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. So Croatia and specifically Modric are embroiled in some corruption scandals back home. Oh FIFA are no gonna like that. Corruption is their global remit.

     

    First goal was from a free kick from Greizmann dive that should have been VAR’d.

     

    Free kick should never have been given.

     

    1-0

     

    Croatia 1-1.

     

    2nd French goal a Ball to hand penalty on Perisic where the Argentinian ref watched for 3 minutes before giving a penalty.

     

    AYE right!

     

    2-1

     

    Croatia then switched to desperation tactics

     

    3-1

     

    4-1

     

    4-2

     

    Well done Mandzujic.

     

    God bless France and FIFA.

     

    Best World cup since 1970.

     

    Shows you how crap some WCs have been.

  2. Awe Naw theres been another mass murderr! (Taggart style)

     

     

    Awe naw! Wiz it wan o those melanin abundant people? If so build more prisons, hire more cops using taxes and for goodness sakes (an eye for an eye) execute more melanin abundant people please.

     

    Naw it wizny wan o those.

     

    Awe naw! Wiz it wan o those wetback drug runners murderers and rapists? If so build a higher wall with taxpayer dollars. Deport them. Destroy their families.

     

    Naw it wizny wan o those either.

     

    Awe naw! OMG! wiz it wan o those raghead muslim terrorist types? If so travel ban. Lets have a taxpayer funded war, obliterate their cultures and transfer billions of tax dollars into private stakeholder accounts asap. Its the only language they understand.

     

    Naw it wizny wan o those either.

     

    Wiz it a white guy?

     

    Aye

     

    ok see you at church on Sunday!

  3. Delaneys Dunky on

    Mags

     

    Celtic love the Old Firm though Peter tells lies and denies we need thems. Heyho

  4. Delaneys Dunky on

    WITS

     

    My mammy barred Benny Hill fae our telly. Dick Emery and Tommy Cooper and Monty Python were allowed.

  5. MIT

     

    Trump is the front man while the Republicans empty the treasury into private hands. I said this even before the election. When Trump starts to actually believes his own rhetoric which is racist fascist America triumphalist drivel and starts impeding the cash transfer flow from the treasury to banks he’ll get dumped. Watch.

  6. What is the Stars on

    DD

     

    Your mammy is a wise woman. As well you now.

     

    Arent they all.

     

    Celtarella.

     

    Unfortunately you can fool enough of the people enough of the time.

     

    So far it would seem he is doing that

  7. Delaneys Dunky on

    Mags

     

    Same old story. New Trump faces.

     

    It is all a charade. Heyho. Whit we gonnae dae aboot it?

     

    Nuthin

  8. What is the Stars on 15th July 2018 11:25 pm

     

     

    about 30%. About the same as follow the OO in Scotland and Norn Irn

  9. timhorton on 15th July 2018 11:39 pm

     

     

    Canadian fast food burger man…give it a few months

  10. celtarella

     

     

    we all have an opinion, but you cant keep allowing illegals into the country. 12ml last count.

     

     

    all the other pres. just pussy footed around the problem.

     

     

    and dont get me started on the protests in the uk.

     

     

    brexit. one of the reasons for opting out was immigration and it was legal.

  11. send them to canada we allow them in from the states, they claim refugee status,

     

    from the states give me a break.

     

     

    you will never know the trouble we here in getting my brother in law into canada and he was a tradesman.

  12. Delaneys Dunky on

    TimHorton

     

    There should be no borders on earth. All humans should have freedom and room to roam.

  13. timhorton on 15th July 2018 11:56 pm

     

     

    First things first. Melania Trump leave. Just leave. Go to Canada.

  14. dd

     

     

    disagree you have to bring something to the country.

     

     

    it would be nice but that is pie in the sky.

     

     

    humans can roam the world if you do it legally.

  15. What is the Stars on

    Celtic formed by and for immigrants (legal technically because they were all from the UK, although many couldn’t speak the language,had an alien religion and were certainly unwanted,except by unscrupolous employers who knew they were cheap labour)

     

    CQN…a blog/forum online discussion place for Celtic fans worldwide.

     

    Where emigrant Celtic fans sometimes call for a clampdown on…..wait for it…immigrants ..

  16. MIT

     

    1. Noam. The frustration I get when I hear Chomsky is “How do you explain Schrodinger’s cat to a cat?”

     

    2. Melania. I was thinking of why so many South east Asian immigrants females were trafficked to Canada. Melania just popped into my mind. I dont know why.

  17. 16 roads. on 16th July 2018 12:21 am

     

     

    I’m sure its easy to check. Ask for the receipts.

  18. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Just seen great docu on Rising Damp there( a certain vintage), then channel hopped to BBC highlights of the golf, bitter hun Dougie Donnelly(his brother too) commentating….no thanks….allegedly…

  19. whats in the stars

     

     

    i am an immigrant, but legally. we need immigrants in canada because the average family has 1.2 kids.

     

     

    .2 off a child there you have it. all for it but lets do it legally.

     

     

    in the states families are using there children and thats a shame. people fall for it.

     

     

    ok bhoys talk to you tomorrow off to have a bite to eat.