It’s unusual for Celtic to comment on transfer speculation, but this statement clarifies a few issues. Celtic chief executive, Peter Lawwell, today denied claims the club wanted to sign Joey Barton, instead insisting the player “would really prefer to come to Celtic” than sign for “his new club”.
Lawwell said:
“I think Joey’s been had by a bit of a matchmaker here”.
“I remember it well, we had just announced Brendan as our new Manager and I was with our Company Secretary in London at the time. An agent called me saying that Joey was going to sign for Rangers but he would really prefer to come to Celtic and were we interested in signing him, but it wasn’t something we wanted to pursue”.
“These things happen to players sometimes in football, but needless to say we wish Joey well at his new Club”.
I hope that the “new club” and Joey sort out their differences. They appear to be so well matched.
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If Barton is sacked or released from his contract, will he be able to play immediately elsewhere for another club or will he have to wait until the next transfer window as a free agent?
Ken Bruce on Radio Two slips in his oft slight references to the New Club with the playing of Penny Arcade.
#hurting
When did squirels get such a bad name???
I believe it was at this moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSUXXzN26zg
Does placing one bet (assuming that’s all it was) entitled the huns to sack El Barto?
And next on his play list is Daydream Believer by The Monkees.
Incredible.
Get it up you Ken.
Extracted from Joey Barton’s new book
Major Honours in Football
BSR
That’s the talksport headline
Is there any chance that the huns will be able not to pay agent Barton ?
I wouldn’t have thot that gambling on the odd footy game would be a sackable offence !
Joey Barton betting for entertainment? What happened to the high brow Joey who entertained himself reading books by French existentialist authors?
Surely he should have been too busy reading Camus instead of betting? Afterall he should have been trying to familiarise himself with “The Plague” before “The Fall”?
CELTIC40ME
The confidentiality clause.
Imagine trying to keep him quiet when he goes? – he tweets like a budgie.
Pop Corn CSC
BT and Ernie thanks for your replies, I have contacted Grampian Emerald but as yet no reply. BT if anything transpires let me know. BT doing fine only four more weeks come Friday. Hail Hail Hebcelt’s
Oops Hebcelt
Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma on 20th September 2016 10:50 am
SMALL MEN – BIG BOOTS
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Brilliant post!
Winning Captains, this (IMHO) should be put up as a separate article so it doesn’t get lost in the morass of banality the rest of us post here!
FAC the Act
KTF
Hebcelt
Peterhead CSC also
Just waiting in contact details from my dad
PL never comments on anything sevco yet comments on Joey Barton….Aye, 3 O** F*** games or maybe 2 to go Peter.
Think we’re all getting played tbh.
R.H.
“Wee Bertie also talked about Jimmy turning Davie Provan of Rangers inside out and added “But you know what? Big Provan never once tried to kick him – not that he could get a hold of him to kick mind you – But he didn’t try. There was just respect there, and in return there was no rubbing the noses in it, no antagonism, no nastiness.”
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Interesting.
I remember attending a game at Celtic Park where Rangers defenders took it in turns to kick the merde out of wee Jimmy.
On one occasion wee Jimmy ended up on the red blaise in front of the Main Stand.
Ian Archer described it as a rota system.
That way no-one would be sent off.
May have been the 3-1 game where Johansen took the penalty which hit the bar , and in which Celtic scored 3 goals in the last 10 minutes.
I also remember Davie Provan returning to his left back berth after Rangers had scored at Ibrox and giving the double handed vicky to the Celtic support.
Lets have no sanitised version of the conduct of some of the hun players.
Professional football players can only be fined 2 weeks wages; so at least 2 of his 4 weeks leave will be paid. I was going to say £40K for doing nothing, but he’s been doing nothing since July!
As far as sacking him goes, I doubt that the gambling is a sackable offence; they have also set precedent by not sacking Black or Smonsen for football betting so he will be safe on that one.
They are going to need to find something much bigger than he already has been “found guilty” of to get him out the door for nothing.
An expensive albatross they have there ……………………………………..
FAC the Act
KTF
DAVIDOPOULOS
Maybe Joey was reading this?
He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I’ll show you a loser, show me a hero and I’ll show you a corpse.
Mario Puzo
praecepta
Yeah that seems more fitting.
However, I still haven’t ruled out the possibility that he’s just a bit fick…
BRTH
How dare you?
How dare you post something that is not filled with sloganising and antagonism. That is not filled with bile or written like an Ingsoc zealot. Something that made me smile and actuallu think that playing and following football is worthwhile and not about perpetuating hatred.
How very dare you.
Jim
Why some come on here and patronise Sevco and Celticplayers,i have heard all these storys down the years ,in fact its getting boring,its history,i just wont to see my team Celtic win,
MACJAY…..
I seem to remember being at a game during which Wee Bertie was involved in a tackle that resulted in Davy Provan’s ankle being broken.
OOOOPS!
Hope you are well!
Record states that Betfair cliped. Hard to believe not that I give a flying duck
timbhoy3 on 20th September 2016 11:24 am
Why some come on here and patronise Sevco and Celticplayers,i have heard all these storys down the years ,in fact its getting boring,its history,i just wont to see my team Celtic win,
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If you know your history ……………….
Has Wishart Frazer not been prompted for an opinion yet?
Philbhoy on 20th September 2016 11:25 am
MACJAY…..
I seem to remember being at a game during which Wee Bertie was involved in a tackle that resulted in Davy Provan’s ankle being broken.
OOOOPS!
Hope you are well!
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If I remember correctly, it wasn’t so much of a tackle; more like wee 10:30 doing him. If I recall, Provan was thundering in and Bertie put his foot and all his weight on the ball and as Provan connected, he got Bertie’s foot into his ankle.
Bang! Stretcher for Provan ……………….
BRTH
Not sure about the antagonism bit. Seem to recall a tale that went something like this…………
Wee Jinky having picked himself up from the running-track for the 3rd time says to ‘Ham & Egg’ – you trying to intimidate me?
SCOTTBROWNSBHOYS –
He commented in response to Barton claiming that Celtic tried to sign him. Why should he comment about Sevco? What have Sevco to do with Celtic?
TIMBHOY3 on 20TH SEPTEMBER 2016 11:24 AM
Why some come on here and patronise Sevco and Celticplayers,i have heard all these storys down the years ,in fact its getting boring,its history,i just wont to see my team Celtic win,
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I’ve heard the stories too, met a few of the characters involved, and yes, it can get a bit repetitive reading the various arms length accounts, but for some it’s new and it’s interesting and it would be churlish to deny them that enjoyment.
VFR800A8
Exactly how I remember it!
But, hey hoe.
Goood morning CQN from Puerto Morgan :-)
Just catching up on accounts and sloey’s new club
I was just wondering how those accounts could have looked had we had champions league football last season – mind would have meant paying more for an experienced manager
And
Sloey, wonder if an agent telling the new club they were also talking to Celtic, would have put any more money into the package being offered ? Which new club cannot afford, hence we are witnessing what we are
Incidentally how much would constructive disnissal cost new club ? :-)))))
Hail Hail
AuldTam
Usual response would be along the lines of, we have no comment to make or we have never shown an interest in the player, not specifics.
I cant see how Joey can be sacked for Betting.A precedent was set for this by The Rangers when they did not sack their last player found guilty of this.In fact his crime was worse as he actually bet on a game he was involved in.Joey betting on a Barca-Celtic game,being used as a reason to sack him wont hold water.
Not evenwith the concerted efforts of our SMSM to fuel the flames.
Despicable shower.
AWE_NAW_NO_ANNONI_OAN_ANAW_NOO on 20TH SEPTEMBER 2016 11:26 AM
‘Record states that Betfair cliped. Hard to believe’
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Is there not some agreement in place that bookies will report players betting on matches?
Peter Lawwell is calling Barton a liar.
Pleased he has done so.
Now if Barton wants to sue for defamation, I’m sure he will.
Why is he commenting at all on that prk? What about the new club Peter? A totally pointless statement, on someone who is of no concern to us.
Hello again all you young rebels.
Just home from another great couple of days with the
peninsula rebels and i thought nobody could outdrink
the Gallowgate bhoys, think again, the women here can
beat them hands down.
Of course it probably had a lot to do with PADDYMACOZ
handing out our club Celtic tops for free to a bunch of
Bosnian refugees who attended our party day and they
decided they would pay us back by buying us beer, i was
hoping he’d hand out some more lol, but more friends
and converts made.
What about our special agent Joey eh? he’s certainly done
a job for us, come to think of it wasn’t there a special agent
Dick Barton back in the fifties? maybe his old man should’ve
called him Dick as well.
H.H Mick
Johansen hit the bar with the penalty ———— he then tried to score with a header — that prevented Penman from putting the ball in the net . Genius . !!! The Deady Bears were 1 up ( from an offside goal ) . Celtic scored 3 in the last 10 or so minutes.