Celtic delayed announcing the arrival of Sebastian Tounekti (23) from Hammarby until the moment the transfer window closed. This felt like a tacit acceptance that supporter expectation would not be satisfied if the announcement came earlier in the day, and no others arrived in the evening.
Brendan Rodgers let us know he had a veto on the departure of Adam Idah and would not agree to his move to Swansea until a replacement arrived. You and I could reasonably expect Adam’s move was confirmation a replacement was on his way. We were wrong (and I am not prepared to get enthusiastic about out of contract players).
Let’s look at the substance. Celtic signed 10 players in the summer transfer window, eight on permanent contracts and two defenders on loans. Tounekti was the most expensive at £5.2m. The Norway-born Tunisia international spent only six months at Hammarby, in which time his transfer fee quadrupled. Our fee feels high.
Sebastian joins Michel-Ange Balikwisha (24), who arrived for £5m from Royal Antwerp. Thrown in at the deep end on Sunday, Michel-Ange did well enough for a player who hardly knew anyone on the field.
Our most important signing so far is Benjamin Nygren (23). Benji has already scored three league goals, times runs into the box and shows real purpose defending and on attack. He is clearly not a winger and will hopefully only be seen wide in emergency circumstances, or when we are trying to close a game out.
Kieran Tierney (28) returned to great fanfare. KT is the best player to emerge from the Celtic youth setup in 15 years. His engine allows him to get up and down the field and he is the best crosser at the club (that we know about). He has yet to reach full fitness and will continue to improve as he gets there.
We signed a striker!!! Shin Yamada (25) arrived from Kawasaki Frontale for £1.4m. I expect Shin was recruited as a player we could develop over the season. That plan may now be reconsidered, post Idah departure. Callum Osmand (19) joins the front-line options from Fulham, but we have yet to see him in competitive action.
Left-sided defender Hayato Inamura (23) came in from Albirex Niigata. Last month Brendan Rodgers suggested the player was not ready for Celtic action and may be sent out on loan. Plans change, I suppose. Ross Doohan (27) arrived back at the club to fill the role as third choice goalkeeper.
Two defenders came in on loan: left back Marcelo Saracchi (27), the Uruguayan international, who joins from Boca Juniors, and central defender Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (19), who came in from Manchester City.
Out of the building went Nicolas Kuhn (25) to Como for £15m. This departure so early in the window was inexplicable. Greg Taylor (27) left on a free and is already missed by many in the support.
Braga paid £2.4m for Gus Lagerbielke (25), Rapid Vienna paid £1.2m for Marco Tilio (24), while Ligue 1 side Nantes took Hyeok-kyu Kwon (24) for £200k. The development of Kwon, like Gus and Marco, will be interesting to watch in the season ahead. I’m thinking Oh, but we will discuss that particular player later this week.
As well as the aforementioned Idah (24) leaving for £7m to Swansea, Scott Bain left for Falkirk. Luis Palma (Lech Poznan) and Maik Nawrocki (Hannover 96) went out on loan.
I have seen new Celtic arrivals mistakenly written off too many times to fall into that trap, but we are on safe ground to say this transfer window was poorly conceived and terribly executed (the former resulted in the latter). The possible arrival of an out of contract striker will change this, I would rather we did nothing and develop Shin and Johnny Kenny instead.
Lots to say about the Kasper Dolberg fiasco tomorrow. He encapsulates our poorly conceived window and why we ended up as we did.
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Wee kev Racist,do change your name freely but your thee same rancid racist what ever your moniker
Looking for friends who are not there.folk who would not wipe shite of their shoe on you.
Ernie you have been told is Andrew Smith,
And jd is somewhere betwixt the Dolphin and Kuwait.
Ernie,nor Canamalar saved any life during covid,tho both seemed to have confused you somewhat(not gard ga
Timdom’s ability to see in a straight line died the day that you dicked about with Ernie Lynch’s CQN password, and banned CANAMALAR for trying to save lives with the truth during the covid scamdemic.
Eye it did.
Pish and shout from a racist
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168 great British pounds for an ibrox 4 game europa league package.
42 pounds per game
celtic plc could make it free to every season book holder and only cost themselves 8 million of the cash reserves
It was the best of windows, it was the worst of windows.
The squad, when fully fit, now that Iheanacho has signed, looks potentially stronger than it was after the cup final. It’s my opinion, but I recognise that many people do not share it. We will soon find out if we have just recruited a Sutton or a Cascarino.
However, we are out of the UCL, for which the responsibility falls squarely on the shoulders of the grey brigade. It’s a mystery how they allow their conservatism to undermine the team and jeopordise European revenue time and again when there is no automatic league phase qualification.
It’s a strategy that helps to predict the same outcome that it guards against. So, despite missing UCL riches this year, the player trading revenue will ensure that the finances will be unharmed, twas ever thus, but the sinking fund is now getting ridiculous. Supporters have had enough of fucking balance sheets. The day must come when the saving stops and ambition is allowed to breathe.
An Tearmann on 3rd September 2025 12:17 am
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Certainly pulled you away fae Favorite Uncles grassing parlour, you are the poison that Connolly and the gallant heroes warned about back in the day, “they will give Ireland away before they would fight for it.”
Irish last, everybody else first. And here we are….
Being the always banned for speaking truths poster, only one who’s honest posts, contains words that put posting blaggards to shame, turns honest men to snitches, the croppies they were once called long before the internet, aye it is them again.
Grassing, snitching, bitching, is all you have left.
Rodgers couldn’t lay a glove on Russell Martin.
Deal with it.
Kevjungle 2025
You couldnt lay a finger on kevjungle 1980
You live 40 years in the past
Thats why you keep getting banned
New moniker, new you
Further from who you were with every new moniker, a distant memory of what you stand for
Yawn!!!!!
Assimilated Irish-Scots pessimists ra lot a ye. Ave Ave
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Encore ad infinitum, Ave Ave
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The Boy from Tamlaghtduff – The Blarney Pilgrims
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Oró sé do bheatha ‘bhaile
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Terrorist or Dreamer – The Blarney Pilgrims
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Oglaigh Joe McDonnell (Full Concert Orchestra)
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Good Morning Celts – Grand Day To Be A Tim,
Mistertaximan @ 1:39 am,
Good post once again…
Too many known, unknowns to really know where we are as a squad for me.
However, BR&CO seem optimistic about our last two signings, and if we can get the best out Kelechi Iheanacho and develop the new recruits, I’m confident we will win the league and give the Europa a bash…
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said: “I know Kelechi so well and what he can bring to the team. He is such a talented player, with great ability, athleticism and work-rate
“I am sure he will love being at Celtic and I believe our fans will love what he brings. He has great experience and he is right in his peak years so he can be a great signing for us. I am sure he will make a big contribution to the team.”
https://www.celticfc.com/news/2025/september/02/welcome-to-celtic–kelechi-iheanacho/
Hail Hail
Who knows, a year from now we could be highlighting the advantages of bringing players in on the last day of the window… or we could be calling Kelechi a Brendan Rodgers signing and looking forward to the Maloney regime.
Would be good to hear some thoughts from the inner sanctum on the recently closed transfer window. Lots of lessons learned perhaps.
As a supporter, shareholder and fan, I would appreciate that
rodgers is a fake on 2nd September 2025 4:29 pm
Big Jimmy on 2nd September 2025 3:00 pm
“I predict that Adam Idah will NOT be missed”
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Rodgers could have Larsson as a striker if Dr Who gave us a loan of his time machine, and, UNDER RODGERS MANAGEMENT, Larsson, playing as a lone striker with ZERO service…..would look like a Slow Lane useless project, even worse than useless Idah, who also got ZERO service from the sussed and blocked wingers with Khun crabbit, torn, lantern jawed, tripping them faces.
And then Tims would blame the board?!
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NAME me just ONE SINGLE ” ATTRIBUTE” Adam Idah showed while he was at Celtic ?
” IDAH”…Is just short of being an anagram for ” HADDIE”
Rodgers is a fake = kev j is a racist turd.
Funnily enough you racist turds are always in need of a hero.Connolly would tell you to f### off.
Connolly is the same as the rest of us,bored shirtless with your repetitive racism.
Favourite Uncle has more integrity in his fingernail than a floating grifter like you
Stay hidden,stay anonymous stay racist .
To all out there please keep favourite Uncle in your thoughts and prayers for recovery after serious surgery.
HH
Favourite Uncle
All the best old chap. 👍
Rodgers says Celtic fans ‘will love’ striker Iheanacho – https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cd7y7w300weo
“Iheanacho, capped 59 times, started his senior career with Manchester City, picking up a League Cup winner’s medal during his time at the Etihad.
He then joined Leicester City, was an FA Cup winner in 2021 and helped his country to a second-place finish at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.”
por cierto
Thoughts are with Favourite Uncle who was the first to welcome me onto CQN. I hope that he has a successful recovery.
Best Wishes to FAVOURITE UNCLE – always a must read on here. Hoping for a full and swift recovery
All the BEST to FAVOURITE UNCLE.
HH Mate.
Celtic saying that Iheanacho was always their main target this window.
playschool CSC
“Iheanacho”…Welcome to Celtic young fella. We hope that you can have a VERY SUCCESSFUL time with Celtic.
All I can hope for is that YOU play the way a CELTIC CENTRE FORWARD SHOULD PLAY, by having defenders bounce off you, holding the ball up, sticking yer Heid on any crosses, showing a very good 1st touch….and banging in a few Goals on a REGULAR basis…
Its NOT MUCH to ask for is it ?
If you can do the above the Celtic support will just LOVE YOU….JUST DAE IT BIG MAN !
HH.
As usual the pendulum also swings too far the other way, rumours of the tics demise have been greatly exaggerated…BR can still earn his corn and keep us as front runner till January if he’s still interested, we should know by October.
theBHOYfromU.N.C.L.E on 3rd September 2025 8:17 am
Celtic saying that Iheanacho was always their main target this window.
playschool CSC
………..
More like JACKANORY methinks !
HH Mate.
Speedy recovery for FAVOURITE UNCLE. 👍
BIG JIMMY
Weans world👍
FAVOURITE UNCLE
Get well soon!
quadrophenian on 2nd September 2025 11:43 pm
Do you work for the daily record?
Dearie me!
Welcome to Celtic Kelachi!
PHILBOY – is that mid of yours permanently closed; like the lace curtains you twitch in yer front room ?
Re my posts; I knew little about Iheanacho’s recent form, so I used a thing called Google for some basic research. Posted a few fresh articles that were less than complementary. And 5 mins later I made another post showing BR’s praise for the guy and naturally I welcomed him to Celtic.
So I posted two perspectives on the player – but you accuse me of working for a red top.
Dearie you ffs !
Phew, glad that we got a CF in ! (albeit he is going to have to work hard and hopefully get up to speed v quickly).
Good to see that BR is sufficiently motivated to get in someone he knows well and believes can be a success.
Are we an improved squad since the end of last season ? Only time will tell but the squad has been significantly refreshed (which was needed) and I will be optimistic and will look forward to both domestic and Europa League games.
As the pathetic press tries to stoke negative sentiment amongst us all on the closure of the window let’s not forget that Sevco The Rangers have an absolute must win game against Hearts next up. They have gone all in and built up expectations to such an extent that Ayebrokes will self combust with any dropped points v Hearts.
HH
THE BATTERED BUNNET on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2025 12:02 PM
Took a look at Iheanacho’s career stats there, only because he’s been mentioned in dispatches.
In the last 5 years, since winning the FA Cup with Leicester, he has scored 15 goals in 101 league appearances across the EPL, Championship and La Liga.
That’s a goal every 6 or 7 games.
No idea how many minutes he’s played in those matches, but I’m not overwhelmed with enthusiasm for this potential signing.
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Of all the strikers in all the leagues in all the world… he has to walk into Parkheed 😩