It is surely no coincidence that Norwich City accepted Celtic’s offer for Adam Idah, reportedly £8.5m up front with another £1m dependent on results and a 15% sell-on fee, within hours of the club being sold to an American investment group.
On accepting the deal for Idah, City added £8.5m to their balance sheet – approximately 12% of the club’s net book value. It was a deal outgoing major shareholder Delia Smith was clearly motivated to accept before City’s new investors arrived.
That deal is still significant. It will inevitably reach £9.5m, which, in time, will make Adam our most expensive signing ever. It is also less than the asking price Celtic were faced with until this week; the sell-on percentage is also less than it was.
Adam reminds me of Mark Viduka. Strong and skilful on the ball, he can control a long ball and bring others into play. Without Adam coming in on loan in January, I don’t think we would have got over the line in so many crucial games in the run-in. The league would have gone elsewhere, and who can forget his contribution in the Cup Final?
There is still a medical to complete before the deal gets over the line. Lots happened elsewhere yesterday. We’ll touch on Bosun Lawal, Bojan Miovski and others later in the week.
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If it is 0-0 tonight at Hampden , what is the outcome?
It’s on council TV – courtesy the licence payer
Penalties
I’ll not be watching
`Gene on 13th August 2024 7:43 pm
Penalties`
Thanks….and I`ll be watching as I think the Huns will go out.
See the ‘Culloden’ banner on show again tonight……
Come on Dynamo Kiev! Send these Huns back to the Stone Age.
Only a short trip to be fair
Fred Colon
“Also , what was the popular metaphor for a singular weakness before Achilles arrived on the scene ?”
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I think it was Goliath’s Eye
and that was preceded by Adam’s Fruit Bowl Choice
In Lanarkshire Achilles Heel was Achilles ootside bit.
Poor crowd at hun game…celtic end empty
‘ma telly dis’nae play them.
Unless they’re gettin beat.
what is the implication of the result at Hunden tonight in terms of the coefficient –
ie will the result tonight affect us having to play qualifiers which the club need like a hole in the head.
Dire game, if I was a hun in the front rows of the Celtic end, I would get further up the stand to watch the game 🫣
The huns will be cream crackered by Christmas.
That Hampdump pitch will suck every once of strength from them.
It is most definitely a chink in their armour
Evening all.
Hun hordes must still be on the subway…..
Quality text commentary from the BBC pundits on the hun game…
‘Just hit it!’
published at 20:16
20:16
Rangers 0-0 Dynamo Kyiv (agg 1-1)
Derek Ferguson
Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound
Again that’s great play down the right-hand side from Rangers.
Lawrence, just get a connection on a first-time strike, but again he’s having a touch.
😳🤷🏼♂️😂😂😂💩
One of the commentators used the expression, a chink in their armour to describe a relatively poor dive by the Chinese diver in the Olympics, fully expected the sh*t to hit the fan, nothing came of it.
Incidentally what did the sh*t hit before the fan was invented?
Crowd dire
Fitba’ dire
Commentary dire
Atmosphere dire
Still – I’m working from home with a mild bout of man-flu, so I’ll watch it.
Mon the Ukraine!
Have you got to take drama lessons to play for the huns ?🫤
Don`t know if I can watch anymore. I think Vera at 9 pm is more likely :-))
A draw looks likely. 0-0 or 1-1 I would guess.
BORGO67 on 13TH AUGUST 2024 8:21 PM
I guess the shit hit the Punkawallah….
Thought I was watching RangersTV for a while there.
….and what did children throw out of what before toys and prams were around?
Tom McLaughlin
You are.
Not great fare. Hope the BBC aren’t paying too much for it.
Salsburg await the winner.
HOT SMOKED
You’re not wrong.
Wow – if I had to watch that every week, I’d be a raging, antisocial twat with an attitude problem.
Oh, wait a minute……cause and effect in real time.
Good chat re ownership.
Chairbhoy – from list provided by Saint Stivs – only the 7% owned by the two institutions irks me.
Based on current share price this is c. £14m worth?
A lot to buy out.
Maybe us ordinary fans can buy 1,000 shares from them … and repeat 7,000 times.
If we make a trade once a day it’ll only take around 20 years and probably no one will notice.
The Andy Dufresne project approach and timeline.
Good luck Kwon.
There might be a player in there.
Hibs midfield is dreadful so there’s a chance he’ll impress.
It would be nice if he came back for season 25/26 ready for the first team ….
…. but I suspect he’ll take the Lawal trail and we’ll get a few quid in.
Compare and contrast…
HALF-TIME Rangers 0-0 Dynamo Kyiv (agg 1-1)
published at 20:32
20:32
Hmm, two teams that certainly look like they’re in the infancy of their seasons.
A lot of slack play in a cagey affair at Hampden.
Very little between them.
Allan McGregor
Former Rangers goalkeeper on BBC Sportscene
Nothing to write home about.
Say it again, Allan.
And then there’s Derek Ferguson…
Derek Ferguson
Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound
A lot to like about Rangers, I think they’ve been at it right from the off and put Kyiv under pressure in terms of the high press.
The deliveries have been excellent, certainly from Tavernier, and McCausland has had some bright moments too, he’s shown great energy and drive.
I wish the finishing could just be a little bit better.
Blue tinted specs or what? They really are a different breed.
😳🤷🏼♂️💩💩💩😂😂😂
No wonder I drink.
Dearie me
bbc are in shock that the rules have been applied
🟥
jeez how bad are kyiv
20,000 unoccupied seats.
rangers subject to real reffereeing
cefte can pick a perch to watch the rest of the game.
Billy Boys Biased BBC
i always wondered what had happened to marc guidi of the mail