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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No bids for Tounetki?
Thanks Brendan.
God bless all who cant attend
Go to work Celtic for us and each other
Do your best Celts
HH
Celtic team with one striker is a pisstake – unless you play in the SPL one horse league.
Play against savvy Giants like LASK 👀 and we’ll be told some truths that dim Tims don’t like to admit to.
Ach well_
Is it strange that we have managed to get the loanees signed pretty quickly, yet the Dutch boy (who we are paying for) isn’t confirmed yet🤔. Danish has a decent CB and reports on him, from Denmark have been very good. Not an on the ball type, but someone who covers the pitch.
Nicholson has 4 hrs to sign a defensive midfielder – preferably one who has played at senior level – what a mess he has made of the Geneitis deal , assuming what we are reading is accurate of course (the fact he played yesterday suggests interest was not that hot) . regrdless of poor journalism , we still have not replaced Engels , even tho we knew he would be leaving well in advance. Hatate replaced by Bauer (upgrade), Bernardo replaced by Sorensen (upgrade), Engels defensive capability must be sorted! so far we have made money rather than spent money – Celtic Cheap AF FC.
Dutch reports suggesting PSV are changing their mind
Danish boy, Oliver Sorensen.
2nd September 2026 5:35 pm
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?
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Who put the c@ nt in Scunthorpe
Chairbhoy on 2nd September 2026 5:56 pm
Thanks for that . I emailed webhelp at the club and got it sorted out . I think it’s just a glitch with the new platform .
glendalystonsils on 2nd September 2026 5:49 pm
“I see King Kenny is a special guest at tonight’s game . Hope he’s doing alright after his recent health setback .”
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The Ghreatest player EVER to play on the Island of Britain.
The Ultimate King of the Jungle.
You’ll Never Walk Alone King Kenny please keep well.
IIIf the Gineitis and Van Den Berg deals both collapse , what was looking like a good window will become a dangerously poor one as far as our wobbly midfield goes . Both buying options too …. funny that .
pitchfork on 2nd September 2026 6:40 pm
glendalystonsils on 2nd September 2026 5:49 pm
“I see King Kenny is a special guest at tonight’s game . Hope he’s doing alright after his recent health setback .”
#uni
The Ghreatest player EVER to play on the Island of Britain.
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Best ever British player👍
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 2ND SEPTEMBER 2026 6:44 PM
Rest easy, JVDB stepped off the team bus in a Celtic trackie this evening
Ben Jacobs
@JacobsBen
Reo Hatate was already en route to join Blackburn Rovers on loan before Burnley hijacked the deal.
With Turf Moor and Ewood Park only 15 miles apart, Burnley were able to swoop in and secure Hatate permanently for £6.5m plus add-ons.
https://celtsarehere.com/gvidas-gineitis-celtic-collapses/
This is the Celtic version of forward planning, a efin shambles, loans without options to buy, and still no def middy, a complete dereliction of duty towards the football club, but all is well with the PLC, super profit and massive bonuses assured, if the truth be known it’s our own fault, we allow it, we let them take the piss, just like we allow corrupt refereeing, we bring it all on ourselves, efin ejits so we are.
live updates up
the Bada Bing on 2nd September 2026 6:50 pm
Ben Jacobs
@JacobsBen
Reo Hatate was already en route to join Blackburn Rovers on loan before Burnley hijacked the deal.
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I wonder why he would have opted for Burnley.
Lets cut the board some slack, eh.
They have had little time to prepare, they never knew Arne and Daizen wanted to move on.
Poor wee souls
3 0 the good guys tonight
kinglubo
No surprises…past years the same.
celtic40me on 2nd September 2026 6:47 pm
Resting somewhat easier.
A half decent performance by Oxlade Chamberlain on Saturday put an end to any serious attempt to purchase Gineitis.
@Texas Tim: Are you the Tim from Austin I met (along with your lovely wife) at the APMP Conference in Denver a few months ago?
I acknowledge there’s a game kicking off in 20 minutes but this does hack me off, this blog is meant to be Celtic News, Not Lazy Journalism, and there’s an article on here about Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbé.
Not Pierre Doumbe. The mistake is repeated a number of times in the article.
He didn’t have much of a career at Celtic. But you’d think a Cup-winning goalscorer might get the respect of having his name spelled correctly. Apparently, not so.
PedantsNo1CSC
Mon has told BBC pre match that with every passing hour, it becomes more difficult to get Gineitis deal done.
Great to see King Kenny out on the pitch
No live updates up.
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Pressing well
Corner
Duran is a star. That was an amazing goal.
Sheep corner
Nygren !!
Two nil to the good guys. Both wingers are on fire. Ox playing well as is Donovan
Nygren’s numbers are crazy for a midfielder.
But what an outrageous assist from Duran.
Great run/cross from Scales, Nygren could have had another one
I have to say, its the worst Aberdeen side I’ve seen in years
Yang !! 3 nil