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The spreadsheet on file at every club

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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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  2. Saint Stivs on

    Shaun Maloney gave a very interesting, informative and intellectual interview with Hugh McDonald in yesterdays Daily Mail.

     

     

    I think he is the man for the job or at the very least part of the staffing set up.

     

     

    The wait might be commitments to Belgium.

  4. Rock Tree Bhoy on

    “RYAN CHRISTIE could walk away from Celtic for NOTHING in January next year” (recent CQN article)

     

     

    What on earth happened to this lad I wonder, completely off the boil for virtually the entire season, his form has gone backwards, like so may others (Eddie Cal Mac Broonie etc), with the exception of D Turnbull he is fairly typical whats happened to our whole squad this season,

     

     

    If Sevco had gone in for Turnbull when we pulled out – we would be in a bigger mess than we are now!

  8. An Tearmann on

    i must be real lucky to not have any issues coming to the site.its sad to see a lot of posters frustrated at accessing.

     

    i only ever have one access point-the phone.

     

     

    can anything be done?advice given- Mods

     

     

    HH

  11. lets all do the huddle on

    from the bbc website text commentary on the huns game –

     

     

    “Veteran former Scotland midfielder Craig Bryson is thrown on by St Johnstone in place of David Wotherspoon.

     

     

    The 34-year-old was part of a famous cup shock for Clyde over Celtic at the start of his career. Can he inspire another at the other end of his career against the other side of the Old Firm?”

     

     

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    the answer is no, he cant.

     

     

    the other side of that old firm died 9 years ago so he will never be able to play them for that to happen

  16. geebee1978 on

    Sevco might end up going through tonight but it’s quite clear they struggle more in cup games. With the league on a knife-edge going into the break last season, they buckled too which suggests they’re not a team who responds well to pressure.

     

     

    Look, no excuses this season. They’ve been efficiently ruthless, could go unbeaten and are worthy champions. But my regret is that we couldn’t at least put them under pressure, breathing down their necks a little in the table and see how they coped.

     

     

    We’ve helped them play with freedom in the league and that’s hard to take.

  22. shaunamura on

    Not watching the stench but admit to keeping an eye on the score

     

    This is like the bad old days when a defeat for the then ranjurs was the only highlight of our season never thought they days would return

     

    HH

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