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Pay £4m or wait 171 days for McGinn pre-contract

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John McGinn is worth the £4m Hibs want for him.  If he was under contract at Celtic, we would not sell him for anything less.  But his sale price will be determined by the number of potential buyers in the market and where the player wants to move to, not his inherent utility as a football player.  These factors set his price.

I would not be surprised if Peter Lawwell had the the words “171 days” marked on a whiteboard in his office.  That’s how long he will need to wait to put a pre-contract in front of McGinn.  Having signed such a deal, the player’s value would be no more than £250k, a drop of £3.75m over the period, reducing at just shy of £22k a day.

You know Peter, it’s not going to happen.  He’ll wait.  John will wait too, and the people at Hibs will continue to murmur about Rod Petrie.  I like signing players on pre-contracts.  In the Celtic universe, it makes the world spin a little faster.

Stick at it, John.  Give Hibs your best between now and January.

I’m reluctant to touch the Kieran Tierney “story”.  By all reports, Celtic’s very firm reaction has convinced Everton to look elsewhere, but I’ll be pleased when the English Premier League transfer window closes in four weeks.  Killing a transfer is an art, not a science.

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    HUNDERBIRDS ARE GONE on 14TH JULY 2018 9:03 AM

     

     

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    Jist… jist empty the park

     

     

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    HH. ?

  2. Terje Vigen on

    VOGUEPUNTER @ 9:34 AM and ITALIABHOY @ 9:11 AM

     

     

    From @CelticFCTickets on twitter:

     

     

    “Those STH who have changed age class, relocated, hold STs in Rail Seating, or those who have newly purchased a season ticket can expect their new season ticket cards to arrive from the start of next week. All other STH will have their current ST reactivated”.

  4. jmccormick on

    Right. Gym done, off to town soon for some Tapas at Malaga Tapas on Suachiehall St, couple of swallies beforehand though. HH

     

    Enjoy your day everyone.

  7. scullybhoy on

    Hello lads,

     

     

    Can anyone advise me? I am in Glasgow with my daughter on Flag Day – what is the likelihood of getting in or will the Park be totally sold out?

  16. blantyretim is praying for the Knox family on

    Stivs

     

    Mini has had green , pink, yellow cards over last few years, so running out of colours

     

     

    It’s our lady’s blue anyway????

  21. Hot Smoked on

    Bada

     

    Not intentionally.

     

    If players at Ibrox are been told not to wear green boots and green, in general, is a colour not to be seen anywhere there, then it helps reinforce the difference between the two sets of supporters .

     

    Green Huns DO exist but small things such as blue B`s can help educate them overcome from their ignorance.

     

     

    JJ

  23. !!Bada Bing!! on

    JJ- I totally get what you are saying, but are there not 40 shades of grey…:))

  31. Saint Stivs on

    I am ok with blue in ever way in life, wear it all the time.

     

     

    its just not a celtic colour, like pink last season.

     

     

    its not a good fit, no reason to do it. there are forty shades of green sure.

  33. Big Joe on

    On a non fitba kind a tack……………………

     

     

    It’s Bastille Day, in the hardest sport on the planet…………

     

     

    The Tour de France………………………………………

     

     

    Stage eight is a flat 181km route from Dreux to Amiens

     

     

    ThegoodstuffStartsonTuesday

  34. Tontine Tim on

    CELTARELLA on 14TH JULY 2018 1:45 AM

     

     

    Donald couldnt care less about Russian meddling in his election.

     

     

    Donald couldnt care less about the American judiciary, American government, due process, abortion, gerry-mandering, the people he has disposed of as garbage (including most of his compatriots), the CIA, FBI, NATO or any other stuff he considers beneath him such as the UK and Scotland.

     

     

    What Donald is really scared of is that Mueller proves that Trump and his businesses have been laundering Russian crime syndicate money for 30 years.

     

     

    *Absolutely, as his boy eric said, they don’t need US banks money they get plenty fae the ruskies and then then in true jackanory style like his da denied it.

     

     

    who paid for turnberry and the almost twice the cost tae refurbish it and how can he service the 200m debt he has on his 3 golf courses over the pond.

  35. !!Bada Bing!! on

    FIRST-HALF TEAM (4-2-3-1) Bain; Hendry, Ajer, Simunovic, Tierney; Brown, Ntcham; Forrest, Edouard, McGregor; Dembele

     

     

    SECOND-HALF TEAM (4-2-3-1) Hazard; Ralston, Welsh, Compper, Miller; Eboue, Allan; Johnston, Henderson, Sinclair; Christie

     

    Subs: Benyu, Church, McInroy

  36. mike in toronto on

    When I have suggested that Celtic could have and should have taken steps to aggress the cheating, a common CQN refrain is ‘ this is Scotland. You can’t fight city hall. The system is too entrenched. Nothing will change.’

     

     

    But one priest had enough character to stand up. And look what happened. Didn’t solve all the problems, but in one week, he drew attention to the issue, and parades were rerouted.

     

     

    We need people with character on the Board. At the next AGM, how about a write-in vote for the Canon?

     

     

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  38. big packy 1 on

    MIKE IN TORONTO hi mike put yourself forward, you would soon sort them out.smiley thing.hh.

  40. itscalledthemalvinas on

    Good to see Nichola Sturgeon leading the Pride parade in Glasgow today and showing Glasgow has room for all cultures.

     

    Maybe we could ask her to be Grand Marshall at next year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade and lead the march down Renfield St to Glasgow Green . . . . . . . . . . she might be busy that day I suppose !

  42. Saint Stivs on

    MIT

     

     

    you watching the parade today ?

     

     

    i went and done some research of the Lodge of Toronto, their past influence on the politics of the city back in edwardian times is on a par with anything in ireland.

     

     

    My daughter also pointed me in the direction of MURDOCH MYSTERIES, the catholic detective encountering dark goings on with the lodge in some of his episodes -)))

     

     

     

    and i found out orangemen were involved in buring down the parliament in montreal in 1848.

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