Based on indications set down in January, Celtic expected the fee asked for Adam Idah to rise to £6m. When the clubs started discussions this close season, Norwich actually asked £10m plus add-ons. We are all entitled to a view on whether Adam is good or poor value at that level, but a £10m+ budget opens the door to many more options across the globe.
For that money, you could have practically any striker in the lower leagues in Germany, Spain and Italy, many in the top flights in those countries, and all but a few in the English lower leagues, where Adam currently plies his trade. That fee changes the consideration from what is Adam’s value, to a comparison with at least a dozen options elsewhere. Norwich and Celtic were both entitled to hold tight for a while.
We have not gone near a fee like that since our old pal Peter was in charge and he authorised a £9m spend (also plus add-ons) for Odsonne Edouard six years ago. Curiously, that transaction was also for a backup striker. The unexpected departure of Moussa Dembele a few weeks later elevated Odsonne ahead of schedule. I expect Michael Nicholson will be keen to authorise a big ticket spend on his watch.
Indications last night suggest the clubs are sitting around the Zoom table and a deal is close. Norwich can still sit tight for three weeks; Celtic will need a convincing alternate deal to conclude earlier. As always, try to block out the bed wetters [I never know if they prefer their status to be hyphenated; is it bed-wetters? It always feels awkward to ask them, that anxiety trigger seems so delicate.].
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The league is tje bread and butter.
The domestic cups are a great day out and great for stastictics.
European football is where legends are made and legendary nights are remembered.
Europe is where prestige is formed. We should and must do better in Europe. And in pricing remember kids are the future.
HH.
Apparently there is now a picture of the king in the hun dressing room at Hampden which generates the following comments:
“The move has gone down well with fans with one taking to social media to say: “Fantastic to see Rangers maintaining standards and traditions while we are on our temporary stay at Hampden.” Another simply added: “Absolutely sensational Rangers.”
They really are buttoned up the back of the head 🙄
https://x.com/scotlandscoeff1/status/1821890654638686426?t=IarGW7KsP0iP4gViIgBknA&s=08
Callum’s game stats,a great decision for us
Good morning CQN
Saint Stivs – thank you for reply to my £6m valuation query.
Hopefully the deal can be done this week.
After which, realistically?
LB cover, young striker, another winger and – if Matt stays – I think we’re done.
Callum’s retirement.
I’ve been vocal on this for a bit.
IMHO – correct decision and good timing.
Quick look at the arithmetic indicates the benefit.
62 caps in 6½ years.
9 fewer games a season for our captain.
Re above speculation on transfers, clarification if I may.
“done” on incoming.
I expect us to sell or loan four players.
Depending on who leaves, a new CB possibly ahead of a new winger maybe?
Some supporters asking why it took so long for Celtic to make a second increased bid for Idah.
My guess is that after the initial bid, Norwich told Celtic they were wasting their time as the player is part of the new manager’s plans and is therefore not for sale, so Celtic backed off.
It sounds like Norwich have come to realise Idah is not happy and it would be counter-productive to keep a player who doesn’t want to be there and contacted Celtic and said — Ok let’s talk.
Celtic knew they couldn’t approach Idah without Norwich’s permission, so all they could do was be patient and wait for a change of heart at Carrow Road.
6 still to trap for Superbru today:-
A thing of beauty
Billy Bhoy
fitbabhoy
Raplochbus
Spootiemad
& Tooting Tim
3pm is deadline
I’m one of those happy that our captain has retired from international football. We need to be keeping his time on the park in a Celtic jersey restricted too. 60 minutes should be enough usually.
Idah a sub,either they are short on numbers or a deal isn’t close
The Celtic negotiation team should watch Pawn Stars, that’s how you negotiate.
HH.
BADA BING!! on 10TH AUGUST 2024 11:35 AM
Idah a sub,either they are short on numbers or a deal isn’t close
….
Or canny negotiating tactic ?
Interesting to see if he gets any game time
I’m delighted with our domestic success in recent years while being equally disappointed in our European deterioration .
Does that make me a happy bedwetter or an unhappy clapper ?
Remember fortress Parkhead? Who doesn’t like a wee bit of icing on their cake?
gossipy gossip
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Celtic have enquired about the availability of Crystal Palace’s 31-year-old utility man Jeffrey Schlupp. (Daily Mail), external
Aberdeen have agreed a £860,000 deal and fought off Blackburn Rovers to land Finnish winger Topi Keskinen. (, externalMTV Urheilu via Daily Record), external
Spanish club Girona have bid more than £4m for Bojan Miovski but will need to up the ante again if they want to sign the Aberdeen striker. (Daily Record), external
Celtic are still interested in Wolves left-back Hugo Bueno and the 21-year-old is said to be keen on a move to Glasgow. (Football Insider), external
Celtic-target Hugo Bueno is set to join Feyenoord on a season-long loan from Wolves. (Voetbal International, external – in Dutch)
Dundee have rejected a second bid for Luke McCowan from Hibs, with the improved offer still well short of what the Dens Park club are looking for. (Sky Sports), external
St Mirren assistant manager Diarmuid O’Carroll has turned down the chance to become Raith Rovers boss. (Scottish Sun), external
Scotland midfielder Ryan Jack has hinted that his next club could be abroad after leaving Rangers. (The Warm-up podcast), external
Striker Oh Hyeon-gyu explains that lack of game time at Celtic was the main reason he chose to join Genk in Belgium, while he also sought advice from Tottenham and South Korea captain Son Heung-min. (Het Belang van Limburg via HITC, external)
Former Celtic and Scotland youth forward Karamoko Dembele is on the brink of joining Queens Park Rangers from French club Brest. (Fabrizio Romano), external
Scotland manager Steve Clarke is to shake up his backroom team after the departure of James Morrison, who joined the national coaching staff on a full-time basis 14 months ago. (Daily Record)
Parsimonious projects, and punts, and ‘the Peepul’ turned paupers.
Has the present Celtic signing policy served the club well? With fringe players like Bosun Lawal now in the exit door for another £3M kerching to be lumped in with countless millions at our club, your damn right it has. So say the board, especially in any business ‘enlightened’ company. So might, Paul67 and the pragmatist, verse the peeing Celtic thousands, it fair has the Graeme’s and the Daryl’s of Scotland, burning the midnight oil (at both ends). Much scratching of heads, for proof that Celtic having way too much more wealth than anyone else, can lead to ‘our’ new problems whilst it is somehow just plain bad for Scottish football.
The very same of ‘Graeme and Daryl’ type agenda, who wrote in wonderment of Britain’s first retractable roof, Clyde built at IBrokes little did they know. One time said “ Lizzie to Phillip we must have new rules “ If you beat the Rainjurz – it only is a draw! ” Celtic Sevco comparisons no matter by whom, should be left to the fantasists who conceived the new club, it’s an apple and pear situation to the extent, it’s unfortunate, unnecessary and definitely unwanted by the rich Celtic supporter. The game was over, the rebels did win, although the full war truly ended around 18 years later.
When Charles Green emerged from “King’s Park “ in 2012 with the spare football licence the Celtic sage bowed his head. Subconsciously seeing Sevco delight at the Petrofac, then the League Cup, the Sevco shoe in. Nobody foresaw Covid let alone ‘in house’ control which platformed, their only title, along with their wonderful hand sanitizer contribution, to the local old folks home. Fast forward to having legitimate lorry loads of healthy, spiralling wealth, and seemingly wee poor ‘east end’ of Glasgow Celtic, are the financial elite. A millionaire never gets fed up, at having millions in the bank, he should always know what to do next.
glendalystonsils
Well Delia Smith likes a lot of icing on the cake, always has
Maybe that is what is holding the Idah deal up…..
BSR
Indeed .
Having mullions more money …bad for Scottish fitba .
Having minus mullions, stiffing everone and their face painting Granny….not bad for Sottish fitba .
Daryl&Graeme , c/o Gaeity , Ayr.
Celtic Mac
You can buy a lot of icing with the allegedly quoted £12m
-))))))
BOURNESOUPRECIPE @ 12:31 PM,
Excellent stuff as usual…
Maybe the rest of Scottish Football will sleep a little easier if they knew the Board have no intention of pressing home their financial advantage.
Like last season they have every intention of letting R2ngers outspend them, it was a so much more dramatic and competitive domestic scene.
Hail Hail
https://philmacgiollabhain.ie/2024/08/07/educated-fenians-and-fascist-fashion-choices/#more-35116
glendalystonsils
That extra £6 mill……that’s the cherry on the cake
Delia’s always liked them too
Celtic Mac
Infation’s a bugger intit !
in our final league game v them they had one shot.
Idah on bench today for Norwich.
Great to see Dane Murray play the full game last night, for Queen’s Park and get the plaudits from his manager. Hopefully, he stays injury free and returns as a first team player next season.
Last night I posted about the Charlie fuelled postings of an Ibrox in house rag.The ludicrous transfer story about another dud.Utter drivel.
Lo and behold,I see the Record has pinched it,and word for word C&P it.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Just when you think they have hit rock bottom.Nope.
Norwich are poor.
Good afternoon all from the Victoria Bar. Couple of hun refused entry by security staff. Not taking it well and so it begins.
Last call on superbru for fitbabhoy, Raplochbus and Spootiemad
urnley78 on 10th August 2024 10:14 am
Great Celtic times. Buzzing for the game tomorrow. First away game in the push for 4 in a row and 55 league wins.
If someone had said in 2004 that we would win 15 of the next 20 leagues whilst getting our financial structure together and that we would beat Barcelona Milan Manchester U when all in their prime in the champions league I would have been pretty happy.
Even more as we had only reached post Xmas in Europe twice in the previous 25 years.
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Just imagine what we could do with a forward thinking board.
D. :)
Sport is not always about getting a medal. There can be other winners.
A big well done to Megan Keith.in the 10,000 m.
Never give up.
Our best hope of landing Adam Idah is surely the fact that the Norwich manager is fielding a CB pairing of Shane Duffy & Grant Hanley. He obviously doesn’t know a player. They’re. 2:0 down at Oxford now.
Idah coming on now at 60 minute mark
Idah on now
HT
Celtic Women 3-0 Dundee United Women
Only 45 minutes but first impressions, looks like an upgrade on last season’s league winning side with new signings.
Chairbhoy ,
Hope you’re good.
We’re both waiting on a newer, more modern Celtic?
I didn’t even like Celtic being in a race with Rainjurz to sign players, never mind in a ‘race with Sevco’. Sadly, we sometimes degenerate to the Scottish League structure.
I don’t think the ‘head to heads’ or number of a few points at the end of a season, goes anywhere close to a reflection of the difference in the size of Celtic, the kit deal, and sponsorship gives a better comparison instance.
Old men directors ‘complacency’ and just outspend, might lead to further competition as it did in the Covid season.
HH
Adam Idah’s farewell 👍