With three deals done, the pace of transfer activity at Celtic appears to be approaching relentless. The Ivorian link will have been at work again, as news that we are interested in Olympiakos full back, Omar Elabdellaoui, testifies. Celtic coach, Kolo Toure’s brother Yaya, spent half a season at the Greek club before leaving last month.
Signing players is always a risk, so getting a first-hand insight into how a player performs from someone who has worked with him daily for the last six months is a huge advantage. Bear in mind, Elabdellaoui is just one of the right backs Celtic are considering. This one could run a while.
Reports from the US that we have agreed a deal to sign 22-year-old left back Andrew Gutman are amusing, mostly as he was being trailed as a signing elsewhere in the city. Great to see that as well as using our Ivorian links, we have plenty of connections at Scotland’s smaller clubs. If he arrives, hopefully Callum McGregor will not see more action in that position.
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Pat ….in the Hat
Total gent. Top Tim
Happy birthday Sir
HH jg
JRM is anti abortion. Right off the bat, he is a Hero to me.
Dinnae ken what Anyone else says about him.
Be careful in what you say howevaaaaaah.
Your lunchtime choon .
Tidying shelves – a long job -especially when you think -oh haven’t heard that for yonks and take time out to give it a twirl .-.
Sunny ,clear blue sky -a feels cold 10 degrees – Way down south
https://youtu.be/JxOpFWttVPQ
I didn’t mean it
Mean what you say.
Happy Birthday Cosy Corner Bhoy, have a great day and also best regards to the young yin!
It is a real hardship to navigate and access CQN.
WTF
Pope Francis gave out a cracking message @ Christmas.
Stop consuming please for petes sake.
We – the actual people
PETEC
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RobinBhoy,
Sorry Bro, my comment was sarcasm. I appreciate yer help though Bro. Maximum Respect.
It is hard to get across the message….. we are so very Lucky to have Everything we have.
John Park reported to Peter Lawwell and was not directly answerable to the Manager. When Brendan arrived he instead wanted Scouting to be under Football department and answer to him.
Quite a lot of clubs have the scouting answerable to a Director of Football like Sevco. Brendan had this at Liverpool and didn’t like it.
Brendan also wanted Congleton as he had previously worked with him. Congleton is very much Brendans man. Tosh McKinlay maybe was put forward by the club.
Although it is correct that Peter Lawwell is CEO and ultimately responsible for all employees, the football Department is run by Brendan, so Peter Lawwell does not interfere in Scouting. Peter Lawwell is not qualified to judge players.
There was a notorious situation in 1999 where a former Celtic Director was in Holiday in Brazil and he Scouted and did a deal to sign a player, a certain Raphael Scheidt. The Board wont let this happen again
Where the CEO and the commercial department get involved is to agree the deals after the player is approved by Brendan.
Its nonsense quoted on here that the successful signings are Brendans and the dodgy signings are down to Peter Lawwell
Is it safe to come back again or are the McvKenna rumours still going around ?
Happy Birthday CCB &Thanks for the Candles at Winnies :)
Plus no to McKenna from Aberdeen we can do better than that
Happy Birthday CCB have a great day ?????????
TET- how you doing? I seen your post re CEO salary,thanks for that,i signed off before the excellent CQN’r The Huddle gave me a nudge.I think PL’s bonus is over a 2 year period, nonetheless, £2.3 mil from a business of our size,is far too much IMO, thanks again.HH
BigBhoy- If you ever meet Tony Mowbray, ask him who brought in Edson Brafied.
@ BIGBHOY on 12TH JANUARY 2019 12:40 PM
A couple of points on your post. The budget is clearly set by the CEO. No manager informs his CEO how much the club will spend on transfer fees and wages; that’s a top down decision. So it is within those parameters that the football department have to get to work.
The issue for me (and others (seemingly)) is that the initial budget is not sufficiently large- the football department is picking up lots of players for circa £1m or less. BR had over the course of 5 windows only spent £2m or more on 4 players (and think how many players we have signed). The players signed may very well be all chosen by the football department (although no clue how Arzani would fall into that category), but the market within which to find them has (to a large extent) been dictated by the budget. This I believe is one of the fundamental issues with our transfer policy.
Rodgers is quoted in his recent interview as saying “I don’t think that’s how Celtic works. The model of the club is value and maximising that value and talent and development and seeing it grow at the club”. Again, the football department may identify targets, but the overarching model is set by those above BR.
Finally, Paddy McCourt was a DD signing (as Strachan recently confirmed), so I’m not entirely convinced that directors do not still get involved in the footballing aspects of the club.
I imaging there is a back story to this image.
it looks like tannadice. The wee section that had a small terrace along the touchline, then a toilet block i think behind it, where the people are sitting on the roof.
so front right. the back story. its one of those mixed marriages, the kid is staying at the maws parents overnight. the granda is a bluenose. the dad says “ah dont mind the bhoy staying over, but tell yir da, he needs to be at the shammy club for 11, as the bus is going at quarter past, and just tell him, i want the bhoy in the hoops, nae arguments, yir da will be bealin at bringing the bhoy doon in the car”
car door opens, wee john paul runs to his dad
“aw ffs whit is he wearin”
https://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/imageproxy.php?url=http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj571/GlasgowRoad/Mobile%20Uploads/A83A0383-9DA4-4B77-B164-3B5D16C22933_zpsoitswv7n.jpg
nae offence to anyone that is really in the picture.
GUTENBERG on 12TH JANUARY 2019 1:08 AM
Bada Bing
His bonus is irrelevant.
I don’t agree mate,i know bonuses are part of PLC culture, but £2.3m on top of a salary of over £20k a week is extortionate compared to the turnover, and how many employees he oversees IMO HH
Celtic PLC renumeration committee, for whatever reason, allowed themselves somehow, to PAY OVER THE GOING RATE for the CEO.
No comparable sized business enterprise, turning over £50m to £100m would pay out 2% of turnover as salary and bonus to the CEO.
That the simple matter of it.
If you owned the company, and had to hire a new CEO , a salary of no more than £300k with a bonus maxed at 50% of salary would attract candidates around the block (figuratively speaking).
I have never really understood the awe and deference people type about PL. He does a good job , sure. A top level CEO, nope, no where near it.
MAH
I was walking along the road yesterday. Alone with my thoughts and you popped into my head. Kind thoughts. Loads of them. God Bless you my Fhriend.
HH jg
Saint Stivs on 12th January 2019 1:47 pm
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Just to say, in case it’s getting lost in the posts.
I think PL is overpaid.
I’d have no issue if PL was replaced tomorrow.
My issue with the constant post about PL and his salary are that I think the replacement will run the club along much the same lines as PL.
We will always be looking to buy low and sell high, and this will usually be for young, inexperienced players.
The Huddle- good afternoon, i signed off as you were looking for me last night HH
Hi Bhoys
Anyone thought about asking PL to give some of his bonus back?
KEEP THE FAITH
CEO
Beppe Marotta
Left his CEO post @ Rubentus in December 2018 . Went to be CEO at Inter . Reported salary at Inter 1.5 million euros plus an undeclared bonus package .
Rube’s accounts for 2018 reveal that Marotta earned 5 million euros while working for Rube in 2018 .1.5 million of that was salary . 361,775 was a golden goodbye and the rest was bonuses… Speculation is that Marotta will absolutely coin it in bonus money if he oversees a miracle -ie Inter winning Serie A
mahe
when in sept.
!!Bada Bing!! on 12th January 2019 1:58 pm
The Huddle- good afternoon, i signed off as you were looking for me last night HH
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Afternoon, was I? I was very drunk last night :O)
Anyone know the specs needed for Saint Peters bonus or is it automatically paid regardless??
Asking cause I’m bored…..
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The Huddle- it was all good mate?
CCB – Happy Birthday Pat have a great day
HH
Cosy Corner Bhoy
Many Happy Returns young man.
80 years today.
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Given our importance to our community and with specific regards to what we face and from whom, Unsurprisingly I’m going to say I’m happy with Big Pete, The Sharp Suited Mhan………
Pedro is okay by me and long may he reign. I’m not sure who would want and be capable of the role now anyway. Sure, there would be a load of wannabes but no’ many couldbe’s………..
The Big Guys get the Big Bucks for a reason and I’ve no reason to question too far our earthly custodian on his choice for Paradise Capo.
The worst case scenario is we, with the most noble intentions in Timdom, conspire to allow some hiberno compromise to takeover from Big Peter.
With our luck we’d end up with some green-tinted Gordon Smith type or somesuch other flambhoyant business character with all sorts of modren ideas about stuff.
Nup! Stick with Peter………
In Dermot, Peter and Brendan This Tim Trusts!
HH.
Good afternoon Bhoys from a dull and overcast central Éire. Belated birthday wishes to CorkCelt, a few days late but better late than never. Hope you’re keeping well mo chara.
HH
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPY HOOOOOOOOOOOOPY 80th Birthday to our very own
COSY CORNER BHOY
Have a great day on a special birthday sir.
The Bonus Collector day is done. Time for fresh ideas.
No way is he worth £2.3M on top of his salary!
MWD
Happy Birthday to the gentleman that is Cosy Corner Bhoy.
I will always remember the fantastic time spent with you and Mick in Lisbon – I take it you weren’t wearing the lucky shirt for the Ibrox game?
HH Pat and have a great day.☘☘☘☘??
Cosey Corner Boy – many happy returns Pat, I hope you enjoy your day ?.
I’ll always recall you driving off the first tee in Lisbon as our official starter; thanks to ACGR?.
I’m sure big TAL will be on to convey his best too. Ahhhhhh Lisbon, God bless you BRTH?.
SLAINTE!!!!
Tony
Cosy corner boy,
Have a great birthday
Pure Celtic,as a few of the bhoys mentioned lisbon it just makes me smile
HH