ……..
Still at least those that paid 1p per share won’t lose out.
It’s no fun being a Hun@ sevco fc 2012
Tommy calling the MSM brain-dead urchins…..hahahahahaha. Go Tommy.
More tripe from the Give Me Football website:
Arsenal have reportedly been offered the opportunity to sing Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama, who has also been linked with with a transfer to Manchester United.
Wanyama is establishing himself as one of the finest players in Scottish football and, according to The Times, Arsenal have been approached about a proposed move for the Kenya international.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is also reported to be looking at Wanyama, 21, although Arsenal, it would appear, are ahead of their Premier League rivals in the race to sign the highly-rated Celtic star.
It is unclear if Arsenal are willing to look into a possible transfer for Wanyama, who has also reportedly been offered to other Premier League clubs – of which Manchester United do not seem to be one.
Arsenal, meanwhile, have reportedly made a formal approach to sign Barcelona striker David Villa as Arsene Wenger strives to recruit goalscoring reinforcements during the January transfer window.
I guess Fat Sally got the winter shutdown he was looking for, nice of his players to oblige, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
How are the media going to spin this one, “Ehr is very difficult to play against ten men dontcha know”
gsu
Why is it that every team Sevco plays against seems to be prefixed by “ten man”
e.g. ten man Queens Park, 10 man Elgin?
On another note, I see an item on newsnow saying that Wanyama has been “offered” around several EPL clubs. More media garbage? or is there a board v Lenny issue here?
rothbhoy17:52 on 5 January, 2013
They can sing him all they like ;)
Glendalystonsils likes a mr whippy with his lime green jelly
17:54 on
5 January, 2013
Why oh why would you further promote their propaganda by adding your last line?
gsu
If only our press referred to Victor as one of the finest players in the SPL…
Refreshing from an i phone.
I have anipad Nd to refresh, I tap the last time line, then tap the curly arrow in the address box.
Hope this helps.
Sorry for i pad induced errors.
Glendalystonsils….etc
Any touting of Wanyama, is more than likely to be emanating from his agent. I cant see anyone connected with the club hawking him round EPL clubs.
…….well, I hope not!
HH
Wanyama offered to various EPL clubs?!
Allegedly!
Who by?
His agent?
Media speculation.
… or in other words – garbage!
HH!!
Tomorrows headline
Sevco hold on for a world record draw against Elgin City.
Elgin were clearly given an unfair advantage by
having one of their players sent off in the first half.
A scandalous decision as everyone knows
playing against 10 men is always harder than playing against 11 men.
The SFA were also clearly at fault for refusing Sevco
a deserved winter break given their heavy league schedule
and a cup game in February.
oh sally oh sally
We are never ever ever getting back together,
We are never ever ever getting back together,
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
3daysonthewagoncsc
Listen, there is no way the institutional investors handed over £17m for that share issue …. When are ‘they’ going to come clean on all this shoite..?…..and how are they getting away with it ?
allys trying to build a team for the fans to be proud of….these mibs are ruining it every week….he needs stronger opposition by playing against 11 every week…..sure to be on the phone to fleming start of next week to get it sorted out…..
Sparkleghirl (17:56)
rothbhoy17:52 on 5 January, 2013
They can sing him all they like ;)
That’s definitely what the “oh so spot on” article from the ‘well-informed’ Give Me Football website says. It’s definitely ‘sing him’ according to their sources – LOL!!!!!
This business of getting your friends in black to send off one of the opposition might sometimes work but it doesn’t half make it embarrassing when you can’t capitalise.
Evening bhoys from a cold hun free mountain.
Hit the bar today, had the team from the Blue Toon won, this Tim would be 16k better off.
Win some lose more.
Some great results tho, big feck going down, Elgin getting a creditable draw against the new team while down to 10 men.
HH
I have enjoyed Rangers travails over the last year as much as anyone. Now though I’m not going to bother with them or their successors for a good few years. Out of sight out of mind.
This is the gift I give to myself.
Picked this comment out of rm …
“get them buried early ” …..how appropriate….HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Maybe The Rangers shareholder Super Sally is being super sneaky here.
Think how much they have saved on win bonuses.
The Booing Cup was fondly taken from today.
Was big mad mental scary eyed Craigy ‘Mighty’ Whytey there?
Pure guzzlin’ doon the unholied watter oot the booing cup.
Elgin no mower. Annan no mower…
Meet the new resolution, same as the old resolution – to make sure no-one likes ’em…
But hey!, they don’t care…
U
Big Vic’s going nowhere.
me broke-deed it?
Is it just me or is Kenny McIntyre becoming the most loathsome man on shortbread with Traynor gone? Agenda-driven or what? You can hear the gusto in which he reads out the emails which agree with his views.
Cosgrove in good form re “title-stripping” and Green’s inflammatory comments.
Two little huns had two little toys
Each had a Luvin cup
Gaily they played each summers day
Retarded both of course.
One little chap then had a mishap
Broke his wee luvin cup
Wept for his toy, then cried with joy
As his young hun mate said:
Did you think I would leave you crying
When there’s bile in my cup for two
Cmon here, Chuck and don’t be crying
We can sup just as fast as two
When we grow up we’ll both be ri-o-ters
And we wont be using toys
And I wonder if we’ll remember when we were
Two little huns.
MegaBoredWithTheSPLWinterBreakAlready CSC
had to walk through half a dozen sevconians outside the bishy pub smoking.
one going balllistec.
lot of pish this week, lots of pish last week, in fact its all been pish.
no going back.
shush there that port guy , or words to that effect.
hehehehehehehhehehe
i didnt engage,
hehehehhehehhe
Up the Ammers 2-1
2-1 West Ham