Celtic made an eleventh hour (literally) signing by securing German right back, Jeremy Toljan (24), on loan from Borussia Dortmund until the end of the season. The player was one of the hottest tickets in the Bundesliga 18 months ago when he joined Dortmund from Hoffenheim, making the kind of waves Kieran Tierney has here, but he has not enjoyed the same form since joining the league leaders.
The player and Napoli have been making eyes at each other for some time, but the Italians were not prepared to move this window; there is an expectation they may be back in the summer.
Brendan Rodgers is happy with what he gets from Kieran on the left, but clearly wants more on the right. We have a league and a treble to compete for, and, of course, Valencia in the Europa League. Jeremy is here to shore-up the silverware challenge.
Welcome to Celtic, Jeremy. That’s all, folks!
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Leftbackagain – great!!!
HH
BGFC & family
CRC – count me & Wee BGFC in as Sponsors for you & yer missus – keep walking !!
Will drop you an email.
HH
BGFC
Where are the trolls? They were just starting to pop up yesterday afternoon but are pretty quiet.
Watch out for the ‘good window BUT’ brigade that will inevitably surface as the morning passes.
Its been a good window
But why so many loans
But why no centre half
But why no game changer like Defoe
But Brendan is leaving
But But But
Cmon the 49ers
Leftbackagain.
Great news.
HH.
The blogger — GM
It only took 6 minutes for WITS to hit the “BUT” button ! Brilliant.
Aw heh Paul67 this article is way to long
Has it no aboot time fire a noo blog?
HH
Cannae wait furra summa windae
:-)
Leftbackagain
Great news, enjoy every new minute. Got a close friend going through the process right now, with good days and bad. hard to stay positive at times.
Should maybe bookmark some pages,come July when Hendry and Simunovic are getting the runaround be a team from Finland in the qualifiers…….
Decisions, Decisions, so do we play the fully signed up with a contract commitment guys, or do we play the cant get a geme at their own club 6 month fly by night glory hunter guys?
Catman if you’re looking in; Thanks.
Leftbackagain
Great news about your wife for the whole family. Had a similar experience some years ago.
HH
just read back, leftbackagain great news
Napoli quick news rage as CEO ‘dicked’ about.
Leftbackagain
That’s great news to start the day, all the best to you and your family.
YNWA
Atalanta right-back Castagna interested in a summer move to Celtic, according to comments in his press conference.
BOURNESOUPRECIPE @ 9 28
” Napoli quick news rage ” .
They are hiding it well . Discussing last night’s TV interview with Carlo Ancelotti ( I saw it too ) . Not keen on the January window would rather do it in the summer . Named 6 players -Kouame/Fornais/Upamecano/Bennacer /Lozano /Almendra
Uh-oh! Can see the nickname now, if ole Toljan doesn’t hit the ground running ?
My friends in Celtic,
It would seem our signing policy has been defined. Loans , more loans with an occasional buy. That is the modern way.
I am reasonably happy, but in 6 months we start all over again. A 6 month loan player can play only circa 16 games.
We have stuck an elastoplast on instead of fixing the problem.
It is now becoming difficult to keep track of our squad and we have obviously deviated from our expressed aim of ” Quality over quantity ”
Will this strategy impact on our development players ? Of course it will.
What sort of planning is it to loan back Mulumbu to where he came from. Remember Kilmarnock are our title challengers, ( We are better than one in the eye to the huns ) .
Yes we will win the league, but I defy any Celtic supporter not to have certain reservations.
HH.
Oh and it would be good to have Turkeybhoy come out of his self imposed exile and give us his views.
Like me he is a categorised ” Happy Clapper ” on here.
HH.
Leftbackagain
Fantastic news.
I am delighted for you and your family.
YNWA
LEFTBACKAGAIN
Great news!
Best wishes!
DAVID66
Best wishes to your good lady too.
Thoughts and prayers!
(Best wishes to you too!)
Whilst I am pleased by our business in this window, I am not so keen on 6 month loan deals. I prefer long term signings who hang about Celtic Park for a decade or more. It is no accident that four of my favourite ever Celtic players are, Danny McGrain, Tommy Burns, Paul McStay and Scott Brown. Like longevity in a Celtic team.
YNWA
Phil
Hope all is as good as can be with your daughter. It is an illness my own mother suffered as a teenager. Thought it was a disease we had cured.
YNWA
Jelly and ice cream
Worry not ! .
Tv news item re Magnum factories in Italy working overtime producing Magnums for Unilever to stockpile in the UK in case there is a No Deal Brexit
DD
Many thanks!
Back at hospital on Monday for more tests!
She is definitely on the mend, but that might be down to her not having a drink for the last two weeks!
Hope you are good too!
Ticket secured for Valencia
Area called Gol Gran Alto — 70 euros . Assume that is high up behind one of the goals .. Had to provide my Italian Identity Card details.
https://youtu.be/866_xuaLvTw
Well done Celts refusing Hibs bid on Scott Allen
Karma csc
Who would win in s fight between a loan and a Compper?
Left back again
Terrific news .
Hugs and high fives coming at ya …
I’m happy enough with that window.
January is always a tricky one.
Hopefully we get whoever our plan A was for right back come the summer on a permanent deal.
We look like we’ve added pace through the team with Burke, Weah and toljan. That was crucial.
I was at the game on weds, first time in ages. Brown looked much better than he’s been since returning from injury. Perhaps he is just getting back to full match sharpness?
Burke’s link up play is excellent. Weah wasn’t convincing on weds but that’s the first I’ve seen of him and the guys I was with tell me he has looked very impressive previously.
The other thing of note for me was Chris Ajers performance. O’Halloran is no slouch but Chris has him in his pocket for pace all night. He looked very assured. I think he is a real prospect with the right partner beside him.
Phil
All well with me thanks.
Think I have just thawed out from Wednesday night’s match.
YNWA
SoT
Do you mind me asking how you purchased your ticket for Mestalla. Looking to purchase 10 for the game. Valencia website?
YNWA
Helen MacEntee Fine Gael BBC radio 4 spells out crystal clarity on Brexit for the UK.
new article posted.
It was interesting watching Sky Sports transfer news last night that there seemed to be far more loan deals than straightforward buys going on.
Sometimes reading the blog you would think it’s only Celtic.
DELANEYS DUNKY
Arsenal pal in Cadiz got 2 tickets from a website ..In accordance with Spanish law and the policy of Valencia FC He had to provide his Spanish address (he has Residence status ) / Identity Card details etc . I had to provide my address here and the relevant info from my Italian Identity card. Pal said it was only possible to buy 2 tickets .