It always stings a bit when we lose a good one, and there appears to be universal agreement that Victor Wanyama is a good one, but there are compensations. We lost him for the asking price (a club and Scottish record) and lost him early enough in the transfer window for the cash to be put to good use. Technical note, £12.5m and freeing up a very small wage will not provide £12.5m for transfers plus wages for either a £12.5m player or a collection of players at that value. It will free up a lesser transfer budget and provide a higher wage budget.
Victor goes with our best wishes. He joins a club who signed Celtic fringe player (I’m being generous), Jos Hooiveld, two years ago, and who also employ former Celtic misfit, Danny Fox. It’s not a sexy move but Victor will be as well compensated as Celtic by England’s bling. There could be claims about the move being about football, but it’s about the money, honey; not that there’s a problem with that, Victor didn’t pack his bags in Nairobi hoping to end his days in Glasgow.
He only became a first choice player after Beram Kayal was injured so comprehensively by Elbows McCulloch and played less than 30 games and was a first team choice for less than a year before declining a contract extension for a substantial wage increase (several times the wages he was on). This, when he had almost three years left on his existing deal. There’s a lesson there for future negotiations.
If you are feeling less than happy about this development, I could suggest a reason or two. Back in the 70s and 80s Macari, Hay, Dalglish, Nicholas and McClair were sold for competitive fees but the Cavalry of reinforcements didn’t arrive. Instead Celtic hoped a new generation of youths would fill the gap. Those of us from that generation were condition by the experience.
Things worked differently when Jock Brown was in charge (aye, you read right). Within a few months we lost the league for the ninth consecutive season and sold the Three Amigos for a substantial amount of money. In August 1997 I was distraught but 10 months later the penny dropped. The challenge now for Peter Lawwell, Neil Lennon and the Celtic scouts is to outperform Jock and Wim………….
Easy, right?
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Is Virgil injured already?!
HH!!
Awe naw the Rubber Room is bouncing and oan a gemme night..
Train derailment outside station in Paris France ….fatalities being reported.
Is Virgil injured already?!
Don’t you know that all new signings recently get injured after a couple of games.
Kojo @ 18.25
Are you sure its 7.15pm GMT or could it be 7.15pm BST?
Timex CSC
Re the Statue of The Virgin Mary, yes the statue was returned but the face of Mary on the Statue had been smashed off. Obviously great credit to the people who returned it and obviously they were not the people who defaced it. To the original cretins who stole it, hacked the face off and placed it in a prominent place on the bonfire, crawl back under ye’re rocks, ye’re days of lording it over the Catholic Community is long gone. Ye’ll not walk down Garvaghy Road again.
Kojo/Singing Dick
Still……a bellend
This German camera work is awful, İt’s how i used to see the games through 1 open eye back in the day!
Sargassosea
19:08 on 12 July, 2013
kick-off at 7:15 UK
gsu
corkcelt
It’s only a matter of time before PSNI catch those responsible. Not in our lifetime I’d think.
Anyone got a picture on Celtic TV?
Game update page Paul?
KLV
Lisbon, that film reel never ceases to thrill.
Kick off is 7.30 chaps
Vic has just powered in that header against Barca. We will always remember you for that goal Vic.
Happy for big Vic, Great player for us and had great consistancy, Real pro, Hope Neil gets that kind of form out of the newbies. Hoping Balde has a good game tonight, not liked what i have saw so far.
KLV
I don’t think I’ve seen so many youngsters called up to the first team for a pre-season tour by Celtic before maybe lenny is not wanting to risk injury or just rest certain players,but it certainly will give the youngsters to show what they can do
ps Some cracking barnetts on these bhoys;))
http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=4266
Celtic TV showing the construction of Union Berlin’s new stadium.
Plenty of Tims there..
Words fail me regards the guy in the middle. Jackson Irvine?
I assume that Foster’s lager will be appearing on the ff banned list alongside eggs benedict. PL’s Fenian conspiracy has saw them release an 1888 limited edition.
I hope all you oo feckers got tangoed in the sun today.
Uwe Neuhaus (?) being interviewed.
Oh, and isn’t that one of those strange double surnames like Torquil Farquhar:o)
Glad to see FF & Broonie on the team sheet. Hopefully Broonie will come through O.K,. we need him for the Cliftonville game.
Prof green
Hope it goes that way for him -i can certainly see him marking individuals out of games against the top four and being spotted that way.
ElDiegoBhoy
He joins an elite list of great Jackson’s, Jackson Browne, Jackson Pollock!!
I believe young Irvine is from Oz.
I wish Ceeltic TV would turn the music aff so we can hear the build up!!
Looks like a huge crowd.
Gerry Adams in with the Berlin fans there….!
T4
The stadium is full, good atmosphere.
Full house for the opening of Berlin’s stadium..
It’s nice to see the early fun starry and 79 caps, just wait for the venom later if it’s another disappointing performance..
the singing detective demands the resignation
of campbell ogilvie
Please don’t include me in your racist, rightwing rants. No interest in what you think. AntiFA CSC.
Teams comming out
Nice friendly song welcoming the teams :/
El Diago Bhoy
I am worried if this is 4-4-2 again.
Fair crowd tonight. My link is in German right enough…