The indifference towards Nicolas Kuhn from some quarters is hilarious. The player arrived in January 2024, was such a stand-out in our Champions League campaign that he attracted a fee four times greater than we paid for him. He arrived while recuperating from a health issue, out-performed expectations, then along with the rest of the squad, ended the campaign with a whimper. “With the rest of the squad” requires emphasis.
The most loveable thing about him is there was no loveable thing. He just got on with his job. No faux pounding on the badge, no professions of undying love for the green and white hoops, just a professional who came to Celtic to enhance his career and bank balance, then left with for the same reasons.
If you think the players are here for the reasons you and I go to Celtic Park, you’re in for a shock. Sure, they enjoy it here, some, like Kieran Tierney even come to Celtic despite being offered more money elsewhere – as Brendan Rodgers explained over the weekend. But others, erm, also like Kieran Tierney, move on when the big pay offer lands. Do not be upset by this.
We are not 8-years-old (unless I’m wrong about our community demographics). You might have a different name for it, but footballers are assets to you and me. We want them for what they can do on the field, and we want them to move on when that output drops, or can be improved upon. Man-love has its limits.
Whatever we did with Nicolas, let’s do more of it.
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Afternoon all
No hard feelings Nicolas
OOOFT
20 goals and 15 assists last season. We’ve a substantial gap to fill with the loss of Kuhn.
Hopefully we learn from the original Jota loss, we went out and got 3 players to fill his role, Palma, Yang and Tilio weren’t up to the job. Quality not quantity is the road to go down.
Quality counts.
We have to buy a few Nicolas’s first.
When a player of Kuhn’s quality moves on we need to do all we can to replace him with another Kuhn rather than a Tilio . Hopefully we get that quality in this window to ease thepre CL anxiety.
It’s not an exact science but there’s always room for professional improvement .
Good article.
Now I can go back to watching CBBC.
Surely Ange said it right when he reminded us – “… don’t get too attached to your heroes.”
Any indifference to Nic is maybe just many of us embracing this reality of the new football industry.
As for Nic’s transfer; I honestly think our suits played as much of a blinder as he himself sporadically did.
As for yer headline Paul – hero worship is shirley more accurate than man-love ?
Brendan wanted rid,he wanted to go, £17.4 million great business
Kid Starver at it again
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Cracking finish to the Test Match
GLENDALYSTONSILS on 14TH JULY 2025 12:19 PM
When a player of Kuhn’s quality moves on we need to do all we can to replace him with another Kuhn rather than a Tilio . Hopefully we get that quality in this window to ease thepre CL anxiety.
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There is the age old modern Celtic problem since we started the ‘buy low sell high’ strategy. You need to make sure the buy low is Nicolas Kuhn and not Luis Palma, it’s some trick if you can pull it off every time. It won’t happen and we need to safeguard against it, by spending some of the stock pile?
It’s only July and it all depends on sales, at present “ we’re light “ ©️BR
If Kuhn enjoys his job he has a strange way of showing it. He makes Marco Negri look joyful.
We aren’t eight years old Paul but it’s a much more enjoyable watch when players work for their money. We give far too much praise to those that play within themselves and label them as “great players”.
Kuhn will be celebrated by the money men and you but the reality is we are incapable of growth (in real terms) as football club.
You almost appear giddy when we make money from sales and weaken our side.
There’s a big world outwith the Glasgow 30mph limit.
There is a fair bit of talk going on about BR and his contract ending after this season.
I do not want him to go, but if he does I’d be after either the Bodo
o Glimpt manager or getting big Ange back
Roughly made £1m a month on Kuhn…
BSR
Pulling off the trick more of the time is what makes recruitment by far the most crucial part of the whole Celtic operation . We’ve shown we can get it right but our many failures have led to a great deal of distust among the support . We’re haunted by the ghost of John McGinn .
Lowball CSC
We haven’t even spent the Frimpong bonus money
I think we can still love them Paul when they give their all for the team and bring us joy.
They just won’t love us back as much …
“I love you from the bottom, of my pencil case
I love you in the songs, I write and sing
Love you because, you put me in my rightful place
And I love the PRS cheques, that you bring
………
Deep so deep, the number one I hope to reap
Depends upon the tears you weep, so cry, lovey cry, cry, cry, cry
Oh Cathy, oh Alison, oh Phillipa, oh Sue
You made me so much money, I wrote this song for you”
… and all that.
I was sorry to see Kuhn go – he was only here 5 minutes
We continue to sell for profit and buy for development
So far so good £100m in the bank and 13 out of 14 League wins
But that does not get you any favours for this year
No Kuhn no Jota no Taylor 3 first team ready players all gone (Nawrocki too)
I am sure Nygren Osmand Inamura will all develop into great players
But the CL Play Off is 19 August (5 weeks)
I hope the next few weeks will see us add some “developed” players
The 19th of August is our first cup final
At the moment we are not looking strong – work to do Celtic
67ECW
20 people arrested at Transmit for offences such as sexual assault, hate crimes and police assault. I’m sure all the local business owners, politicians, media and police will be up in arms about this as they were when Celtic fans caused bins to overflow with rubbish.
Ain’t nothin’ goin’ on but the rent
Glendalys
Yip, and selling a best player or two every year, is like a never ending bet. Gambling that you will do it again by routine , is perilous.
There has to be compromise the serious stuff starts in August when suitors are squad finishing.
However, Celtic financial prudence is not a good look when the window is open.
SONSOFERIN on 14TH JULY 2025 2:02 PM
Ain’t nothin’ goin’ on but the rent
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Indeed
Aff oot CSC
67ECW- nail on head
Good afternoon all.
I think going down the route of picking up young players developed at top clubs but don’t quite make the grade is a far more productive recruitment strategy for Celtic.
Jota & Bernardo coming through with Benfica, Eddie at PSG, Frimpong at City, Kuhn at Ajax and Munich.
We’re now linked with Flàvio Nazinho, a left back that has came through at Sporting Lisbon and has made over 50 appearances in the Belgian top flight.
This is the profile of young talent we should be going for, this is the profile that has served us well.
AD- Agree
BRENDAN RODGERS Should keep Tillo,at least to January, I think there is a player there ,give him a chance,
Yang to Norwich for £3M – the Adam Idah redemption.
Flávio Nazinho – Wikipedia https://share.google/vGbvrHfqCDSL7RWCS
Incoming LB?
An Dun 2.42
I agree .
TT
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Team visit Estadio Nacional
Speculate to accumulate?….. the Celtic Board…..nawwww
What is the O riley sell on fee, Roma very interested in him?
Bada Bing
What Test cricket is about.
30 overs and 51 runs 1 wkt in 2 hrs 30 minute of genuinely riveting sport.
No jokes. Baz ball or not it is brilliant.
I see the current Celtic have been visiting the Estadio Nacional. Hope a wee bit of inspiration touches them.
Celtic in Lisbon