Two players arrived during this transfer window: Rami Gershon and Tom Rogic, with no first team players leaving the club. I don’t know what Neil has planned for Rami but his loan deal and stats at Standard Liege suggests he is here as cover. I expect to see as much of him as we saw of Pawel Brozek last season.
20-year-old Tom Rogic is different. He joins the club on the same runway as Victor Wanyama, Beram Kayal, Adam Matthews, Mikael Lustig and Emilio Izaguirre. I’ve refused to watch his YouTube clips but there is every reason to hope he will be as successful a recruit as our other recent acquisitions of a similar profile.
I’ve been banging on about Asset Management for years. The mantra being – they all have their price and if any club fails to grasp this reality they will underachieve. Against this backdrop, Gary Hooper will either sign a new contract in the coming weeks or there is a good chance he will leave for nothing when his contract expires in June 2014.
A fundamental problem prevented a deal being done for Gary last month. His value to Celtic, not necessarily in this season’s Champions League, but in the same tournament’s qualifiers in July and August, is far greater than his value to any suitor. In other words, his value as an asset is not measured by transfer fee alone. This squad should have enough to reach the Champions League group stages next season, worth the best part of £20m to Celtic. Any deals have to be measured against this target.
The kind of transfer decision Celtic made yesterday, a profitable club holding onto a player and at the risk of losing him leaving for free, is so much healthier than the scenario we previously faced, in an arms race with a rival who was prepared to spend money they could not afford in order to beat us. What a mistake that whole ‘Old Firm’ thing was. Glad to see the back of it.
The ‘big clubs’ in England didn’t come looking for Gary. Instead, a well-run club made several attempts to acquire a good player on a price appropriate for their income. No harm in that, you have to give Norwich the respect any yokel deserves trying to hook up with a beauty queen (nothing implied about people from Norwich, or Gary as a queen!).
There is no guarantee the same club will be playing top-flight football when he becomes available, or that a club with a greater income, or with a more flamboyant approach to spending, will move for him, so there is every chance that Gary and his new agent will figure out that an extra year on his Celtic contract for a hefty wage rise is a decent option.
There is an interesting side plot to the Hooper non-transfer. Victor Wanyama is sitting on an offer of a substantial wage increase to extend his contract from 2015 to 2016. Unless someone comes in with an offer greater than his value to Celtic in Champions League campaigns he’ll be here until 2015.
Chances of both players signing new contracts in the coming months has to be a wee bit higher today. All those meaningless scripts about Celtic being a selling club floating around various places will have to be shelved for another time. We are a selling club, but only at the right price and the right time, just as it should be.
[calameo code=00039017168219582ffc8 lang=en page=84 hidelinks=1 width=100% height=500]
2,027 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- ...
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- ...
- 54
- »
googybhoy.
Enjoyin yer beer?
lol googybhoy, at least its just a loan incase the guy hates it.
KLV
newradbhoy
17:18 on
1 February, 2013
googybhoy.
Enjoyin yer beer?
Cheers mate
And Cheers Doc
Googybhoy, like your good self, having my first of the year courtesy of virgin. In to Glasgow about 8:30 . Mrs sanna threatening to lock the door IF I look the worse for wear – as if.
OG , knowing your track record , I’m hopeful.
TTT, I’ve seen your gaff, no way will you get it ready for tomorrow
Sanna
Could the news be that greggs have raised price’s
kevinlasvegas.
i know mate i lurk every day, i dont post much as others post what i try to say, but in a more eliquent way.
Idont read the papers, i get my news and my fix from here everyday.
I only really post when things are going so slow that i can get a word in.
sannabhoy
You got three hours on the train?
Best of luck mate.
the boy jinky, they’d never get away with it ally would demand to why and the msm would have already found out for him. bless them.
KLV
O .G-Is the news going to affect the £10 mil Challs is going to give Sally?
Anelka signs for Juventus
Anybody know where I can buy an F5 button?
Probably a daft question but is the CQN Magazine set up for subscription for ipads via an app or anything?
If so can somebody advise on how do you go about it?
Awe Naw Charlie has sold the Warchest…Sally fuming as that’s his steak bake stash…
Press release from Hampden maybe…
Che.
Dont know, but there is a Button in F1. lol.
hello bhoys,
O.G can you confirm if the bomb will be dropped later on tonight or whether we need to wait a day or two?
On the topic of the results regarding LNS, I remember months and months ago NFL stating that he had nothing to say with regards the fielding of ineligible players and the stripping of titles debate etc as at that moment nothing had been decided and it was therefore not his place to comment. HOWEVER, he did say that once the findings were known and if they were found guilty that it would then very much become his business and he would have his full say!
It will be very interesting to see if Neil indeed holds nothing back if (when?) they are found guilty, given what he has been through in the last few years it would be easy to keep the head down and let others have their say but I think it’s a measure of the man if he is willing to call it as it is and let his true feelings be known.
In saying that, would the board and other senior figures be supportive of Neil if he did or would they try and temper any reaction?
Interesting few weeks ahead regardless!
What does Mark Hateley have to say about O.G’s breaking news ??????
Newrad
That was shocking! Lol
!!Bada Bing!! 17:23
How right you are
Ralston Row, No I was back in God’s Country by Wed. so watched the game in Che Corkcelt, hope the Hols went well. I’m giving up on O.G’s rumour for the moment, my 8 yr old Grand-Daughter is demanding the Lap-Top, she must be related to Sally. I will log on when I get it back to see if blog has gone into meltdown.
Googybhoy, 5 . Been on it since 3:30. Oh mammy !
Estadio, contact paul @ celticquicknews@gmail.com for subs info . I access it using iPad , mac , pc or oujji board depending on my mood – never had an issue
Mind you , I KNOW you know the address . How you doing mate ?
F5
Vmhan speechless again
Getting fed up,what’s happening?
Lovely photo of a snow drift you posted there Vmhan
Show off.
huntlybhoy86, 17:28
It was to be released this afternoon – why it didn’t appear I have no idea. It’s not my story to break so I will leave that to other’s who have done the leg work when, I hope, it is confirmed. My feeling is that it very much is true
Corkcelt, not had the chance to ntroduce myself. Hello. Spent a bit of time over the last year in ballycurreen . Know 2 fabulous cqn’rs (well 3 now) from the rebel county.
Next time you are over. , look me up and I’ll swap some details . Sannabhoy@thekanofoundation.com
Canamalar
Aye ma mobi was ghost writing my post fur me :>)
✊
It is the 1st Feb not April isn’t it?
Sannabhoy 17:31
Cheers, I didnt want to bother P67, Im sure Ive got a subscription but want to check it out.
Im doing well, happy here, hope all is the same there, still missing 405/406 badly.
EN
sannabhoy
17:31 on
1 February, 2013
Googybhoy, 5 . Been on it since 3:30. Oh mammy !
You will be talking with a mouthful of broken biscuits by 8.30.
Vmhan speechless never.
OG..,
No again :o)
Vmhan , let me guess . Seat number in 111?
newradbhoy
me too mate, avoid radio and most msm unless the blog crashes
KLV
Just been offered a ticket for the United V Sevco game tommorow (unfortunately I can`t go). Seems like 10,000 have been sold. That is , I think, more than the total crowd would normally be without a boycott. Come on you Arabs!
Can we have a new rule on CQN, if you have a story say it, if it’s not yours to say then keep it to yourself, dont drop wee morsels to keep people hanging and when those whose story it is choose to break it then we can hear it then.
Sports page in today’s Gulf Times:
http://twitpic.com/c02w44
Dont see anything wrong with it at all.