There is a spreadsheet on file at every club with the anticipated sale value of each player on it. This value often has nothing to do with how important the player is to the club, or even how good he is, it is a hard assessment of what the market will pay.
Kristoffer Ajer, for example, could end up at a tier one club next season, but his price tag will be inhibited by only having 12 months left on his Celtic contract. James Forrest is also a talent and has two years remaining on his current deal. James, though, will turn 30 in July. The time Spurs managers travel to Glasgow to watching his passed.
Younger players with plenty on their contracts are not assured money either. Ismaila Soro (22) has three years left on his contract but the spreadsheet at Celtic is unlikely to have a figure as high as we paid for him last year; Ismaila just has not played enough football to merit a reflective increase in value.
Market health is also a factor. There is seemingly endless supply of debt to those tier one clubs, but the game in most of Europe is on its knees. What would we expect from a French club for the likes of Olivier Ntcham, after the collapse of their TV deal?
Which brings us Patryk Klimala. I like Patryk, his willingness to show for the ball and bust a lung to get back and find space was a refreshing change of pace from much of what we watched this season. Various coaches didn’t think he had what it takes for Celtic, so his chances were limited and an exit increasingly likely.
We paid £3.5m for him; I expected to collect around a third of that when he moved on, not the entire sum we got back from New York Red Bulls. That’s nothing, to the £10m Bayer Leverkusen paid for Jeremie Frimpong in January, a player I wanted dropped and replaced. The keeper of Celtic’s spreadsheet has enjoyed updating a column this week.
I wonder if New York or Bayer want a goalkeeper with Champions League and European international experience?
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Supporter of the Year might prove an equally difficult choice.
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i win that hands down
POTY-
Jack Hendry.
Hendry, Shved, Ntcham, Bayo, Connell, Bolingoli and Henderson all out on loan plus the 2 American lads.
We all know how Hendry is doing.
Any hope that any of the others could make a difference with a new coach?
Haha Philbhoy & Let’s all… 👍🏼
I think Ajer shades Moi due to effort. Turnbull would be my next, which tells it’s own story
Is Hendry available to us for next season?
hopefully Hendry has learned the meaning of goal-side
never seen a player so constantly on the wrong side of the forward
Lets all
JJK at corners runs big Hendry close
thats true
SIONNAIGH on 24TH APRIL 2021 11:28 PM
‘Only the SNP can beat the Tories in East Renfrewshire with both votes.’
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I understand that the SNP have ordered their politicians not to say anything about the Israel/Palestinian issue.
Purely for electoral advantage of course, not for any reason of principle.
Ernie
Just like the Labour Party, eh…
Ajer for the effort he puts into EVERY game
POTY
HOT SMOKED – As I understand it, JH’s current club only need to meet the agreed fee to keep him. It is a loan deal with option to buy. Seen suggestions that they will pay the agreed fee and then sell him for much more. We were trying to offload him so they probably have to pay 1-2 million max. After a great season there, he could be sold for 6-8 million during the summer.
Hendry can also say he doesn’t want to go….
I’ve been reading that the Hendry deal is pretty much done. The club are willing to pay the fee and he’s happy to stay.
Not convinced he’s the answer anyway, despite a decent season in Belgium. From what I saw of him in a Scotland shirt, he won’t make us any stronger at defending set-pieces.
Reading today that Bayo is now being ditched.Dear God.We can talk about a lot of faults in our set up,but surely the scouting department must come in for some heavy criticism.They recruited,Paddy,Bayo,Shved,,Ajeti,and thought they were good enough to make a difference.The same talent spotters,brought us a raft of full backs,none of whom were any good.Kenny being the latest example.Remember,these were the same that thought Ivan Toney,who was desperate to sign,even coming up to Celtic Park,was not worth signing.I include our management team in this.
An absolute disaster,no wonder they have left the building.You really do have to wonder.
I think Ajeti can do us a turn. He had a good run before he got Covid (or had to self isolate).
He’s decent at holding the ball up to, if we are playing one up front.
I think he’s maybe a confidence player. His confidence might not have been great because he wasn’t getting a game down south, got a run with us then started scoring, then the covid issue and got a game when the dice rolled 5 after that…
I’m still hopeful he’ll come good.
TURKEYBHOY on 25TH APRIL 2021 12:38 PM
How’s Bayo doing in France? From what I saw with us, he was far from the required quality but looked now worse than Ajeti to me. At least he could play 90 minutes.
MJ- agree, Ajeti is a penalty box striker,but we don’t get crosses in,or the ball in early enough
Are the Sun spouting p*sh with regards to Christie’s contract, I’m saying they’re talking bull, there’s one thing PL doesn’t lose track of and that’s potential transfer fees…………..
Apparently he can leave on a Bosman in the summer, just for context
test
GTTS
I read that somewhere pretty poor if true.
Nice day for a drink
D U one up
United two up !
From the biased broadcasting association:
“Aberdeen, with only one change, meanwhile, look exhausted from their draw with Celtic”.
Jesus, 3 up.
and they’re through
The best pass I ever saw—–
I loved Hooper’s pass to KC for that fabulous chip goal against the establishment, cheats, unpunished, regulation evading scum!
latest score in the sterling v kane diving competition –
sterling 1 kane 0
5 minutes gone
expect this to be a high scoring dual by 2 guys at top of their game
Just how many references of goals or wins against Celtic can the BBC mention in one game?
I never saw the maestro or TB
terrific equalising dive by kane
man city player clearly takes the ball but thats no issue to kane
classic stuff
Another week without us appointing the new management team.
We really are making next season an ever increasing challenge.
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JACKIEMAC on 25TH APRIL 2021 4:35 PM
The best pass I ever saw—–
I loved Hooper’s pass to KC for that fabulous chip goal against the establishment, cheats, unpunished, regulation evading scum!
and breath lol (my paragraph would be longer).in fact no probability needed.total certainty there jackiemac
remind the vermin at every opportunity.Sir Hunner of pence dodges pension payment
hh
Whenever I open up CQN at the moment, I see a film of Eddie Howe. Odd…..?
This Eddie Howe video on the front page has been running for quite a while now, if Paul really is speaking on behalf of the Celtic Board, anyone think he is trying to tell us something?
Personally I gave up on Howe weeks ago, convinced he’s just using us as bait, but find it odd that every time I come on to CQN the first thing I see is Eddie Howe’s face.
PARKHEADCUMSALFORD on 25TH APRIL 2021 7:00 PM
Whenever I open up CQN at the moment, I see a film of Eddie Howe. Odd…..?
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Snap! Its been there for over a week now.