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Norwich accept Celtic offer on cusp of club sale

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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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  1. Turkeybhoy on

    £ 3.5 million for getting through.How many times do I have to post this?.Extra team,less money.

     

    The home gate would have boosted that.

     

    Noo it wullnie.

  2. Question on

    the BBC written commentary at least twice said Jiffy / Jetty / Jilted (sp?) needs to be very careful with challenges like that, as he’s already on a yellow.

     

     

    The inevitable second booking happens and the very same idiots then go into meltdown about how unfair it is.

     

     

    Is it ever too late in the day for some jelly and ice cream ?

  3. quantum on

    From CHATGBT

     

    “While the exact figures can fluctuate depending on various factors, it’s estimated that Celtic could earn an additional €4-6 million more than they would have if Rangers had also qualified. This boost comes from Celtic not having to split the TV pool money with Rangers, which would have been the case if both teams were in the competition.”

  5. fanadpatriot on

    Is it true that Dessers was giving it out to Sevco support after they reacted to his poor passing 🤷‍♂️

  8. Prestonpans bhoys on

    Yes at first I thought he was reacting to his own players but no the hoards, long may it continue…

  9. Back to Basics - Glass Half Full on

    Hindus believe in reincarnation.

     

     

    If you have not behaved honourably in a previous life … all kinds of misfortune will be visited upon you in the next life.

     

     

    On a totally unrelated note …

     

     

    R2ngers do not have a usable stadium

     

     

    ….. have been order by the courts to pay Elite millions of pounds

     

     

    … and tonight have been eliminated from the Champions League one round before they were eligible for a very large participation payment.

  10. Turkeybhoy on

    After ” The Brazilian”😂,got his yellow,he clumped into another two fouls in 1st half.

     

    The second yellow was an arm to the jaw and neck.One angle shows it perfectly.Guy dropped holing his jaw right away.

  12. Question on

    BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 13TH AUGUST 2024 10:17 PM

     

    Zombie exit covers the Bernardo transfer fee ✅

     

     

    or circa half of Scottish Cup Final winner Adam Idah’s transfer fee (which surely will be wrapped up now)

     

     

    I think that might be more painful for the Sevco hordes

  13. Hot Smoked on

    I didn`t think it was a yellow, but the pundits’ response is remarkable.

     

    It`s as though their team was a couple of goals ahead then suddenly lost two or three players and eventually lost the game.

     

    To all Huns :

     

    IT WAS 0-0 AT THE TIME OF THE SENDING-OFF!.

     

    Your team hadn`t scored in the previous 50 mins so why would the next 40 have been so different?

     

    Scottish punditry at its most blatant.

  14. balhambhoy on

    Clear from the Sky highlights they were both yellow card challenges. They’re just not used to those pesky rules.

  15. Turkeybhoy on

    Shortie crack me up.Every time Jefte touched the ball he was labelled” The Brazilian” .

     

    Brazil Embassy planning a Cease and Desist notice on them.

  16. Question on

    BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL

     

     

    If I may add to your list

     

     

    – and cannot afford to play Hagi again (his next game qualifies him for a bonus payment apparently)

  18. the long wait is over on

    FANADPATRIOT on 13TH AUGUST 2024 10:18 PM

     

    Is it true that Dessers was giving it out to Sevco support after they reacted to his poor passing 🤷‍♂️

     

     

    =======

     

     

    Yes – so it seems

     

     

    Their idea of “Support” differs from ours.

  19. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Radio Scotland cut short, due to finish 10.30,just after 10.

     

    …that’s all we have time for

  21. the long wait is over on

    !!BADA BING!!

     

     

    To be fair it must be hard to broadcast with any level of professionalism when you’re spewing

     

    in a bucket

  22. Hot Smoked on

    the long wait is over on 13th August 2024 10:21 pm

     

     

     

    I thought he was OK. Kind of resigned to how disastrous that result was financially for his team but I`ve heard him a lot worse.

     

    Anyway, it`s a goodnight from me

     

    Goodnight.

  24. marspapa on

    fanadpatriot on 13th August 2024 10:18 pm

     

    Is it true that Dessers was giving it out to Sevco support after they reacted to his poor passing 🤷‍♂️

     

     

    ‐———————

     

     

    Late on in the game the defense played a ball up to him which he failed to control and he lost possession and the crowd let him know they weren’t happy …..

     

     

    He then proceeded to shout and bawl back at them waving his arms about …..

  26. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    I’m sure the Shortie pundits would have been just as apoplectic and emotional had it been Celtic🤔

  30. boondock saint on

    I would just like to apologize to my fellow American Tims as we have had a lot of flooding in different parts of America and I am sorry to say that I have just added to it by pishing myself laughing so hard that I have pished all over and added to the deluge. I cannot blame rangers as they never let you down.

     

    I need to go find a larger pair of Depens underwear before I go to my practice, maybe the ones that Billy Connolly used to talk about with the ties at the bottom to keep it in.

     

    Hail Hail

     

    Sean

  33. TheOriginalSadiesBhoy on

    MARSPAPA on 13TH AUGUST 2024 4:06 PM

     

    Three tickets secured for next weekend at Parkhead……a home win /performance akin to the killie one would be lovely thank you very much …..

     

     

     

    Hope big Adam proves to be a success over a long period of time .

     

     

     

    Thank you board / DD for getting it done .

     

     

     

    Don’t know the ages but Macown of dundee and O’hara of St Mirren along with Tommy Conway could be good additions at little cost ……..

     

     

    …………………….

     

    Absolutely agree with you. I think McCowan and O’Hara are both terrific players. Young Conway looks set on going to Middlesborough I believe.

  34. vinniethedog on

    Another magical European performance from the Huns….don’t know how they do it …wish celtic was as good in Europe

  35. TheOriginalSadiesBhoy on

    RAY WINSTONE’S BIG DISEMBODIED HEID on 13TH AUGUST 2024 10:31 PM

     

    Point of information. A “Brazilian” is a kind of pussy shave in which all the pubic hair is removed; opposite to a bush in effect.

     

     

     

    Most apt in this context.

     

    ……………………

     

    Apparently many Americans think a Brazilian is a quantity eg a million, a billion. A trillion, a Brazilian. Not to be confused with Al Bundy in Married With Kids suing for. Jillion dollars.

  36. Paradox on

    No advantage in now being in pot 3 as we still have to play 2 teams from pot 1, 2 from pot 2, 2 from pot 3 and 2 from pot 4 no matter what pot we are in.

  37. Burnley78 on

    Follow Follow is hilarious tonight. David Murray’s fabled Pounds or is it pennies are finally dropping.

     

     

    Although their lot were probably laughing at the reaction on here, from our so called fans, on the day we bought potentially our most expensive signing ever.

  38. marspapa on

    TOSB

     

     

    Cheers,I’m sure there will be another couple of players to come in prospect or otherwise before the windae is boarded up / slammed shut ……

     

     

    It’s so exciting 😋😊

     

     

    Ps …hope your health is tickettyboo.🤗

  40. garygillespieshamstring on

    Try to watch the last few minutes of the sky football show.

     

    Rips the pash out of Boyd.

  41. TinyTim on

    Burnley 78

     

     

    Like you I was sure The Darnel would beat Kyiv tonight .

     

     

    Without gate money ,food and retail sales their income from CL would have been circa £43m ,from the EL it will be circa £12 m.

     

     

    I’m ecstatic .

     

     

    TT

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