If you are looking for a (football) gem, you need to do some (data) mining. Jota was unearthed after a spell on the Valladolid bench. For 18 months, Nicolas Kuhn (24) has ploughed a furrow on the Rapid Vienna right wing. Just as Kuhn left Munich for Vienna, Rapid were deducted points for various financial failings, including not submitting accounts on a timely manner.
They currently occupy 6th spot in the Austrian Bundesliga, slightly closer to relegation than championship contenders. For context, the side two places above them in the table had an average home crowd last season of 2,537. Rapid are by far the best supported side in the country, but they are a model of disfunction.
Nicolas has made a total of 60 first team appearances, almost half of them in the German second tier (on loan from Bayern at Erzgebirge Aue). How many appearances a player has made before joining Celtic is a metric you and I discuss often. 60 is just about enough to fire up some interesting stats and have the player scouted, but not so many that he will attract clubs from the wealthy leagues.
This has been his breakthrough season, he started less than half Rapid’s league games last term but has been first choice for all but one game this season (he was carrying a knock that day). All I know for sure is that we are passing up players we like this month to concentrate on players we want. If he arrives, he fulfils the latter category.
Also, he was born on the first day of the new millennium. You feel old now, don’t you?
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Newcastle also suffered a dip in domestic form. The media seem to understand the effect injuries and fatigue is having on the team, the fans certainly do.
Eddie Howe has been talking about the need for signings in the January window but he’s fully aware of the restrictions that financial fair play put on his plans
Teams
Celtic:
Simpson; Craig, Gemmell; Murdoch, Cushley, Clark; Johnstone, Gallacher, McBride, Chalmers, Hughes
Scorers: Gemmell (27), Murdoch 2 (64, 84)
Dynamo Kiev:
Bannikov, Shchegolkov, Sosnikhin, Ostrovsky, Myedvid, Turyanchick, Bazilevitch, Syeryebryannikov, Puzach, Biba, Khmelnitsky.
Referee: C. Baumgarten (W. Germany).
Attendance: 64,000
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Staff costs £188m
Amortization £87m
Huge losses, 9th in the EPL, and fourth in their CL group
They will benefit thus year from CL cash that they didn’t receive last year, and a new shirt sponsorship worth 4 times as much as they’re last deal which they cut short.
The deal is with a company linked to their owners which is nice
Apologies for the spelling and grammar mistakes
12 January
English Football League
Luke Chambers [Liverpool – Wigan] Loan
Conor Coventry [West Ham – Charlton] Undisclosed
11 January
Premier League
Radu Dragusin [Genoa – Tottenham] £25m
International
Jadon Sancho [Manchester United – Borussia Dortmund] Loan
Eric Dier [Tottenham – Bayern Munich] Loan
Women’s Super League
Emily Fox [North Carolina Courage – Arsenal] Undisclosed
English Football League
Joe Adams [Wigan – Morecambe] Loan
James Belshaw [Bristol Rovers – Harrogate] Undisclosed
Jamie Cumming [Chelsea – Oxford United] Loan
Josh Gordon [Burton – Walsall] Loan
Charlie Lakin [Burton – Sutton] Loan
Harry Lewis [Bradford – Carlisle] Undisclosed
Ben Purrington [Ross County – Exeter] Undisclosed
Victor Torp [Sarpsborg – Coventry] Undisclosed
Ike Ugbo [Troyes – Sheffield Wednesday] Loan
Sam Walker [unattached – Bradford]
Billy Waters [Wrexham – Doncaster] Loan
10 January
Scottish Premiership
Sam Lammers [Rangers – FC Utrecht] Loan
English Football League
Luca Ashby-Hammond [Fulham – Notts County]
Luke Ayling [Leeds – Middlesbrough] Loan
Tyler Burey [Odense – Oxford] Loan
Fabio Carvalho [Liverpool – Hull] Loan
Joe Lewis [Stockport – AFC Wimbledon] Undisclosed
Women’s Super League
Nathalie Bjorn [Everton – Chelsea] Undisclosed
9 January
Premier League
Timo Werner [RB Leipzig – Tottenham] Loan
English Football League
Odin Bailey [Salford – Stockport] Undisclosed
Matthew Craig [Tottenham – Doncaster] Loan
Luke Cundle [Wolves – Stoke] Loan
Kyran Lofthouse [Barnsley – MK Dons] Loan
Joe Taylor [Luton – Lincoln] Loan
Jensen Weir [Brighton – Port Vale] Loan
Ryan Sandford [unattached – Crawley]
International
Yosuke Ideguchi [Celtic – Vissel Kobe] Undisclosed
Robin Koch [Leeds – Eintracht Frankfurt] Free*
* to be completed on 1 July
Scottish Premiership
David Keltjens [unattached – St Johnstone]
8 January
English Football League
James Beadle [Brighton – Sheffield Wednesday] Loan
Hayden Coulson [Middlesbrough – Blackpool] Loan
Lewis Leigh [Preston – Crewe] Loan
Ashley Phillips [Tottenham – Plymouth] Loan
7 January
International
Sasa Kalajdzic [Wolves – Eintracht Frankfurt] Loan
6 January
Women’s Super League
Noelle Maritz [Arsenal – Aston Villa] Undisclosed
English Football League
Stephen Wearne [Gateshead – MK Dons] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
Ross Stewart [Hearts – Partick Thistle] Loan
5 January
Premier League
Ben Brereton Diaz [Villarreal – Sheffield United] Loan
English Football League
Yasin Ayari [Brighton – Blackburn] Loan
Finn Azaz [Aston Villa – Middlesbrough] Undisclosed
Tyreeq Bakinson [Sheffield Wednesday – Charlton] Loan
Ben Chrisene [Aston Villa – Blackburn] Loan
Dawson Devoy [MK Dons – Swindon] Loan
Lewis Fiorini [Manchester City – Charlton] Loan
Daniel Iversen [Leicester – Stoke] Loan
Archie Mair [Norwich – Morecambe] Loan
Bojan Radulovic [HJK Helsinki – Huddersfield] Undisclosed
Lewis Travis [Blackburn – Ipswich] Loan
International
Tajon Buchanan [Club Bruges – Inter Milan] Reported £6.02m
Thilo Kehrer [West Ham – Monaco] Loan
4 January
English Football League
Emmanuel Adegboyega [Norwich – Walsall] Loan
Luke Armstrong [Harrogate – Carlisle] Undisclosed
Sean Grehan [Crystal Palace – Carlisle] Loan
Alex Matos [Chelsea – Huddersfield] Loan
Jay McGrath [St Patrick’s – Doncaster] Free
Jack Moylan [Shelbourne – Lincoln] Free
Harrison Neal [Sheffield United – Carlisle] Undisclosed
Jed Steer [unattached – Peterborough]
International
Benie Traore [Sheffield United – Nantes] Loan
3 January
Women’s Super League
Charlotte Grant [Vittsjo – Tottenham] Undisclosed
Shelina Zadorsky [Tottenham – West Ham] Loan
English Football League
Conor Carty [Bolton – Doncaster] Loan
Ronan Coughlan [Waterford – Fleetwood] Undisclosed
Gwion Edwards [unattached – Morecambe]
Luke Harris [Fulham – Exeter] Loan
Adam Murphy [St Patrick’s – Bristol City] Undisclosed
Jeremy Sarmiento [Brighton – Ipswich] Loan
Conor Wilkinson [Motherwell – Colchester] Undisclosed
2 January 2024
Scottish Premiership
Dara Costelloe [Burnley – Dundee] Loan
Kerr Smith [Aston Villa – St Johnstone] Loan
Benjamin Kimpioka [AIK – St Johnstone] Undisclosed
1 January
International
Donny van de Beek [Manchester United – Eintracht Frankfurt] Loan
Women’s Super League
Matilda Vinberg [Hammarby IF – Tottenham] Free
English Football League
Richard Kone [Athletic Newham – Wycombe] Undisclosed
Scottish Premiership
Shaun Donnellan [Torquay – Livingston] Loan
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I blame Peter Liewell and DD
Morning all from Kentucky!
new article posted.
Morning all.
My thought for the day.
Why do unscrupulous lawyers who knowingly prosecute innocent people not get prosecuted themselves when the evidence unravells. ?
Far too muc of this going on and lawyers seem to get rich on unscrupulous acts.
Make an example of them. Bankrupt and prosecute please.
Israel an embarrassment & shame on humanity. Today at the ICJ, they have offered nothing but blame Hamas for their atrocities, deny a genocide & blame Hamas, cite the holocaust &, produce an edited youtube video as evidence. Oh & deny deny deny deny &, claim to be the victim