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Nigeria, Senegal, Qatar, Belgium. Lessons for Celtic

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Henry Onyekuru, the wide-attacking 20-year-old Celtic targeted in January, looks set to join Arsenal from Belgian club KAS Eupen. The player had a tremendous season for his newly promoted club, alerting Celtic, and prompting a walkout by the player, when his hope of a transfer in the winter window was rejected.

The moral of this story is that it has become increasingly difficult to sign even 20-year-olds who had no pedigree a year ago, when Arsenal can bid £6.8m for a player who is likely to sit for most of the season in the stands.

For Celtic, the Onyekuru experience should be informative. The player came to Belgium from the Aspire Academy in Qatar. He joined the Academy’s Senegal training facility as a 13-year-old, before moving to the Aspire Football Dreams (AFD) project at the Qatari capital, Doha.

The AFD is a humanitarian project, allowing promising kids the best opportunity to develop as footballers, while receiving an educational scholarship. As you would expect from a Qatari project, it is not underfunded.

KAS Eupen were bought by the Aspire Zone Foundation five years ago and are the Qataris route to Europe for their Academy graduates.

Processes like Aspires costs money and takes time, perhaps a decade, to bear fruit, but the money involved isn’t beyond Celtic’s grasp. As we continue to look to innovate, this case study is worth contemplating.

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  1. Turkeybhoy on

    THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 26TH JUNE 2017 10:36 PM

     

    Turkeybhoy

     

     

     

    Since you asked.

     

     

    Boyata, and Simonovic.

     

     

    There you go:)

     

     

     

    I did say a strong in the air CH.We have had worse pairings than the two mentioned and done very well in Europe before.We keep saying BR improves players,so maybe,as both are still a bit inexperienced at top level,he will give them time by signing a BOBO type CH in the meantime to partner one of them.

  2. THE EXILED TIM on

    Mags

     

    I would be willing to wager that the CQN figures are down a fair bit, a fair few have told me they no longer log on due to the adverts, my add blocker seems to work fine, anyways, was out today and didn’t have my mobile so used the wifes to log on, feck me, logged out pdq, the adds were a joke, I keep seeing posters saying to delete jave etc but some just won’t bother and go elsewhere, Oh and she went mental at me for clogging her phone up with pish, took her a while to get rid of all the crap that logging on to CQN caused.

     

    So I agree that for the love of money it may well kill itself, shame as many have said that they were willing to pay for the blog, well enough I reckon to keep it going.

     

    HH

  5. GuyFawkesaforeverhero on

    Turkeybhoy on 26th June 2017 10:33PM

     

     

    Good on you talking about Celtic and not about yourself or your family. Would be good if it caught on.

     

     

    The position to change, so that our team elevates, is goalkeeper.

     

     

    I don’t think Lee Congerton has hit the ground running in a senior, well recompensed position.

  7. Turkeybhoy on

    THE EXILED TIM ,

     

     

     

    TET,would your good lady know of any publishing companies that are worth approaching with a 1st book?

  8. Margaret McGill on

    THE EXILED TIM on 26th June 2017 10:46 pm

     

    It’s a bit addictive but its becoming too much lately.

     

    Some good things have definitely come out of it like Lisbon and charity contributions.

     

    I agree about the adds. Always a pain

     

    Childish moderation is another.

     

    Sevco obsession. The huns will be back uglier and more violent and disgusting than ever

     

    PLC OF hypocrisy is another.

     

    Its become Celtic quick view.

     

    Some are looking for a jabba job.

  9. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Turkeybhoy

     

     

    We agree that CH could be a weakness.

     

    Imo….against better teams Boyata and Jozo might struggle, id be looking to replace both.

     

    We will see soon enough.

     

     

    HH

  10. Turkeybhoy on

    GUYFAWKESAFOREVERHERO on 26TH JUNE 2017 10:50 PM,

     

     

     

    It all boils down to the same thing.Finding someone better than we have at the moment.Yes there are plenty out there.The Sunderland keeper,very good,went for 30 million.

     

    If only big Foz had stayed.

  12. Gary67 on

    Old Squint Eastwood backpeddling furiously in his favourite rags tomorrow. He’s actually been praising us apparently!!

  14. Turkeybhoy on

    THE GREEN MAN SAYS SACK THE BOARD on 26TH JUNE 2017 10:55 PM

     

    Turkeybhoy

     

     

     

    We agree that CH could be a weakness.

     

     

    Imo….against better teams Boyata and Jozo might struggle, id be looking to replace both.

     

     

    We will see soon enough.

     

     

     

    HH

     

     

    No argument from me there.In saying that,as I said,for CHs,both are relatively,still Weans.Especially at the top level.Could BR improve them enough?.Its a worry for me.

  15. THE EXILED TIM on

    Mags

     

    I agree re the charity stuff of course, the friendships and the like, the moderation is a joke, right wing shit is allowed all day long, trolling is par for the course yet call them out your post is gone, I agree we need to moderate things but FFS.

     

    HH

  16. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    GARY67

     

     

    Just read it,glib and shameless springs to mind…

  19. Turkeybhoy on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 26TH JUNE 2017 10:57 PM

     

    TURKEYBHOY

     

     

     

    Ask CQN Books,they’ll probably know.

     

     

    DOH !!!!!!!!!!!!.Cheers mate.

  21. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    TET

     

     

    Yeah, its obvious that the moderators are very selective.

     

    Ridiculous really.

     

    Where does the censorship stop?

     

     

    HH

  23. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    TET

     

     

    Who controls the past, controls the future:)

     

     

    Ministry of Truth.

     

     

    HH

  25. THE EXILED TIM on

    TGM

     

    And everything in between :-)

     

    HH

     

    Sleep well Timland, adopted in spirit daughter is here the morra for ten days, should have been here tonight but the plane was late so she missed the bus, no jingles when it landed, feck you O’Leary, anyways, amazing how she has turned out all things considered, so so proud of her.

     

    HH

     

    KTF

  27. GuyFawkesaforeverhero on

    I was pleased to read Peter Lawwell’s limited intervention in the Scottish football headline stories today. Probably, a few throwawy lines given before King’s embarrassing 2iar fantasy.

     

     

    Thinking of Lennoxtown, I believe Peter throwing three “world class” names operating there, which didn’t include a single Congerton, is instructive.

  29. Saint Stivs on

    give yourselves a break from getting deleted for being opinionated numpties

     

     

     

     

     

    Glasnevin – This is how it feels to be Celtic

     

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    Live in the Brazen Head

     

     

    quite magic.

     

     

    tony donnelly giving it the back from vegas blues

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUodVLRhsdw

  32. glendalystonsils on

    First Warbo loses it, then Pedro loses it, then Glibby loses it.

     

     

    I see a pattern here.

     

     

    Oneflewoverthecuckoosnest CSC

  34. Hamiltontim on

    My Twitter timeline seems to show an increasing number of Tims who’ll be travelling to Belfast in the hope of buying tickets for the game against Linfield.

     

     

    I still don’t understand Celtic asking for a change of date and still refusing our allocation.

     

     

    Bizarre decision.

  38. Cosy Corner Bhoy on

    Margaret McGill 1005pm: Better get Dad….

     

     

    Dad didn’t think it should have been deleted! :) :)

  40. Saint Stivs on

    as a piss take, probably the best lager in the world.

     

     

    Celtic Fans Party in The Broomloan Stand

     

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    This was view from the Champions end at the last Old Firm match played at Ibrox on March 25th, 2012

     

     

    simply the best, and penny arcade,

     

     

    ha feckin ha,

     

     

    you died, zombie , monkey, ugly huns,

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRxjEB1c9NA

  41. GuyFawkesaforeverhero on

    HamiltonTim on 26th June 2017 11:32PM

     

     

    Sounds good to me. Hope our fans buy those four thousand. Wherever Celtic run out, our fans should be there.

     

     

    The board and their advisors got this one wrong (again!).

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