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Celtic’s objective for today is to add a striker, who is happy to take his chances at Celtic behind Leigh Griffiths and Moussa Dembele. The target (as you will know) is 19-year-old France youth international Odsonne Edouard.

We have agreed a loan with Celtic having the option to buy for an eight-figure sum. There remains a complication between player and current club, Paris Saint-Germain, which all parties are hoping will resolve, but this one has the potential to go to the wire.

Odsonne is regarded by manager, scouts and coaches at Celtic as an absolute star. He made four starts for Toulouse in Ligue 1 last season before off-field matters got in the way (which I’ll not trivialise, but we’ll deal with at a later date). He is a player who needs to leave Paris for new influences in a fresh environment. The move to Celtic could be the break he needs.

The initial loan period gives the player a chance to resolve any legacy issues before Celtic commit to breaking transfer records.

The manager has been impressed by Odsonne’s attitude thus far. He knows he would be the junior party in a three-man attacking roster, and that his objectives for the season is to press those above him.

In the coming weeks, our fit 19-year-old central defender will be joined by three more-senior team-mates. Competing with Kristoffer Ajer for fourth spot is only likely to be attractive to another teenage prodigy. I don’t expect movement on this front.

At this stage of the window, the chances of anyone near the first team being allowed to leave are reducing, but there are a lot of worried teams with >£100m of TV money out there. Enough to fund transfer fees and provide wages to unsettle the most faithful of stalwarts.

There will be calls made, you can be sure of that. I know some people at Celtic Park who will be happy people after 23:00 tonight, when the window in England closes, without any of our players being unsettled.

Enjoy your day, let’s hope Odsonne’s details are sorted and no one waves £50k per week-type money before our players.

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  1. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    WEEBOBBYCOLLINS

     

     

    Last night was childsplay compared to the average Thursday moonhowler sesh here a few years back. Those days people were choking on their cornflakes on a weekly basis,no kidding.

     

     

    It got slightly out of hand,to be fair,but honestly,I’ve seen worse. And I reckon MOD2 has a swift run-through first thing. He doesn’t miss mush,as a rule.

  3. traditionalist88 on

    weebobbycollins on 1st September 2017 11:59 am

     

     

    I’m sure if you had your kids with you you’d be happy to turn a blind eye as well. This blog is read by young people too.

     

     

    HH

  5. Maradominic on

    Still time to get out of contract players? We need to replace Izzy or just use LB and shove KT into middle. KT is targeted every game., refs let players come in late from the side. I fear for him.

  7. Maradominic on

    srttill find it incredible we didn’t sign a CH. even if no injuries we should have been signing onebetter than ES and DB…. Hope Ajer improves quickly… he has a lot of talent

  8. tonydonnelly67 on

    I kind of put it in the context of bringing it to attention if not grassing, ok I’ll meet you in the middle here, it’s like a tackle in a game when the guy is fouled gets up remonstrating to the referee yellow card, yellow card, then again that a don’t like either, so a guess am back to square one, never mind no big deal :))

  9. Philbhoy on

    Do the Moderators not read the Blog?

     

     

    Or are they just sitting about waiting on someone “grassing”?

  11. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MARADOMINIC

     

     

    Celtic should be drawing attention to the growing catalogue of serious assaults on KT.

     

     

    Most of which are not punished with the severity set out in the laws of the game.

     

     

    The club has a major asset,the game in Scotland has a major asset. He doesn’t need protection,but he needs to know that he doesn’t face being assaulted-with impunity!-every time he pulls on the jersey.

  12. Turkeybhoy on

    Have a wee sneaking suspicion that some of the “Grassers”alluded to by Mr Tony Donnelly,cant really be blamed,as they were school janitors for 30 years.

     

    Smiles galore.

     

     

     

    TGM,just gets a bit grumpy,but a great Tim.How can anyone not collapse with laughter,at the likes of”Take a hike,Bawheid”.If that had been directed at me,I would still be smiling.

  13. Turkeybhoy on

    From the keypad of Tony Donnelly

     

     

     

    And the thing about it is, you know (well I did) who done the Victor McGlachlan on you, but haven’t the Dennis Laws to put they’r hands up to doing it, a don’t like that, but that’s jist me.

     

     

     

    The Victor Mc Glachlan !!!!!!!!. Tony,you are a star.My jaws are aching.

  14. Turkeybhoy on

    TRADITIONALIST88 on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2017 10:16 AM

     

    NatKnow on 1st September 2017 10:05 am

     

     

     

    Correct, much as he tried to give the impression he was batting away everyone who questioned him, your calmness and calling him a fellow tim seemed to rile him even more. I wonder why.

     

     

     

    But then we are not dealing with a rational poster here, as TGM has shown on numerous occasions in his relatively short time on the blog.

     

     

     

     

    “Relatively short time on the blog”

     

     

    Semms much longer than that.LOL.

  15. charliemac on

    The transfer window may or may not have gone well – depends if you’re a glass half-full or half-empty

     

     

    But one thing there is no denying….

     

     

    We are in the middle of the biggest slump since our last big slump.

     

     

    By next Friday we will have gone almost three weeks since our last win

     

     

    Brendan must go

  29. fleagle1888 on

    CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 4 results (Aug 26th)

     

     

    WINNERS:

     

     

    twists n turns (Secret Advisor) @5/1

     

    16 roads (Abienta) @5/1

     

    Rockon (Holmeswood) @9/2

     

    Graffitionthewall (Gifted Master) @11/4

     

     

    Losers:

     

     

    21-5-79 (Tor)

     

    BMCUWP (Lord Yeats)

     

    Bull67 (Bin Battuta)

     

    Cosy Corner Bhoy (Kassia)

     

    Dim Sam (Walton Street)

     

    Eurochamps67 (Longroom)

     

    Fastbhoy (Hallmark)

     

    fleagle1888 (Mighty Bond)

     

    Gerryfaethebrig (Lord Yeats)

     

    green T (Spark Plug)

     

    Gweedore Celt (Battersea)

     

    hashadenough (Raucous)

     

    leftclicktic (Weekend Offender)

     

    Nye Bevans RS (Theydon Grey)

     

    Onemalloy (Fair to Middling)

     

    RayMac (Dark Pearl)

     

    Som mes que un club (Miningrocks)

     

    voguepunter (Captain Brown)

     

    Weet Weet Weet (Denham Sound)

     

    Zihuatanejo (Certificate)

     

     

    Apologies for any confusion last week, it appears that 2 naps articles were on the go at the same time… thanks to twists n turns for the heads-up!

     

     

    Here are the links to all of last week’s selections:

     

     

    http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/celtic-fans-meeting-with-neil-doncaster-and-rod-mckenzie/comment-page-2/#comments

     

     

    http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/olympiakos-anderlecht-or-besiktas-please/comment-page-19/#comments

     

     

    http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/olympiakos-anderlecht-or-besiktas-please/comment-page-20/#comments

     

     

    fleagle1888

  30. fleagle1888 on

    CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 4 standings (Aug 26th)

     

     

    NAPS TABLE – WEEK 4

     

     

    +9.00 > hashadenough (1)

     

    +5.13 > Nye Bevans RS (2)

     

    +4.00 > voguepunter (1)

     

    +3.00 > Som mes que un club (1)

     

    +2.00 > 16 roads (1)

     

    +2.00 > twists n turns (1)

     

    +1.50 > Rockon (1)

     

     

    -0.25 > Graffitionthewall (1)

     

    -1.75 > Dim Sam (1)

     

    -2.67 > Weet Weet Weet (1)

     

    -4 > 21-5-79 (0)

     

    -4 > BMCUWP (0)

     

    -4 > Bull67 (0)

     

    -4 > Cosy Corner Bhoy (0)

     

    -4 > Eurochamps67 (0)

     

    -4 > Fastbhoy (0)

     

    -4 > fleagle1888 (0)

     

    -4 > Gerryfaethebrig (0)

     

    -4 > green T (0)

     

    -4 > Gweedore Celt (0)

     

    -4 > leftclicktic (0)

     

    -4 > Onemalloy (0)

     

    -4 > RayMac (0)

     

    -4 > Zihuatanejo (0)

     

     

    Cheers, fleagle1888

  34. fleagle1888 on

    Today’s three-legged certainty is Mark Johnston’s 3yo filly in against the older generation and receiving a handy 8lbs for her troubles…

     

     

    Curlew River (Chester 14:10)

     

     

    fleagle1888

  37. 21-5-79 on

    My first selection is a NR, so I’ll try again…

     

     

    Hamilton 17:25

     

     

    New Abbey Angel

     

     

    HH.

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