I know what you’re thinking, let’s hope we get more exciting January signings like Pawel Brozek, Rabiu Ibrahim and Freddie Ljungberg.
It’s slightly unfair to mock our January transfer business. Kris Commons arrived two years ago and constituted a one man title challenge for a few months (and still delights). Georgios Samaras and Barry Robson arrived in 2008 and went a long way to ensuring the title came to Celtic. We went signing crazy in January (and 1st Feb) 2010 when Robbie Keane, Diomansy Kamara and soon-to-be World Cup final legend…. Edson Braafheid arrived. Robbie proved his class but it was all in vain, alas.
Most of our worries seem to be focussed on protecting those already in the squad. I’m not too concerned one way or another for the Juventus tie, which will take care of itself, but decisions made today will need to consider the Champions League qualifier challenges we will face in August. If we sell Gary Hooper today there is no guarantee we will be able to recruit his replacement until the final gasp of the August window.
So far this month we have addressed long-term strategy and short-term cover, if we do any more business I’d be happy with more of the same.
Contrary to career expectations 29-year-old Edson Braafheid is not now a delivery driver for Argos but he’s not playing a lot of football these days either.
If the server overheats later I’m on Twitter, @CQN, and I’ll do my best to figure out Facebook, CQN Magazine, too.
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Sorry, can’t get the Tweet.
If any of my followers are on here, then they can see it.
Henriks Sombrero
In time for next season either way. Some clubs wanted a further year delay.
HH
Ive had a fourth bid rejected from Christina Hendricks..something about she cant two time Starry Plough…?
hamiltontim
You don’t hold our leaders in very high regard , do you ?
Maestro
14:21 on 31 January, 2013
‘David Beckhan joins PSG an adviser’
On what? Male grooming products? Dealing with the paparazzi?
LiviBhoy
14:28 on 31 January, 2013
Agree with you but his value falls in the summer if he only has 12 months left on his contract and won’t sign new one.
When’s Lent and where’s DBBIA?
Christina will you get that phone it’ll be Johann again…
TBB and GerryG
There are two stages to the EBT process:
1. Rangers funded a sub-trust for the named beneficiary of that trust, the player; and
2. The trust loaned the funds within the trust to the player.
The FTT was primarily concerned with step 2 of the process, whether the trust used the funds in trust to make a contractual payment to the player or whether they made a discretionary loan.
I’d expect LNS to focus more on point 1, in particular whether Rangers funding a sub-trust for the benefit of the player constitutes a payment in respect of playing football.
I agree with TBB as I think it could go either way and can see both sides to the debate on what is an obvious grey area in the rules.
Philbhoy – It’s just the beginning!
14:21 on 31 January, 2013
‘ASonODan
I got that one but saying Hooper to Swans might have been noticed more.’
The response was a bit muted right enough.
paul67,
using windows7. Is there problem with reading comments? Says on homepage there are 209, spread over 4 pages. I click on the fourth page and can see only first post, with number of comments reduced to 200. This is a regular problem, both with windows and on Android Smartphone.
gerryguk7
Try a different browser on your desktop and change your smartphone internet explorer setting’s to mobile version see if that helps
Alexsandr – so Steve, 2nd bid rejected you get 3rd bid. Third bid rejected, you get 4th bid.
4th bid rejected, you get….?
Steve – 5th bid?
Alexsandr – yes 5th bid, Steve….very goood.
Seeemples!
T4
@gerryguk7 – I only notice that when I’m browsing the comments and not logged in as a user. Once I log in, this problem disappears. I’m not on Windows 7.
TT
gerryguk7 – problem usually disappears when you log in. It’s just a nuisance for lurkers! :-)
T4
TT,
Cheers will try that. Not always signed in, and as I manifestly am right now, and can read your comment no bother, perhaps you have solved the problem for me.
I realise all the transfer talk regarding Hooper (and to some extent Wanyama) has been quite tiring but I think we should be reasonably pleased that bids haven’t came in for some of our other players. For example, I think Lustig and Matthews are good enough to walk straight into most EPL sides, and even the likes of Commons and Broonie would do a good job for most teams. As for Fraser, I find it amazing that this month has came and gone without any serious interest from a top club (not complaining obviously!) It’s maybe a blessing that other countries don’t take much notice of Scottish football.
Oh dear god, Jim White will be on in 15 minutes…
I saw big Fraser Foster in the business class lounges,passed through every lounge shaking hands. and snaps taken.
I would imagine it would be hard to get your photo taken with big Fraser,if you do a head&shoulders shot you would have to stand a fair bit back if you want to get both heads in the picture.
The pathetic sight of SSN trying to make a “personality”out of Jim White.
huntlybhoy86
Matthews is a player we should be negotiating with now to extended his contract. It runs out in July 2015, the longer we leave it the more it will become a Hooper scenario. we really should be adding another 2 or 3 years as he will continue to improve.
gerryguk7
Happens all the time with me. When I log in it seems to give you the full number of comments
HH
huntlybhoy86
Natalie is on as well………beauty and a beast.
I must admit to being a wee bit worried about Fraser`s absence during a transfer window. With just over nine hours to go, I am becoming a little more relaxed.
I am confident neither Gary H nor Big Vic will be leaving but, if his improvement continues, I won`t be surprised to see Victor off in the summer window (is that the Patio?).
Hoops? Possibly he will stay for years. Even his name suits us.
JJ
Fourgreenfields
At Celtic or Holyrood??
Spurs trying to get Leandro from Internacional for £18m
Matthews signed a new deal a couple of months ago.
Lustig is the bhoy to deal in now.
White isn’t on SSN till 8pm.
Big G…completely agree!
Valentine’s Day…I’ll press mute and maybe put my left hand over my eye to cut out half the screen (oh…isn’t that the start of a frankie boyle joke?)
Johann Murdoch
I wasn’t at the concert .
It was my daughter and her friend.
Mrs TT and I were the taxi.
We went to Heraghty’s for a pint supposedly to watch fitb a on the TV.
AFC v LFC on one telly,RMFC v BFC on the other .
I never saw a ball getting kicked .
I was on CQN continuously getting updates from CP.
My nerves were shattered,especially after KFC equalised.
I don’t know who young Danny brought to the match with him,I just gave him the tickets to use .
Thing’s must be tight for the youngster when you can’t afford a jumper or a jacket on such a cold night.
I hope the experience was worth it for the poor wee soul.
Are you and Davy coming through to KDY on Sunday ?
TT
James McFadden spotted in Crookston area. He might have been heading for Aldi right enough.
A loan is a payment which is expected to be paid back, usually with interest and usually within a predefined time period.
Not a single penny of these so-called “loans” has ever been paid back.
That is using the term “loan” as a calculated way to increase payments without payint due tax, plain and simple.
The side-letters also confirm that these were payments, not loans.
Thus, the fact that they were not fully declared, by the very person who is now president of the SFA, one of the best administrators in the game (ie someone who knows the rules & regulations inside out and doesn’t make mistakes) is clear evidence of a calculated scheme intended to cheat both the tax payer and every other club who ever competed against RFC(il).
Only the most one-eyed, blue-nosed idiot would swallow the spiel emanating from Sevconia.
Any attempt to whitewash this will negate the need for league reconstruction. Every club in the land would finally have to face up to the reality of the deep seated corruption at the heart of Scottish football. Clearly structured for one club only.
What’s the point in trying to compete when the winner has already been established?
A whitewash will be the death-knell of Scottish football.
hamiltontim
Holyrood , of course .
I know you luv PL and DD
Crazyness on twitter with HMV staff tweeting while they get sacked en masse. HMV director fighting with staff, trying to shut down twitter account
http://twitpic.com/bzsfij
Kayal 33,
Really? That’s a relief! Thought I heard them say that Jim White would be in the studio for 3pm.
Interesting to see MON finally got his man, Graham and Fletcher not a bad strike force.
!!Bada Bing!!
Is Matthews new contract extended beyond 2015 or was it increased personal terms?
Lee McCullough spotted at Ross Hall in a hoops scarf
Andy Carroll in £34.5million move to Sevco
Rumours of late Miku-Messi swap
Hooper and Wanyama in new contract deals to 2020
Jim White sick as a parrot after emergency injunction prevents use of cliches or the word “incredible”
Countdown now on to the Summer transfer window slamming shut