Ronny Deila’s dream of reconstructing the Dundee United team of 2014 is on track as United have agreed terms for the sale of striker Nadir Ciftci, who is set to join Stuart Armstrong and Gary MacKay-Steven in green and white hoops.
United are feeling sore at losing three players to a rival but it could be argued this deal is a positive result for them. They are no different than Celtic in needing to acquire good players who will enhance their team and generate transfer fees when they leave.
Armstrong and Mackay-Steven gave Celtic a timely boost when they arrived in the team in February. If Ciftci adapts as quickly he’ll do well.
Signing a backup goalkeeper is a tricky call. Do you blow a large slice of budget on a genuine contender for the goalkeeper’s jersey, or perhaps promote the next teenage David Marshall? Both are viable calls. If we sign Logan Bailly (29) for a fee from Belgian club Leuven the expectation at Lennoxtown is that he will push Craig Gordon.
That would leave us with competition across the field, apart from the left back slot…..
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67Heaven just caught your post @ 5:20 – excellent ,had been thinking that myself but you beat me to it, well done. See you in the upcoming season. Hail Hail Hebcelt
Parkheadcumsalford
Paddy Crerand was my first footballing `hero` !
Dunky MacKay was the first ever attacking full-back. FACT!
Frank Haffey was a better all-round entertainer than Sammy Davis Jnr !
JJ
DBBIA
I see what you did there.
The weather here in Pollenca in ten degrees higher than normal (according to the taxi driver last night.)
DBBIA and BMCWP,
Maybe we should combine a cricket clique with a Hootenanny day and have a fun raising charity cricket day.
Hire a pitch with adjacent bar, borrow a set stumps, a couple of bats, a couple of cups for the ole family jewels, pads etc. A very sociable day overall.
Ferguslie CC would be a decent venue.
Eurochamps67
The Spuds development side might be a way back in for Super Salary?
Dont believe a word of that cricket guff bhoys, one day stuff is kinda ok as someone wins and somebody loses………………simple.
The test stuff is pure guff !!!!
Saying all that playing the game is far better than watching it imho.
roundtablecricketteamCSC
Tottenham sign Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld from Atletico Madrid on a deal until 2020.
Saints may take legal action as they believed they had an option to buy the player for £6.8m unless Atletico paid £1.5m to buy back that clause.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33442272
Football contracts are so often ignored. Athletic were supposed to pay Southampton £1.5 million if they wanted to sell him to somebody else. They simply did it anyway.
Hopefully they pay Southampton their due now.
Looked to see to what Hebcelt was referring and think this is worthy of a repost:
“67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar…… Ipox belongs to the creditors
05:20 on
8 July, 2015
Could Greece not just liquidate and become a new Country, with the same name and history …..but not pay the creditors ?”
I would like to see that go viral .It really does make the point extremely effectively as it appears neutral. Brilliant.
JJ
Adams Apples are the necks big thing.
Burgas Hoops
Just in the same way as 5-a- side football is so much better because there are loads of goals 0:-)
Some of those winds that EK has too many of have arrived here but I think I will go for a wee bike ride anyway so,
Cheerio for now.
JJ
JAMESGANG 0947
That is a truly horrific injury,mate. I know you warned us,but I was a tad unprepared for that.
Freddie trueman’s daughter married Raquel welch’s son
Googlies and bouncers all round ;))
HH
I hope we have a clause in the Odegaard signing that’ll enable him to play for us if we get Madrid in the final?
Quite disgraceful headline from the Herald on newsnow re Ciftci signing. I think they are competing with the DR’s ‘bullying’ article. Unashamed anti-Celtic bias.
EUROCHAMPS67. 1021
No need,mate. Simply play it in The Gallowgate. Irn-bru or Magners bottles for bats,Celtic pies instead of balls. Ashtrays as the ‘box’ and two beer crates as the stumps.
Only problem I can see is,aye,we might want to hit the pie as far as possible,but who in their right mind would run after one?
bobby murdoch’s curled-up winklepicker / jamesgang
Football has some shockers, this the worst I’ve seen. His reaction is amazing!
http://youtu.be/j7gXE6IflNg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-33436292
ROBERT88
Ffs…
Glad I’ve not had my breakfast yet. I’ll put it off for a wee while yet,I reckon.
Bobbio
Apols. I’ve not been able to watch the incident since I saw it live. I still look away.
My intention in posting was more a tribute to the bravery of the rehab of a good guy.
HH jamesgang
Jungle Jim Hot Smoked
10:29 on
8 July, 2015
Burgas Hoops
Just in the same way as 5-a- side football is so much better because there are loads of goals 0:-)
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You could be right mate -))
While having a small beer or two down my local last night i thought i’d ask the barman and a few local turks what they thought of Ciftci now he’s made the move to the bestest team in the world.
The resounding reply was……………………………………………WHO?
We have parted company with Matthews, Balde, Fridjonnson, Pukki, do we expect further departures?
Bearing in mind the new intake, Cifti, Janko & possibly Odegaard, will the likes of Stokes, Scepovic, Commons be deemed surplus to requirements – We would receive modest fees for these three, probably £2 million in total.
I like Commons, however I don’t see him fitting in, and like Stokes, he may well become a fringe-player. It also looks like Rogic is going to be given the chance to stake his claim.
Like Pukki, Bangura, Balde and Fridjonnson, there comes a time to cut one’s losses, therefore Scepovic has to go.
Ronny has released a number of young players on loan – he has also said that he will run with a smaller squad – so who is going and when?
It obviously pays for these newspapers to have negative stories about us , the orcs lap it up and we click on them to be outraged.
Stopped even looking at the record more than twenty years ago and stopped taking the Herald when Broadfoot was there, their bias in the sports section had been going on long before him but it was the continual anti Catholic stance they had adopted in the rest of the paper that convinced me to Stop taking it.
burgas hoops
How do you actually say his name? As there is a scots commentator cant remember his name and it annoys he how he says it as
Chief chi
Or is it sifty ?
A bit like how everyone used to balls up balde for balder or ballder and agathes name for argarte and agafer !
glendalystonsils
It’s silly to complain about Celtic doing such a thing. It’s a fact of footballing life. Teams like Clyde and Airdrie United end up having to sell to the likes of DU, who have to sell to the likes of Celtic, who have to sell to the likes of Southampton, who have to sell to the likes of Manchester United, who have to sell to of Real Madrid.
BIG BAD CELTIC ARGHH
67 heaven
05.20
Great point, get that viral.
HH
La Bella Italia .
Current Manager of Italy , Antonio Conte , is one of 104 people likely to have to face an investigative trial re alleged ” match manipulation ” In the wacko world of the Italian legal system , an investigative trial is designed to prove that you merit prosecution , or not . Case relates to 2011, when he was Manager of Siena ..
Seriously hot , way down south. . Way hotter than is normal for early July.
Great gesture from Billy McNeil giving all his medals to Celtic Football Club
The medals will go on display in the Trophy Cabinet in the Boardroom
I’m thinking of doing the tour for the fourth time over the yrs.I’m just wondering if our Captains medals will be on display.doesn’t matter I will still do the tour.and see what else is happening in and around the stadium., and maybe ask if there are going to be anymore changes to Celtic Park
England win toss and bat.
Play!
Robert88
10:55 on
8 July, 2015
burgas hoops
How do you actually say his name? As there is a scots commentator cant remember his name and it annoys he how he says it as
Chief chi
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Chief-Chi…………………….is 100% spot-on R88.
Eurochamps67
10:08 on
8 July, 2015
I quoted Tsipras verbatim.
Argue with him,not me.
bournesouprecipe
I will be there next Monday leave some drink .ok.pollensa park for me.
burgas hoops
Ill have to stick it on mute!
timaloy29
Of course that’s the way things work in football. The point is that these ‘journalists’ know that too but will never miss an opportunity to do Celtic down. You will never read these kind of comments about any other team.
Done Deal @ £1.4 Million
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nadir-ciftci/profil/spieler/77964
HH EnnisBhoy
timaloy29
09:41 on 8 July, 2015
…….and people wonder why I gave up on politics 30 years ago ……. politicians are all SDM, CW, CG, AMcC, GSL etc types …… power and money are all that matter to them …. disgusting
SFTB
Club site is showing we have a first team squad of 30.
GK’s = 2
DF’s = 11
MF’s = 13
FWD’s = 4
Then you can add NC and the new GK.
However a number of players seen to be off on loan and the list has not been updated.
Plus all the forward “stiffs” who have been offloaded at some cost to the balance sheet are gone.
I think we should be running with first team squad of 24 / 26 including 3 GK’s.
After that we should have a recognisable development team with names and positions well known. From what I can see we seen to have a thin development team and a number of local projects in the 1st team squad.
Needs some trimming and a lot of focus.
Not sure why the first team squad has been allowed to become bloated in this way.
Projects out on loan might be part of it but there might also be the case that some local youth projects seem to have been promised first team training in order to get them to sign senior contracts.
Not ready for the 1st team — 12 / 18 months undercooked — so out on loan they go?
Lots of speculation in all of this but my thoughts are that we are not that well organised both at youth level and also the youth to senior transition.
Our poor return regarding 1st team regulars out of the youths over the past 10 years suggests we are not doing very well in this regard.
Just a thought on the Odegaard loan deal: I was watching my youngest (in his Celtic top of course) in training last night and the head coach came up to me and told me about the Odegaard loan possibility. I live in Krakow and the Polish coach is an ex-pro who has played in Spain, so for him to even know about Celtic is good overseas PR for Celtic and highlights our profile and RD credentials even if Odegaard comes or not.
Wes Foderingham deal – £5k p/w which will go up to £8kpw if/when RFC are promoted + £25,000 bonus for every year Rangers are a Prem club
From spfl stats, astonishing if true, at swindon he would be on nowhere near this and they released him!