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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  1. England had fewer shots on target from open play per 90 minutes than everyone except Iran

     

     

    Itscominghome……………………myarse

  2. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    BIGJOE

     

     

    No harm to the young fella,but at 21yo and only 22 appearances including loans,I don’t think he’s a world-beater.

  3. glendalystonsils on

    BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 15TH JULY 2018 2:27 PM

     

    England Panama and Egypt are the only teams to lose 3 games at the World Cup.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    It’sComingHome CSC

     

     

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    It’s coming home to roost CSC.

     

     

    There. That’s better!

  4. BOURNESOUPRECIPE

     

     

    Agreed and once you take away their idea of “the queen’s highway, i.e we walk where we like” it removes their power to intimidate in those areas and flash points.

     

     

    I don’t think they’ll ever fully go away, like the Klan they will be marginalised to the edges of the Alt Right as it’s come to be known.

     

     

    Last Saturdays unpalatable attack will continue to back fire on them and they will be compelled to re.route which can only be a good thing, shamefully though it’s casts another black cloud over another Glasgow Summer as it has been doing for as long as I can remember.

     

     

     

    Their own ideology and behaviour will be their downfall.

     

     

    Police Scotland’s behaviour will be a much tougher fight as it’s institutionalised and personally I find their behaviour even more abhorrent as they hide behind their uniform of office.

     

     

    That’s a more insidious foe.

     

     

    Step by step tho:))

     

     

    Spes Unica:)))

  5. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    Looking forward to a good game, although I can’t see anything other than a France win. Strong in all areas. I’ll go for 2-0.

  6. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Dembele never looked sharper in the Hoops, love to see him sign on for a couple more seasons

  7. @DanishFooty

     

    33s

     

    34 seconds ago

     

     

    Celtic FC are according to @LilleyGazette interested in Midtjylland wonderkid Mikkel

     

     

    I’m sure Erik will have a word…..

  8. Davidopoulos on

    BMCUWP

     

     

    Don’t worry, I’ll be around, mate. I’ve just been busy to be honest. I think it is shaping up to be a good season – retention of young stars is far more impressive to me than new recruits. However, I still have very grave reservations about the governance of the game and what the board’s intentions are in that regard.

  9. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    Two minutes into the show and Poo-gatch mentions Geoff Hurst’s hat-trick in 1966.

     

    They just can’t help themselves!

  10. Glasstwothirdsfull

     

    That’s why I am watching the cricket Yorkshire 179 after 20 overs Worcester 68 for 5 after 10 overs

     

     

    newyouwantedtoknowthatCSC

     

     

    Cricket Quick News

  11. Re the OO – any restrictions will be a call to arms for the kulture – cue recruitment drive

  12. Nye Bevans' rebel soldier on

    ITV panel has a less effect on my up-chuck reflex than the

     

    BBC panel.

  13. Not really supporting either team. Maybe Croatia because they are the underdogs but can’t see beyond a France victory.

     

     

    Hope it’s a good game.

  14. Cmon the Frenchies

     

     

    Only reason is my Bhoy has some dosh on them. Also because of our own French connection.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    D. :)

  15. Gene: just looking at those line ups and not sure many of them play in the EPL. Having said that, I rarely watch EPL football now.

  16. Greizman…cheat.

     

     

    Conned the ref by putting his leg into the defender.

     

     

    Hunnish tactic.

  17. mike in toronto on

    Too bad. Croatia have been more willing to give it a go, while France seems willing to sit back and counterattack.

     

     

    Shame … there is so much attacking skill in this French team, it sort of feels like watching someone drive a Ferrari through the streets in second gear

     

     

    Would rather Croatia scored first, as it would force Deschamps To open up and go for it.

  18. random question, is VAR going to be used in any of the major leagues or tournaments this season ?

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