Over the last few days of the European transfer window I was keen to find out what business Ajax would be able to complete (what Milan and Barca did is of scant interest). Between Friday and yesterday Ajax lost two players, Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen moved to Tottenham, and yesterday, Belgian defender, Toby Alderweireld joined Atletico Madrid.
Both were big players for the Dutch champions, who could realise €20m from the sales, but attempts to sign Ola John from Benfica and Eljero lia of Werder Bremen failed, instead they paid Heracles Almelo €2.5m for midfielder Lerin Duarte.
The Amsterdamers had a frustrating final few hours of the window. No doubt potential targets were worried about having to face three huge teams in the Champions League. In a difficult group, this is what counts as a break for Celtic. Only five games into their league season and without Champions League qualifiers to use as a yardstick, the group stage will come early for Ajax.
Living adjacent to an over-monied behemoth has considerable drawbacks as even our top clubs struggle to retain teenagers in the face of English lower league competition but such a rich market can also bring enough transfer income to make the difference between feast and famine.
The English Premier League spent £445m on transfers outside England but apart from Celtic and Hamilton Accies, who between them will earn around 4% of that total, I don’t think anyone else in Scotland got a piece of the action.
Nurturing and selling talent to England has to be a strategy for dozens of clubs here. Paying (for them) top wages to players who are no longer able to gain employment in England can only be considered a waste by comparison.
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The wee woman from Magee’s Bakery is said to be over the moon her overtime has been reinstated boxing the pies for Parkhead.
tonydonnelly67
Still not had any explanation of why so much time is spent here on the affairs of the supposedly dead.
Lea and Perrins refuse to go on trial after advice from Craig Whytes defence team.
Paddy Gallagher
21:35 on
3 September, 2013
Also works on pies!! :-)
Good news for the huns then as they have a team full of pies
Team full of pies?
I thought they were Seasoned professionals…
NatKnow – Supporting Wee Oscar
21:41 on 3 September, 2013
Paddy Gallagher
21:35 on
3 September, 2013
Also works on pies!! :-)
Good news for the huns then as they have a team full of pies
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Aye Mince for short :-)
sixtaeseven
20:35 on
3 September, 2013
Peter Lawwell:
My first job in this new role as head of the SFA will be to rename Hampden as “The Jock Stein Stadium”.
A stoater.The gullible hordes will lap that one up.
I’ll get peppered with insults for that one…
Oscar Knox is my Hero – RWE
21:28 on
3 September, 2013
Top of the class.Attabhoy
This IT stuff is easy, next Voguepunter will be on saying that he can switch his computer on :-)
HH
CRC
quonno
If you don’t want to have a laugh at their stupidity, your choice.
Warning though…this could run like a jar of watered down ketchup.
HH
It won’t be long before the sevconians get themselves in a pickle over these sauces, personally I relish the thought
gsu
Ah Bisto – won’t stop the diarrhea but it will definitely thicken it!
Congratulations to Pedro
Hope he can extend the January transfer window to Easter to allow us some time to buy a striker , a creative midfielder and a left back.
Ogilvie knows that he aided and abetted a football club that cheated at every turn. He is morally bankrupt and his legacy is the mess he helped create. It is ironic that by the time the tribute act returns he will be gone from office. The man who administered the sectarian policies at ibrox, deployed and participated in EBTs, shabbily treated Tommy Burns, helped Murray Whyte & Green, ultimate contribution was to oversee the liquidation of RFC.
To see Pedro in the SFA Board meetings will make him realise what a clown he has been.
The President has no clothes.
Quonno,
“…why so much time is spent here on the affairs of the supposedly dead team…”
Some just seem to Relish piling it on thick!
Hail Hail
Simple Simon met a pie man on the way to the fare. Said simple Simon to the pie man what have you there? Pie’s ya stupid hun!!
My namesake, the late great legend, Mr. Jimmy Delaney, was born in Cleland on this day in 1914
3 FA cup winners’ medals in 3 different countries in 3 different decades.
God bless her majesty
Craigy bhoy was their pied piper….and that’s why they died.
THE EXILED TIM
21:34 on
3 September, 2013
Turkeybhoy
I had a look see on RM earlier, they were indulging in their normal permarage.
They do swear a lot so they do >}
Its the most vile piece of bigoted,sectarian,dross of all time.I cant stop reading it though,as its also the funniest and most ridiculous thing since “Viz”Dumb,moronic,gullible,they are a joy to behold.
latchford
21:47 on 3 September, 2013
Congratulations to Pedro
To see Pedro in the SFA Board meetings will make him realise what a clown he has been.
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What a very strange thing to write, PL has been taken on Board by the SFA in a last ditched attempt to keep Celtic IN Scottish football. We have won, the rebels have won.
Are those Sevconian chaps getting a bit saucy?
CRC, I’m struggling with Dropbox, downloaded to iPad, can’t change from that, sent to laptop, and showing 5hrs to download, and constantly freezing, now rebooting laptop on a system restore, and will try again.
On a positive note, was sitting in a meeting today, forgot to put phone on mute, guess what happened ? And I had a good laugh at those looking strangely at me, as I let it ring out :-)
That ACGR has a lot to answer for
Hail Hail
i hear forces sauces goes well with a steakbake
s, revenue & customs
timabhouy
21:50 on 3 September, 2013
God bless her majesty
—
‘s Customs & Excise
That time of the year again :)
Hi just back on playin ketchup with the blog _ why is everyone in a pickle about the latest sevco sauce news?
estoribhouy
ohh you are saucy
possible reaction to sauce ( or appointment )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt_BGaDBD2I
start at 1.03……..oh dear!
just had a wee ketchup on previous posts,
You ghuys just aint gona cut the mustard
Infact you ghuys might be a bit condi-mental!!!
Timbhoy
Why??
Anyone here from Mayo??
is ‘siege in the sahara’ channel 4 istanbulcelt’s program?
Tartar all!
http://t.co/JSp8iPXlty
Saw this headline and thought, must be a sevconian.
Good evening all
A wee update on my ole mum. She is doing fine, eating solids and drinking.
Wits this about PL on the SFA board, unbelievable. I certainly hope he does not curry favour towards CFC. Don’t really know wit this food or gravy thing is all about. Too late to read back. But, I hope you are all well and any bloggers with relatives or friends with medical complications, my prayers are with you all.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar
Weefra,having an appetite is excellent news. Thoughts with your mum and your family.
glad to hear weefratim
DJBEE
Soya post, you maybe right there!