Celtic await ratification of Guidetti’s transfer by the SFA. The player travelled to Glasgow yesterday afternoon and quickly concluded a deal with Celtic, but it took until late in the evening before paperwork arrived from Manchester.
Aware of the delay, Celtic applied to the SFA for an extension. The SFA authorised the extension and subsequently received all relevant paperwork, Celtic believed they were over the line, but I understand we are in new territory with respect to extensions, so the SFA have asked Fifa for guidance.
Paperwork was submitted considerably before Manchester United completed the 2am signing of Radamel Falcao, so there is reason for hope, but it’s not clear in Glasgow what discretion the FA used to register Falcao. The same may or may not be available to the SFA.
There are also time constraints, player lists for Uefa group stage competitions need to be completed by 23:00 tonight, and we can’t add the player until Fifa issue guidance to the SFA.
If Celtic wanted a more complicated transfer than Guidetti they surely found it with our Serbian striker, Stefan Scepovic. Transfers involving influences across multiple countries are often difficult……
One thing Celtic are clear about is the endurance of the player, who had to sit through difficult hours in order to make the deal happen. He kept his nerve as others tried to sell him to Getafe – who were under no Financial Fair Play restrictions.
We’ll do a wrap-up of the window tomorrow.
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BocchiniBhoy:
It is illegal for me to suggest any form of criminal activity … but you’re aware of the Arrest Blair website, right? Earn yourself a few quid mate!
Geordie Munro:
:) Indeed !
“A Catholic can be PM.
They’ve just never had one.”
Snake,
I’m guessing cos they just ain’t good enough. ;)
Rangerssectariansigningpolicy csc
tom/james
why then was roy keane unable to play for us until Jan 1st when he signed
mid November?
Celtic Forever On Page Five
celticforever
13:46 on
2 September, 2014
http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/atoz/letter=g/index,page=14.htmx
guidetti definitely on uefa website as our player
I’ve check it out & UEFA have him down as a Hoops player
Hopefully the young lad becomes a success & kicks starts
his footballing career back on track & scores loads of goals for us
@ present he could do with losing some weight but hopefully
he will get fit as a fiddle soon & starts banging the goals in
ASAP Go-On-The-Hoops (Hail – Hail All) :-) :-)
Bawsman
16:22 on
2 September, 2014
At one point potential Prime Ministers were Charles Kennedy,
Really Charles Kennedy had a realistic chance of becoming prime minister………………..
has there been a rule change since then to facilitate this?
rt rev david hay
16:25 on
2 September, 2014
tom/james
why then was roy keane unable to play for us until Jan 1st when he signed
mid November?
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Because he was injured;)
Joking, not sure, some registration issue if I remember correctly but someone will clarify…
HH
Id hate to see Guidetti slip through our fingers….he could be a diamond.
Im calling on the UFH to help us once more.
And I promise I will be a good bhoy:)
HH
lionroars67
16:25 on 2 September, 2014
Well according to the nats Farage is going to be the next deputy PM.
The bugger is surrounded by Caribinieri.
I for one will not vote Labour ,not one of them are just not up to it, one big mistake was when the party elected Gordon Brown as Prime Minister. that finished it for me, and the other loser Ed Milliband, at least with the tories you know were you stand,
I hope the Mubarak signing will get the best from Izzy,I’m a huge fan of Izzy but his form has shaded of late and in my opinion its due to who is playing in front of him.Get him some cover and he’ll be back to his best.Personally I think a 4 3 3 would suit our squad better than the 4 2 3 1 when Brown is fit.
Not surprising that the SMSM give the impression Celtic somehow missed the deadline, despite having applied for an extension.
Ernie, do you believe in Jesus Christ or the Great Architect in the Sky?
Do you believe The North of Ireland should remain part of the UK?
What is your opinion of Irish Nats?
Snake Plissken
16:24 on 2 September, 2014
There’s contingency provision for someone else to deal with matters involving the Cof E.
If you want the detail search hansard for the answer to Cunningham’s question.
Lionsroars67 good mate. Could guidetti be our next swedish star?Yes ksc will be a good place to watch the away games hopefully bt will be well on the road to recovery after his op.
http://www.gazzettadelmediterraneo.it/noto-per-citta-sempre-fama-internazionale-oggi-visita-tony-blair/2367/
Is the CofE not closer to the RCC than the CofS?
We’ve had scottish prime ministers so all that seems bizarre
Ernie Lynch
Fine.
Still don’t see there being one in the near or far future just as I don’t see there being someone ever saying they were an Atheist being US President.
Fa ratify cleverly move
SFA pass the buck, hoping it’s rejected no doubt so as to embarrass celibacy having agreed an extension. They don’t need fifa approval, they register players
Seems to me you don’t really have to be a SNP voter to support independence.
Seems to me a catholic in support of the SNP 40 years ago would have been very hard to find, not now.
Seems to me Scotland has moved on somewhat since I was in my teens and mostly for the better.
PS – not that long ago Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition and the 3rd largest party were headed up by Catholics…IDS and Chas Kennedy. The fact they didn’t have a snowball in hells chance of beating TB the neo-catholic (now Catholic) PM doesn’t alter the facts!
PPS – I am not a ‘yes’.
ernie lynch
16:27 on
2 September, 2014
lionroars67
16:25 on 2 September, 2014
Well according to the nats Farage is going to be the next deputy PM.
Said it on here the other day.
In politics never say never.
Who could have dreamed pre 1997 that a Labour Candidate with a name like James Francis Murphy would be elected in Eastwood.
Murphy himself probably couldn’t believe it.
James Forrest/SFTB –
At the risk of scorn from both of you (!)…..this should be relatively easy to resolve :
SFTB points out that a common criticism made of No voters is that by supporting the union, they are voting the same way as the BNP/DUP/Orange Order etc. The implication is that they are in bed with a bunch of fascists and looneys.
This is clearly true. However it is not a good argument given that, when the vote on the Iraq war was made in Parliament, the SNP were happy to support the same position as BNP/National Front/DUP etc…etc. in voting against the war.
That is – it is possible to find yourself in the unusual circumstances of sharing political ground with parties who would otherwise give you the “dry boak”.
It is not a knock-down argument or good reason upon which to base a decision either way (Yes or No).
There was word on the blog last night that Kris Commons might be signing a new cotract today. Anybody got any word on that?
paolosboots FC before PLC
Where about’s is KSC?
I would like to come along & watch an away game or two.
auld bertie
16:30 on
2 September, 2014
Ernie, do you believe in Jesus Christ or the Great Architect in the Sky?
Do you believe The North of Ireland should remain part of the UK?
What is your opinion of Irish Nats?
Do they bit as bad as Scottish midges?
Geordie Munro
16:24 on 2 September, 2014
“A Catholic can be PM.
They’ve just never had one.”
Snake,
I’m guessing cos they just ain’t good enough. ;)
Rangerssectariansigningpolicy csc
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Now THAT…..is funny. :-))
ernie lynch
16:27 on
2 September, 2014
Ukip are set to win their first Commons seat with a landslide 64 per cent of the vote following the biggest swing in modern political history.
Turncoat MP Douglas Carswell is set to humiliate David Cameron at the Clacton by-election sparked by his defection, a Survation poll for The Mail on Sunday has revealed.
The figures – the first test of public opinion since the politician rocked Westminster by defecting to Nigel Farage’s party – predict a record 48 point swing towards Ukip.
I am not a nat Ernie, neither do i make bulshit predictions
However Clegg got to be deputy prime minister on a smaller percentage of the votes cast at the last election than the UKIP are presently polling, so a possible hung parliament in the 2015 election with a Tory/UKIP government with Cameron and Farage as Prime minister and deputy prime minister is not such an outlandish possibility
I know we wanted a strong robust centre but I’ve just seen a pic of JG! Is he really that…er…broad?
glendalystonsils
Press conference at 6.30 might bring more news than Scepovic signing.
Apparently Celtic received documents from City in plenty of time and faxed all the papers before 10pm. The SFA came back and said the player was still registered on loan to Stoke City. They needed a document from Man City confirming that the loan had been cancelled.
Despite several telephone calls and faxes, the missing document didn’t arrive until 11:15pm. In the meantime Celtic had applied for and been granted an extension by the SFA.
The SFA and UEFA have registered Guidetti as a Celtic player. The SFA and Celtic are simply waiting for final clarification from FIFA as it is their online registration system.
Both Celtic and the SFA are completely blameless and have done everything above board.
NatKnow
16:35 on
2 September, 2014
That is – it is possible to find yourself in the unusual circumstances of sharing political ground with parties who would otherwise give you the “dry boak”.
Yes. But don’t try to disown them while sleeping with them.
It would be good if Guidetti could get City to free him and we can sign him on a longer term contract the player needs to get fit again but when he does he will be a real cracker. h.h.
Celtic fc that they too have written to UEFA asking for written reasons for their fine for a fan flying the Palestinian flag. @jimspence
auld bertie
16:30 on 2 September, 2014
‘Ernie, do you believe in Jesus Christ or the Great Architect in the Sky?’
Doesn’t everyone?
‘Do you believe The North of Ireland should remain part of the UK?’
That’s a tricky one. I always though that the war council of the IRA were the legitimate government of Ireland but they apparently no longer exist and I don’t know if they left a going away note or anything dealing with the issue. I’m maybe a bit old fashioned but I don’t agree with partition and I think Ireland should be reunited. It seems though that the Ulster Scots aren’t happy with that notion and most folk seem to think that they should be able to veto any such idea. I rather think that’s the SNP’s position too, though I stand to be corrected.
‘What is your opinion of Irish Nats?’
Bit of a mixed bag really. I’d differentiate them from Scot nats though, in so much as Ireland was a colony and the Irish were subjugated and discriminated against on account of their nationality, not least by the Scots. To that extent their nationalism was positive and progressive.
Justafan
Yip… built for the Scottish game!
Tom McLaughlin
That’s good news.
Hope we are sorted for Guidetti.
HH
NatKnow:
I understand his point, except that he claims to be making it as a counterpoint to mine.
I made no such point in the first place.
Someone said that by voting for independence I am, therefore, casting a vote in support of the SNP. I said that was a nonsense, and to prove it I offered the counter that the logic of that position was that a vote for the union was also a vote for the BNP, Orange Order etc.
The logic of a stupid position is stupidity. I never claimed to be stupid, or to hold such a stupid view. There are people in the Yes camp I want no part of, and at the risk of prompting all-out-war on this site (oh yes, that’s in the post) an example of one of them would be Tommy Sheridan.
(As I don my tin hat, and prepare for what’s clearly on its way.)
We all have to tolerate people on our side we would not normally wish. One of the posts my article on the flags got on Facebook was a sectarian, racist rant about Muslims. From a fellow Celtic fan.
I have very good, very clear, reasons for wanting independence. Some may appear frivolous to some people and indeed if they were the only reason I was thinking of voting that way then my vote could well be called frivolous and wasted.
I wish both sides respected each other more, but it’s become that kind of campaign. I was in politics long enough to realise it would turn out like this, but it makes it no less disappointing.