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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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  1. 31003 on

    Let’s all

     

    It’s a vicious circle

     

     

    Get a named manager and give him decent money to build a team…..full stadium

     

     

    Get a “mehhh” manager and give him a limited budget for the squad rebuild……half empty stadium

  3. lets all do the huddle on

    Get a named manager and give him decent money to build a team…..full stadium

     

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    i honestly think thats unrealistic

     

     

    our squad is so far off the mark to where we should be that theres no way a new manager will be given enough cash to sort it in 1 season so why would a top manager take the job?

     

     

    a project manager beckons…

     

     

     

     

     

  7. Alcora on

    Dom McKay doesn’t start till July? Tell everyone you know. Handover anyone? Bring back the sways!!

  8. lets all do the huddle on

    Only the SNP can beat the Tories in East Renfrewshire with both votes.

     

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    was down east ren earlier

     

     

    dont think they know theres an election happening 😃

     

     

    they are too busy queueing outside Pan Et Vino for an overpriced Latte!!

  10. Sionnaigh on

    LETS ALL DO THE HUDDLE on 24TH APRIL 2021 11:42 PM

     

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    How much did you pay mo chara ;-)

  13. Alcora on

    @ LETS ALL DO THE HUDDLE

     

    East Ren will always be Conservative, I lived in Waterfoot for 2 years and never fitted in. Now North and contented.

  14. Sionnaigh on

    FOLK IN HEAVEN, Haus zum Himmel, Pieterlen BE / Switzerland, 2 March 2014.

     

    The James Connolly Songs of Freedom Band project is the live expression of Mat Calahan’s passion and commitment for reviving interest in the life of Connolly, an Irish socialist leader who was executed by the British in 1916, ostensibly for his role in the Easter uprising.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX0nK4bbHs0

  33. Greenpinata on

    Let’s be completely honest here. Do any of our players deserve the title player of the year.?

     

     

    I have watched just about every game and I cannot pick a worthy winner. I cannot bring myself to vote for players I suspect have not given 100% . On or off the park.

     

     

    Based on this seasons performance only, we have a very limited choice.

     

     

    HH to all.

  34. Sionnaigh on

    GREENPINATA on 25TH APRIL 2021 5:16 AM

     

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    Since you haven’t suffered every game, your vote is void.

     

    Ave Ave

  35. Greenpinata on

    SIONNAIGH on 25TH APRIL 2021

     

     

    Since you haven’t suffered every game, your vote is void.

     

    Ave Ave

     

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    Ha. Never mind void, it will be nonexistent. 😆😆

  37. Greenpinata on

    Guys,

     

     

    The beer gardens are opening tomorrow. Woohoo.

     

    I cant sample them for another few weeks. Boo.

     

     

    One thing I have noticed is the imagination and effort to have the outdoor spaces looking fab.

     

    Sites like Glasgow Live and Glasgow Tik toc and no doubt countless others have done a great job in promoting our Al fresco hospitality. This form of dining / drinking is here to stay, with TV’ screens, coverings / heating cleverly positioned.

     

     

    Change is happening and will become the norm. is it time to have a fresh look at Summer football.?

     

     

    We must investigate all opportunities with a fresh approach.

     

     

    HH to all.

  38. lets all do the huddle on

    Player of the Year vote –

     

     

    in years gone by, even if we were pish we would have 1 player who would at least provide moments of entertainment on the pitch by doing nutmegs or skinning a full back or other such tricks and flicks so we could just give them the POTY as a token gesture

     

     

    this squad has no one like that

     

     

    well apart from Rogic but hes hardly ever fit and diesnt play when he is fit. if Rogic had started every game that he was available for then he wiould have been POTY just because of some of the tricks he can do with the ball

     

     

    wouldnt necessarily have won us more games but wiould have provided moments of entertainment from a squad otherwise totally devoid of it

  41. Hot Smoked on

    If the POTY is based on the the player who most accurately reflects the Club this season, then Griffiths and Edouard are in with a shout…….as are a few select others.

     

    Supporter of the Year might prove an equally difficult choice.

  42. Big Georges Fan Club - Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on

    POTY ?

     

     

    Calmac or Ajer for me. Taylor for effort every time he is on the park.

     

     

    Plenty options for underperformer of the year, that’s for sure. Not into slagging Celtic men, but hard not to note that big Duffy has been a particular disaster – feel really sad for him; he obviously loves Celtic. Personally, I hope he can recover his career and just be a supporter from afar.

     

     

    HH

     

    BGFC

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