Those of us who have followed Celtic in recent years will want to mark the departure of Reo Hatate. His time at Celtic was transformational for our club. Along with Kyogo and Daizen Maeda he brought us delight and so many trophies. He announced his arrival in January 2022 with a thunderous shot into the Hearts goal at Tynecastle. At the time, it looked like Goal of the Season. It turned out to be his third most memorable goal of the week. Days later scored twice in the first half against Newco to put Celtic top of the table, where we have only temporarily left since.
The record books will show that with Celtic chasing an equaliser, he had three attempts on target in the 90th minute at Ibrox in February, when defeat would have ended our quest for five-in-a-row. Sure, you can be picky with all your “It was a penalty” gripes. Three attempts, all on target, ending in a goal, when we needed him most. That’s what mattered. Our three Japanese greats defined an era of Celtic history. Best of luck, Reo.
Oliver Sørensen has become the latest player to arrive at Celtic, with the Danish midfielder joining on a season-long loan from Parma, with an option to buy.
He spent five youthful years as a Midtjylland player and had two loan moves before he made the first team on a permanent basis as a 20-year-old in 2022. He became a mainstay at Midtjylland in his second season, winning their Player of the Year award and prompting Parma to pay €8m for him a year ago.
He played in all but four of Parma’s Siere A games last term and remained an automatic starter until March, but his Midtjylland form was not replicated in Italy, which is why he was available to Celtic.
As we publish, there is a possibility Celtic will sign six more players today! All that excitement will disappear like sunshine on Fair Friday if Celtic do not get a result against Aberdeen tonight.
Johnny Kenny (23) departed for Preston for a tidy £3m yesterday. The striker is a better player than we saw during his difficult spell last term. A loan spell at Bolton proved this and earned a move across Lancashire. Not everyone makes the cut at Celtic, but turning a £150k signing into a £3m sale is still great development work.
The Dons have had an inconsistent start to the campaign. They were battered at home for 90 minutes by Hearts on the opening day of the season, but scored twice in added time to record an unlikely win. Dundee picked up where Hearts left off in their next game, but there was no rescue for Aberdeen this time. Four days later Aberdeen took revenge over Dundee with a 3-0 League Cup win, while they looked the lesser of two bad teams at home to Newco on Sunday.
This is not a good Aberdeen team by any measure. Still, a transitional Celtic side will need to find composure to get the job done.
ALERT: It’s an earlier than usual kick-off – 7.45pm.
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Sheesh, here was me thinking this transfer malarkey was like playing fantasy league football:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c1wx0g1npn9o
bournesouprecipe on 2nd September 2026 3:17 pm
The loan Arrangers ….
…..Have got a few folk going Tonto …….
GDT
So long as we make some silver from the transfers!
Part of the problem of the huns with Raskin is he’s not a game changer, he doesn’t get you a goal that can alter the course of a game nor does he create some magic and assist in goal scoring. He is just a steady mid-fielder, nothing spectacular that makes him stand out. He may well still go to Besiktas before the magic hour which is tonight for European games. Turkish window closes on Friday. However, they will not get the 25 million they desire, that is pie in the sky thinking. These planes that are constantly flying over Ibrox are obviously spraying the stadium with deludamol…
Kev Racist
Colby can wear any colour if boot he likes.
Thats your diseased racist scum thinking at work
And as for the outdated song sheet?
They are singing songs of ireland anonymous scum
Its good it reminds you union rent boys of our history and culture.its never been british and it never will be.
It also highlights how your brain defaults to racism,stoap thi boats,send them home,gimp mask wearin(if you leave your house!)
Ah the same scum racism doled out by scum who get less than 2% of vote,they dont speak for any Irish i know.
Resilient and ongoing as always they adapt and carry on do the irish
Remember you were posting on here in your retardation of burning folk out of their homes in Belfast
Confused unionist trash.
Trope after trope.carry on union serf,do what brits have done with everything they soil,divide and rule from the bottom up.
Good to see wee Nicola rock back and forth on you.i advised buy a modrin motor but she is havin to much fun!
Where’s offshore George earnin his money?
Dafty GG cult members like u still sending him part of yir benefits still?? thats nearly as potent as your racist immigrant confusion,you typing eunuch ..
Stay in yir bubble kev,
BRS @ 3.07
Evans, Stein and Peacock?
Allegedly.
Based on all the reports and speculations, I was expecting 3 or 4 incomings today, Paul says a possible 6 . . . so far none as the Chelsea forward was confirmed last night as far as I recall.
Somebody steal Mike’s phone?
DENIABHOY on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2026 4:28 PM
Based on all the reports and speculations, I was expecting 3 or 4 incomings today, Paul says a possible 6 . . . so far none as the Chelsea forward was confirmed last night as far as I recall.
Somebody steal Mike’s phone?
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I presume Johnstone & Mheuka are 2 of the 6 – they were announced today.
Feyenoord RB & Chelsea loanee LB likely 3 & 4.
That would leave Gineitis & van den Berg as likely 5 & 6.
Nick – you may be right, but Johnstone and Mheuka deals were confirmed yesterday. I appreciate the press release may have come out today but we had been told they signed yesterday.
Anyway, it leaves the other four you mention. As today is deadline day for EL I would have expected some or all of them to have been done and dusted by now.
Are we going to get a curtain call of new signings at the match tonight?
Fred Colon
Yes we should be further up that table.
I guess the obvious thing amiss almost all of those come from more competitive leagues than us.
Would our fans give up domestic domination to be where rangers are for instance ? Or even Ajax who have hardly won a thing. Some clubs on the list have never won their own league.
It depends on what our kpi are I suppose.
Anybody else trying to purchase a matchpass ofor tonight’s game on Celtic player?
There doesn’t seem to be a link to let you purchase it ?
BSR
Or it could Fernie,Evans and Peacock
According to Phil McNulty, with the window now closed, “Everton have just one striker in the raw Thierno Barry and only 18 senior, outfield players”.
On the bright side, these are the kind of circumstances that allow young players to develop very quickly. It’s not ideal, but it could be the making of some stellar careers.
Vakoun Issouf Bayo’s career kind of petered out under the disco lights
GGH
Timhorton
Evans, Stein, Peacock
Brothers of the same ludge apparently
Good Prodisant Men CSC
As one of the rules of CQN states that there should be ‘no sweary words’. what English football team’s name might be best avoided on this site?
Hoping for a good shearing for the Sheep tonight!
Hail! Hail!
Terrymac
Terrymac
At the moment with no wins so far this season Port Vale makes me swear
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2026 4:06 PM
bournesouprecipe on 2nd September 2026 3:17 pm
The loan Arrangers ….
…..Have got a few folk going Tonto …….
……………………
👏👏👏. Played
BSR
Out all day….reading back. three brothers,yes,old chestnut.Looking forward to the game later,but,6:15 Mass first.
I see King Kenny is a special guest at tonight’s game . Hope he’s doing alright after his recent health setback .
Yes, Glendalystonsils @ 5:12 pm,
Had a bit of a ‘mare… tried several times…
It tells you in CelticPlayer to click on match pass but no icon to do that…
In the end, I signed into my CelticTV account, CelticPlayer account, Celtic Digital account…
Went to the e-mail…
🍀📺 Watch the Celts v Aberdeen LIVE with a CelticPlayer Match Pass
Then c&p’d my discount code – and pressed the green “Match Pass” button on the e-mail…
It took me to a pay page – was able to purchase the match pass using my discount code an’awe £9.99.
Hope it helps…
Hail Hail
A failed attempt to get Taylor on loan
Terry Mac – Scunthorpe 😀
THE BADA BING on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2026 6:00 PM
A failed attempt to get Taylor on loan
I doubt that very much – we just confirmed Emenalo on loan.
Gedeias deal off,Engels replacement is a 19 year old Dutch kid who’s played six games of professional football
Celtic Mac on 2nd September 2026 3:33 pm
pitchfork
“And while he is at it Martin should tell Colby to get himself a pair of real boots….classic football boots….
like Gola, or better still Winfield fae Woolworths, black oot wan o’ they stripes and it would look like ye were wearing Adidas………fae a distance…”
#
Now there is a plan :)
Hail Hail
Good for a bit of mouth frothing though I suppose.
About 21 million in profit,but that’s all that counts
Don’t think we have announced the Dutch boy yet.
BADA
You’re going to give yourself a Shaun Connery at this rate. Calm dooooon!
£6.5 million for Hatate, Torino wanted €8 million for his replacement, shambles yet again
The better the window gets the more angry it seems to make some people.
CONFIRMED: Celtic have signed Chelsea left-back Landon Emenalo on a season-long loan deal.
None of the quality midfield players we were supposed to have been interested in over the transfer period have been signed.
the Bada Bing on 2nd September 2026 6:13 pm
“Gedeias deal off,Engels replacement is a 19 year old Dutch kid who’s played six games of professional football”
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53,000 “played” since wee lovely Fergus set the hare’s running when he told lie, after lie, after lie, and sucked the soul out of the club when he got rid of the Jungle and replaced it with a 60,000 all seated family section themed library full of snitching finger pointers, and hypocrite fake rebels who live in denial of the trash can that 2026 Ireland has been traduced to.
Who knew that a plastic seat could transform the “Best Fans In The World” era into a boring library that you wouldn’t let your Granny go to! 👀
Shakes heid and struggles ferociously to hold in the tears.
CELTIC: Sinisalo, Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Scales, McGregor, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Nygren, Hassan, Duran, Yang.
Subs: Johnstone, McCowan, Tounekti, Sørensen, Baur, Mheuka, Murray, Ralston
Croftcelt on 2nd September 2026 6:24 pm
“None of the quality midfield players we were supposed to have been interested in over the transfer period have been signed.”
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MON and Shaun are the knew grifters on the block.
Don’t trust a word or they’ll have you for breakfast! 👀