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Media welcome Nicolas Kuhn received in Glasgow

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Como!  Who knew?  You might expect the side who finished 10th in Serie A last season would be a source of players for Celtic (Reggina were 13th when we signed our former right winger Shunsuke Nakamura from them 20 years ago).  Now Como are signing teenagers from Betis for €22m and apparently Nicolas Kuhn for €19m.

This is the world, there’s no point complaining about it.  Como are the plaything of Indonesian owners, who have funded a rise from Siere D (where Reggina now are).  We have seen similar vanity projects playout across Europe.  They seldom end well, but before they burn out, there’s millions to be made for football players.

No one should expect anything other than Nicolas Kuhn making the most of his earning potential.  It is why he came to Celtic in the first place and why Celtic continue to attract players from across the globe to live in Glasgow, protected from harmful sun rays 99% of the year.  This is the world, let’s make the most of it.

It would be remis of me not to mention how some in the old media, followed by many online, treated the news of Nicolas signing for Celtic.  A know-nothing from Austria (billed as an “expert”) was given a platform to explain how “rubbish” the player was.  Celtic have an incredible ability to sell rubbish for €19m.

Whatever the process was that identified and selected Nicolas Kuhn, let’s have more of this “rubbish”.

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  3. carpetcrawler on

    We seem to have a pretty good grasp of the old making money lark. Spending it, maybe not so much !

  4. Burnley78 on

    P67

     

     

    I think you know the process which found ‘this rubbish’ and you know fine what happened.

     

     

    I hope the replacement can make as much money and recruit that kind of value growth potential.

  5. An Dún on

    Brendan made the point during the January 24 window that he wouldn’t be signing for the sake of it and he wanted quality in, off the back of a disappointing summer window which seen us right in the think of a genuine battle for the league.

     

     

    Brendan clearly seen something in Kuhn and today we look set to make a tidy profit on the player. Not bad for going off piste.

     

     

    RIP John Clark, Mary Queen of Peace pray for him.

  8. yorkbhoy on

    Sorry to see Kuhn go… the player wanted to leave, we made money on him, but 18 months… is that now going to be the standard for decent signings?

  9. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    Good bit of business. Probably cashing in at the right time. Just need to make sure he gets adequately replaced. Not sure if Nygren will play there. Would like to see more of an Abada type.

  11. justshatered on

    If we are being honest, Kuhn only played well for five months of his eighteen months here.

     

    He contributed little from the January he arrived until the summer, played really well from August to December and was almost anonymous for the remainder of the season.

     

    However, it will only be a good bit of business if we resource a suitable replacement as Kuhn did provide goals and assists. If the Swedish guy is his replacement fine but if he isn’t then we need to start being proactive in the market.

     

    Lagerbielke, Nawrocki, Taylor, Kuhn have gone or are about to go.

     

    Carter Vickers, Hatate, and Jota are injured.

     

    Kyogo hasn’t been replaced although the boy from Fulham may surprise a few.

     

    Champions League play off is now coming over the horizon and we really need to get any new players bedded in prior to that.

  12. Saint Stivs on

    not having it

     

     

    kuhn played well up till the bayern game. that was February.

     

     

    he scored twice in the league winning game in april

  13. Chairbhoy on

    Burnley78 @ 12:12 pm,

     

     

    “P67

     

     

    I think you know the process which found ‘this rubbish’ and you know fine what happened

     

     

    Agreed, and it was the point I was making t’uther day…

     

     

    Lot’s of smart fholk at Celtic Glasgow and if they stick to their skill-set and supported in delivering.

     

     

    The outcomes are so much better.

     

     

    For me Nicolas Kuhn got GBH at the NY’s game at Ibrox with a linesman staring straight at him.

     

     

    If the guy says sod this for a game of soldiers, I’m out of here fair play…

     

     

    …Old Firm Bo££!X is not a hill my career is dying on – then I get that.

     

     

    In a safe environment, Celtic Park playing RB Leipzig or at the Allianz Arena playing Bayern the lad excelled and showed he is a top class player.

     

     

    I’d like to see what he does with those Italian defences next season.

     

     

    You have to be a certain character to make it in Glasgow and picking the right cloths for the weather is only one aspect of that…

     

     

    Hail Hail

  15. bournesouprecipe on

    I think Celtic shaded off Nicolas Kuhn as much as his form shaded. He was hooked more and more and half time in Parkhead verse Sevco, was full time for his career. His fantastic run included CL goals, and that’s good enough for Serie A suitors.

     

     

    In the main we’re very good at this transfer lark when the net spend is zero, if prone to the odd Barkas.

     

     

    Good luck to Nicolas great short spell at our club may your face not trip you in Como.

     

     

    Kerching CSC

  16. quadrophenian on

    GGH from previous…

     

     

    I’m 66% unconcerned that we have Trusty, Welsh and Scales as defensive options.

     

     

    Stephen I am unsure of, but I think Liam has been overwhelmingly great for us and Trusty showed v Atalanta and other Euro games that he is a proper player and I hope he can find form like that more consistently.

     

     

    Overall, I think we’re wheelin’ and dealin’ pretty nicely this early into the window. HH

  18. EmeraldBee \o/ A Double Niner!! on

    Chairbhoy on 4th July 2025 1:15 pm

     

     

     

    For me Nicolas Kuhn got GBH at the NY’s game at Ibrox with a linesman staring straight at him.

     

     

    If the guy says sod this for a game of soldiers, I’m out of here fair play…

     

    …Old Firm Bo££!X is not a hill my career is dying on – then I get that.

     

     

    In a safe environment, Celtic Park playing RB Leipzig or at the Allianz Arena playing Bayern the lad excelled and showed he is a top class player.

     

     

    Chairbhoy, 100% in agreement there. That was as obvious an assault as you’ll see anywhere in the world of football, but not, it would appear, at Ibrox when perpetrated by a Sevconian. I thought he genuinely looked shocked at what had happened to him and who could blame him?

     

     

    I’m repeatedly concerned that these types of assaults on our players, and they are frequent, usually draws no vocalised condemnation from our club. The reaction by Oor Brendan to the assault on Hatate up at Pittodrie was welcome (to me anyway), but not usual. These players of ours are at work and as such should be protected by the normal Health and Safety regulations. If nothing else our club should recognise that their ‘assets’ are being harmed! (Will Reo be available for the start of the season?)

     

     

    We see players of other clubs assaulted in other games across the country and the referees react instantly. But not when the green-and-white are involved?

     

     

    I still maintain that Kieran’s growing fitness problems (in his early years with us) stemmed from some of the ludicrous kickings he got. The day he got stamped on the inner thigh, when he had just cleared a ball from a Motherwell player (and perhaps strangely it wasn’t Lasley in that instance) was the most vicious thing I’d seen in years, but no action taken, no great reaction from our guys on the touchline either. I would love to see our coaches react strongly and loudly when our players are badly fouled.

     

     

    Ave Ave

  19. EmeraldBee \o/ A Double Niner!! on

    Saint Stivs on 3rd July 2025 8:10 pm

     

     

    Can i recommend this book for those who like industrial and sporting history.

     

    No doubt to me, his socialist roots made that first great Liverpool team.

     

    Also why him and Jock were the best of friends.

     

     

    A great read –

     

    The Shankly’s Village: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Glenbuck and its Famous Sons

     

     

    Saint Stivs, Mrs Emeraldbee and I choose to do a log distance walk each year and a few years ago now we did the River Ayr Way over three days.

     

     

    The start of the walk is actually at the Bill Shankly Memorial in what’s left of Glenbuck village and, much to her interest and amusement (not), I regaled her with the history of the village and its importance to Scottish and English football. I think the only time she seemed to show some interest was when I mentioned that these hard-as-nails coal mining types played for their local junior team, called the Glenbuck Cherrypickers.

     

     

    That seemed to tickle her for some reason.

     

     

    Ave Ave

  20. Hot Smoked on

    leftclicktic on 4th July 2025 12:09 pm

     

     

    Thanks for that. Can you imagine 60,000 singing Faith of our Fathers at Celtic Park on European nights?

     

     

    PS I am not at all religious but I find that hymn emotional and inspirational.

  21. celtic40me on

    Kuhn at Celtic could be a case study for the development model working.

     

     

    He ticked every one of the boxes – 35 career starts in the Austrian first tier, excellent data from few starts, ambition to progress, an agent with the vision to see Celtic as the perfect place for the next stage in his career. At the right price at the right age.

     

     

    Our recruitment department at the time, headed by Mark Lawwell deserve great credit for identifying him. He wasn’t in Asia or the Americas, the best prospects in the Austrian Bundesliga go to the German top tier, RB Leipzig wanted to sign him this summer. We spotted real potential that others missed. We were an attractive option because of what we’d done before, he git the opportunity (that others didnt) to showcase his talents

     

     

    Perhaps bit as much actual development of his ability as some of the younger players who’ve come through, but a platform to showcase hus ability

     

     

    In the rush to write off the entire strategy it wasnt just Austrian journos who rubbished him. We should be glad that after the hysteria of Autumn 2023 we didn’t trash the whole thing. If something works as well as it just has, hindsight shoujd have you reflecting on attitudes at the time and ensuring that they don’t stand in the way of future successes. The process doesnt bring instant results, a huge profit and champions league standard performances in 18 months is more quicker than we can hope of seeing regularly, but we’ve seen it can be done, again and again. So let’s do it more instead of less.

  22. celtic40me on

    The price we got for him is also at the very top of what we could expect. Its excellent work

  23. Celtic Mac on

    Just watching Cameron Norrie playing Matteo Bellucci on the number one court at Wimbledon.

     

    No great interest in either but fact is Norrie one of the top British players and yet the sheer number of empty seats is astounding given we are always being told the fans are queuing around the block for tickets early doors every day. Been a pattern all week, maybe understandable given the sheer heat of the first few days, but not today. Funny thing is not a mention from the BBC……

     

    Maybe need to get Stivs on the case

  24. garygillespieshamstring on

    Quad@1.47

     

     

    Thanks for taking the time to reply.

     

     

    I agree that Trusty did really well against Atalanta and played well in some of the other European games but I felt his poor performances in the league and cup ties outnumbered his good performances, particularly against physical strikers.

     

     

    I hope you are correct about him finding g more consistentcy.

     

     

    My issue with Liam Scales isn’t so much his defending as his tendency to push forward the. give the ball away, leaving big gaps at the back.

     

     

    However the return of KT to the traditional left back role rather than Greg Taylor playing infield might mean this is less of a problem in future.

     

     

    HH

  27. ziggydoc1 on

    Hot Smoked on 4th July 2025 2:45 pm

     

    leftclicktic on 4th July 2025 12:09 pm

     

     

    Thanks for that. Can you imagine 60,000 singing Faith of our Fathers at Celtic Park on European nights?

     

     

    PS I am not at all religious but I find that hymn emotional and inspirational.

     

    _____

     

    👍Yep. Brilliant song/hymn.

  37. KevJungle on

    Playing with a front 3 only works if you play on the break, or if the opposition teams are weak, or, naive, like MON was, naive, vs McLeish’s Huns for the period of a full calendar year, until MON wised up and played a a flat back 4 and using long out ball for Agathe, or direct high ball to Sutton, giving us a 1-2 win at Ibrox only weeks before our final in Seville with Porto, who also played 4-3-3 and dived all over the pitch, like the Huns did.

     

     

    Just think how things might have turned out in Seville 2003 had MON played the same Ibrox formation, tactics, etc from only weeks earlier, flat back 4, etc, etc, in Seville, instead of the Celtic Way guilt trip thinking that we have to be the daft arsed entertainers!

     

     

    Walter Smith parked the bus and played for penalty kicks in every game all the way to the Manchester 2008 final, then they let their guard down in the final and got mugged 0-2. lol

     

     

    Can you imagine the outcome for us if the Huns had won in either Manchester 2008, or Seville 2022, whilst we blether about balance sheets and empty seats.

     

     

    Maybe the Huns could have done us a favour and wakened up sleeping, spoiled, Snp trained Drudgery merchants, version of Timdom to get their lazy arsed act together and regime change the Tory PLC and their balance sheet pisstake.

     

     

    If Celtic fans are clever enough to be Doctors, Teachers, Lawyers, Judges, or leaders of the Workers Party of Britain, then they are clever enough to recreate the working class, socialist, leadership of Glasgow Celtic.

     

     

    We are in a great place when it’ll take Hun inflicted carnage to waken up our supporter base, to the bonus bs balance sheet grift!

     

     

    When you have street parties to celebrate winning One horse leagues, then Celtic fans are the last things that you are.

     

     

    Apathy! Apathy! Wherefore art thou Apathy!

     

     

    Just. lol

  42. scullybhoy on

    Kyogo is thankfully on his way out of Stade Rennais.

     

     

    The Ligue 1 club signed the Japanese striker for £10m in January, with Kyogo keen for a fresh challenge away from Parkhead.

     

     

    But it’s been a disaster, as we all know. Kyogo failed to score a single goal in just six appearances and Rennes are set to offload him this summer.

     

     

    Birmingham City are in talks to sign Kyogo, and the EFL Championship club’s fans are excited about the prospect of him joining.

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