It’s about preparing hamstrings. Southampton deals

It’s been 53 days since Celtic finished their season by scoring several outstanding goals in a 6-0 drubbing of Motherwell.  This afternoon, they’re back!  Gone are the days on here when an indifferent performance in preseason games brought uncontained anxiety from those convinced Celtic were on the road to destruction.  Now we all know they are about carefully preparing hamstrings for the months to come; right?

Wiener Viktoria play in the Austrian regional leagues that feed into the national second tier.  Think of Arbroath, before all the glory.

Celtic sold to Southampton in 2013, 2014, 2015 and again in 2018.  The first three transactions were for players mid-contract: Victor Wanyama earned £13m, Fraser Forster brought in £12m and Virgil van Dijk, £14m.

Stuart Armstrong left four years ago with one year left on his contract, having been a peripheral player for Celtic the previous season.  He completed 90 minutes on only 10 league games, starting 15 in total.  Still, we got £7m for him.

With one year left on his contract, Joe Aribo is reportedly leaving Newco for the same destination for £6m, plus add-ons.  He was their best player last season, so good news if he does depart.  The fee sounds like they had the same guy negotiating that agreed their Sydney Cup deal.  Bless.