When the new Celtic manager gets back from his holiday and formally goes on the payroll, one of the first tasks he will turn his mind to is the goalkeeper position. Kasper Schmeichel has retired, leaving Viljami Sinisalo (24) and Ross Doohan (28) as the only keepers in the squad. The latter has not made an appearance for Celtic since his move from Aberdeen a year ago. Viljami’s arrival coincided with Kasper’s in 2024. His two years as understudy probably resulted in more appearances than he expected, due to Kasper’s injury. He will hope to retain the starting position.
I don’t expect we will return to signing senior keepers who had a stellar career and are now looking for a couple of season’s gametime. We have to be more strategic than that. Artur Boruc was 25 when Celtic signed him in 2005, he had two years as Legia’s first choice evidence to present to scouts and was a great find for the club. That’s the route to take now.
Artur was not immediately first choice when he arrived at Celtic. David Marshall was in goal for the infamous 5-0 defeat in Bratislava, but Artur made his debut in the return leg six days later, keeping a clean sheet in a 4-0 win. The keeper and club never looked back. That’s the model we should follow.
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Celtic40me @ 8:07 pm,
That is a load of guff and you know it.
Not only is the PLC strategy very restrictive on the players we sign
A key component of the strategy is selling HVPs.
We became slack on the strategy under Ange, as the team needed a rebuild, the result was an improvement in quality of players and value of squad and very few (if amy?) of our top players were sold off.
Peter Lawwell was brought back in January ’23 to ensure the strategy was reintroduced – it was a financial success, 150 mn of player registrations sold between then and Sept ’25.
It was however a disaster for the team, the squad and the club.
It is the Celtic Board whole sell the players – we know this.
It is the Celtic Board that approves the purchase of first team players – Micheal Nicholson CEO confimed what we already knew in that respect.
The negotiators had to get special last minute permission from the PLC Board to buy Luke McCowan as Dundee refused to come down to the figure the Board had sanctioned.
Of course, we may be in a position that we were when Ange arrived and that the shackles are taken off the football club for the rebuild.
The Board turned down 20 mn + for Engels in January, yet that was a Board decision as Martin O’Neill made clear.
The for Celtic FC first team, Celtic PLC Board buy and sell and extend contracts on every player.
Hail Hail
Was only a matter of time.
https://x.com/TheSaviour/status/2064448054715895835#m
Kickin off in Glasgow
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2064446596805497313
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2064450548779405652
You talk about the new Celtic manager….who is that?
Is this the new Celtic manager that has had players already imposed on them?
Strategy for them is kicking it down the road
“Anti-immigration protesters set bus alight amid Belfast disorder after knife attack.”
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2026-06-09/man-30-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-belfast-stabbing-attack
Graces and Connollys will get hit
Of course, we may be in a position that we were when Ange arrived and that the shackles are taken off the football club for the rebuild.
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Was this around the Dominic McKay period where we signed a number of good players at the start of Ange’s tenure???
Yes, exactly Clunks.
You probadly know better than me why Dom went but I translate the “not a team player” to going too far off piste from the strategy.
Personally I think Micheal Nicholson was too weak to bring Ange back in line, nor would sell any Ange’s HVPs, so big Pedro was brought back.
Give me the Ange/Dom show anytime.
Hail Hail
Someone is attacked in Belfast and the Reform, racist, hun thugs riot in Scotland but mention Palestine and you’re antisemitic and a bigot…according to a billionaire IDF supporter and the Scottish media.
Best wee, bigoted country in the world.
Yes, exactly Clunks.
You probadly know better than me why Dom went
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I have no clue matey
Very strange period in our corporate history
He signed a few good players tho
Would love to hear other poster reasons as to why Dom McKay left the building
Clunks
Dom McKay in his current CEO role wants to double the capacity of the SECC and build a hotel there.
Hmmm………..
NITOL CSC
The dividenders were “perceived as undermining his authority” and with accusations from the ungrateful dead on the board that he wasn’t a “team player”
And old tactic when they see the gravy train heading for the buffers.
BSR
No museum???
CLUNKS on 9TH JUNE 2026 11:47 PM
BSR
No museum???
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Played 👏👏
CELTIC40ME on 9TH JUNE 2026 8:48 PM
You’ve just agreed with the article you’re disagreeing with
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No, I’d already listed my thoughts on the absurd notion a GK should be our priority here…
https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/keeper-position-is-top-priority/comment-page-2/#comment-4088993
In the post you reference, I was simply adding a couple of datapoints to the discussion of “what would we get for our money” if we were indeed prioritizing a GK. Perhaps I could have been more clear, but it seems pretty obvious that we can expect Sinisalo to be first choice, and there is no way we will spending anything significant to bring in someone just to challenge him.
I’m also happy to be proven wrong, and maybe the club find the next Borcuc at a price in the £4-5M region (or less), and sign him as the first choice. That would suggest we are in the business of “upgrading” in all of our weakest areas, and I just cannot see that.
I would almost guarantee that this will be another net positive transfer window. The board will point to the uncertainty of CL qualification, and the challenges forecasting revenues as the “not another penny” crowd persist.
I’ll take a stab at the net spend calc, just for giggles;
SOLD
Palma – £3.5M
Iamura – £1.3M
Welsh – £0
FOR SALE (probably)
Maeda – £11M
Hatate – £7M
Bernardo – £2M
Balikwisha – £0M
Holm – £0M
Nawrocki – £1M
Yamada – £1M
FOR SALE (possibly)
Engels – £22M
Nygren – £11M
Yang – £5M
Tounekti – £7M
Assuming MON is our manager, then he will already have agreed the figure at which the “possibly” list can be sold. Either way, there is zero chance we spend more than we bring in.
Don’t get the surprise at Gordon’s comments ..he was never one of us .. and purely played for a salary …he is only resorting to type
Flynn/Whatever
yer pals did you proud in Belfast/Scotland tonight.
I see McAvenie just proclaimed that MON will be getting £40M to spend (got it from reliable sources of course). Well, mibbes, but it will not change the net positive requirement, so scan the list and consider who leaves.
Oh, I should have added Johnston to the “possibly” list at £10M.
CLUNKS on 9TH JUNE 2026 11:29 PM
Yes, exactly Clunks.
You probadly know better than me why Dom went
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I have no clue matey
Very strange period in our corporate history
He signed a few good players tho
Would love to hear other poster reasons as to why Dom McKay left the building
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He gave James McCarthy a four year contract on a high salary.
Don’t know if it’s true or not but read in a comments section on Facebook about the disturbances in Belfast that the victim of the knife attack is Scottish.
Good morning all.
Good morning CQN
DUP Unionist leader Gavin Robinson asks about community cohesion in the UK Parliament
He wants to unite the White population in NI well at least until the 12th
History tells a tale, we remember below
https://x.com/Anmaidrinrua/status/2064324532681224477?s=20
Sadly the modern fascist disease that started in America has spread into Europe in particular the UK
Britnat fascists mostly in England are angry and disillusioned with 40 years of neoliberal corporate Tory/Labour Govt’s who have left them sweeping the leaves from the money tree in the UK, they are ripe for exploitation by fascists like grifter Tommy Robinson
In NI, Scotland and Wales many are fighting back against the Britnat fascists more power to them, vote wisely
MSM has been bought and controlled by the billionaires
Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England have the same fascist right wing rags which pollute the media with their racist fascist propaganda, don’t read it, don’t buy it
Many sources of quality independent journalism are to be sourced
I recommend the excellent journalism by Chris Hedges link below to his YouTube channel
Chris Hedges: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the Rise of American Fascism
https://youtu.be/bnP47bZfX3E
Mehdi Hasan is another Journalist to follow he has a new team in the UK
https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/2064229220687982770?s=20
https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/2064481341261992131?s=20
The World Cup is a shit show in the land of the free well not if your other than WASP
Domestically Its the silly season where rumours replace truth and facts fertile ground for tabloid rags and clickbait
Celtic under “The Owner” don’t do communication, transparency or clarity
All will be revealed in August
aff oot
note how the scum-running-about-glasgow last night attacking immigrants story has disappeared down the pages of the rags web pages
Completely at a loss as to why the moderniser didn’t last long……
Early this morning Radio Scotland interviewed a lady who witnessed last night’s events in Glasgow. She mentioned that the mob were singing Rule Britannia. Later Radio Scotland interviewed one of their own members, who also witnessed events. He said the mob were flying the Scottish flag. He also said they were confronted by a group of coloured folk. He certainly seemed to give the impression it was much more complicated than simply young white men attacking coloured folk. Ludicrous, imo. I would hazard a guess that the young white men were all supporters of the deid team, as might the BBC person.
nothing but loyalist scum – no more no less
and to think that labour tries ro appease these f*cks
The arsonists in East Belfast are hun Klansmen. Ditto the protesters in Glasgow and Ayrshire. They affect the same mode of dress as their Ibrox bretheren, have the same attitudes, and no doubt many actually attend the bigot dome on a regular basis.
The film from East Belfast shows a street with burned out houses and the pavement edges painted red white and blue, with one or two frazzled butchers’ aprons as a side effect.
The only resident brave enough to be interviewed on camera stated that he couldn’t understand what had happened since he was one of their own.
This is who they are, yet they are allowed to broadcast their fascist racist bile on a weekly basis in Scotland when following sevco, to the general approval of the SMSM, and we now have “marching season” to look forward to.
They truly are the Tares.
Have the Sudanese been claimed by the Williamites?
https://x.com/sachatavolieri/status/2064598043228352996?s=20
Transfer striker rumour
After a standout season in the Swiss Challenge League, the 24-year-old French-Martinican striker is attracting growing interest on the transfer market. According to our information, Belgian club KRC Genk has already initiated discussions with the player. An offer is currently on the table, and the Flemish club’s interest is confirmed. On the Scottish side, Celtic FC has also accelerated their pursuit. A video conference between representatives of the Scottish club and the player’s agent was held this Tuesday, June 9. The priority for Celtic’s executives is now clear: reach a contractual agreement with Filet before starting official negotiations with FC Aarau. French competition is also very present. FC Lorient has already spoken with the player’s entourage and is preparing a concrete offensive. Les Merlus [Lorient] were awaiting the approval of their new manager before launching their sporting project. With this step now passed, a contractual proposal is expected to be sent to the player in the coming hours.
Rule Brittania
Loyalist scumbags
https://x.com/Naka1888c/status/2064485199551795296?s=20
600k ON Tranfermarkt.
That would be about it. #PeteyPunt
spikeysauldman on 10th June 2026 8:23 am
note how the scum-running-about-glasgow last night attacking immigrants story has disappeared down the pages of the rags web pages
Meanwhile a couple of hundred non violent football fans invade a pitch for 4 minutes, and it’s national news for a fortnight…..because of the team involved…
Good morning CQN
Another fine day to be a Celt.
Double winners …
Puts smiles on faces during turbulent times.
Oh, while I remember
https://x.com/CelticFC/status/2053584613352620394/mediaviewer
lionroars67 on 10th June 2026 10:56 am
Rule Brittania
Loyalist scumbags
https://x.com/Naka1888c/status/2064485199551795296?s=20
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Bit harsh surely, LR67 ?
Through another lens, these chappies looked like fit, purposeful, patriotic types.
If Britannia is indeed their thing?
I’m more than happy to lend a guiding hand
Surely they’ll all leap at the chance to serve
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The new article will be live at noon.
the Bada Bing on 10th June 2026 11:01 am
spikeysauldman on 10th June 2026 8:23 am
note how the scum-running-about-glasgow last night attacking immigrants story has disappeared down the pages of the rags web pages
Meanwhile a couple of hundred non violent football fans invade a pitch for 4 minutes, and it’s national news for a fortnight…..because of the team involved…
Absolutely and let’s not forget the silence from our board has been deafening.
We get dragged through the mud and accused of all sorts and yet our “world class in all we do” board sit on their hands and do sweet FA….
Too many tims in Belfast now for them to try and intimidate. Loyalist scum picking on another minority.
Comeoutyeblackandtans CSC.