A year after trying and failing to sign him from Lech Poznan, Celtic have secured the services of Aleksandar Tonev from Aston Villa. Tonev has blistering pace, a right footer who is usually used on the left, he is an archetypal counter-attacking player.
The player’s profile blossomed during the first six months of 2013, in particular after he scored a hat-trick for Bulgaria against Malta, which brought Villa and Celtic to the table. The step-up to the English Premier League from playing a speciality role for Poznan was, not surprisingly, too much.
Aleksandar plays the same position as Georgios Samaras, albeit he’s a completely different type of player, but we will look to him to do the same job – be an out ball away from home in Europe.
Ronny will have seen him only from DVDs, so he’ll be keen to get him onto the pitch tomorrow morning for a run-out ahead of St Johnstone. Let’s hope the manager likes what he sees…. It’s a worry. The most promising part of deal is that Aleksandar has a point to prove, I’d rather hungry players with a point to prove than those who’ve too much on the clock.
Welcome to Celtic, Aleks.
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I’m sure twitter will soon be linking us with Billy the Fish!!!!
HH jamesgang
Any manager who hasn’t full control of signings is under intense pressure.
We were after Tonev two years ago.
Are we seriously supposed to believe he is a Deila target?.
Or just a strange coincidence?
Good luck to the fella.
He is a Celt now and I wish the lad well.
Out of curiosity, what’s the point of investing in a scouting network if our manager isn’t supposed to take advantage of it?
Vincent Kompany was once a 17 year old unknown Belgian defender who played in an Anderlecht team that turned us over in Europe.
Just saying as opposed to just supposing CSC
Here’s a thought, does anyone think Ronny would have been scouting in the EPL for his team on Norway and that his list of targets would remain the same when he got to Celtic?
Not at all a fan of loan signings. Screams “lack of commitment” from all concerned…
Claims on twitter that the Man City lad we`re after is Jason Denayer, a centre half who turned 19 six weeks ago – so clearly ready to come in and make an immediate impact!
Eddieinkirkmichael….
Me too, I hope Tonev rams my current opinion of him right down my throat…..
Watched him play a couple of times for Villa last season and not hopeful that he will though.
It wasn’t so much a lack of confidence as lack of any type of footballing brain.
Massively over hit passes, unable to go past a man, and wild inaccurate shots from any distance.
Has a bit of pace but that’s about it.
RD said last week he wasn’t interested in loan signings,but then again he has no input .
Anyone think Celtic will tread water till the Hun tribute act return?
Me too
ItaliaBhoy 2258-
Absolutely right. And although we may have an option to buy at the end of the loan the player isn`t obliged to sign for us. He`s in the shop window for a year and will go where he wants to at the end of it depending on what offers he has.
Not exactly in line with the much vaunted “long term strategy”.
TJ
Just read your post
Your dad’s a real Tim … Through and through
Prayers offered up for Jim tonight and a wee candle will be lit in at brides Cambuslang this week
God bless and protect him and keep his family strong at this time
Cults
Was just about to post something similar.
HH
Just out of interest, how long does any representative of Celtic last.
Once the fans start to chant…GTF.
The warning signs are there, the PLC should pay attention.
HH
Cults
The Hun tribute act cannot return as they ain’t been there before
Cultsbhoy
Actually, that would be the same strategy that we’ve had since MON left, when Armageddon was just a big word on computer games.
HH
Scunnerd, off to bed
An hour from the deadline for transfers in a multi million pound game and Lawwell and co sit and dither as usual.
Millions in the coffers,a reprieve in Europe and still nothing of note doing.
And we laugh at Sevco.
Bada Bing!!
He actually said he didn’t see the point in loan signings if there was no option to purchase.
He didn’t like the idea of developing players and sending them back.
Both our loans signing have us on first option.
RWE-
Vincent Kompany was a 17 year old boy, rabbit caught in the headlights, when we went 3-0 up on Anderlecht after 20 minutes in the CL at Celtic Park.
The CL is no place for a teenager to earn their trade, especially a defender, by all means ease them into dead rubber group games but not a qualifier with £20 million riding on it. That is the stuff of lunacy.
Wednesday’s game against St. J will give us a much better idea of where we are. We have a fair idea of how we should do against them whereas we didn’t really know what to expect from Legia.
If we turn out to be as gutless and clueless against our fellow SPFLr’s as we were against Legia then we can start manning the lifeboats.
Still think Kenwyn Jones could do a job at Celtic.
Great target man.
Think he would be a great signing for a couple of seasons.
No sell on value so probably won’t happen.
Or the other Belgian u21 defender at Man City Jason Danayer?
The Green Man
I’m sure you get that all the time and you’re still here…..
Joke!!!
2 loan signings.
Sums up my day. A day which involved labouring on a Fawlty Towers style farm during a storm – the results?
A portable toilet(contents eventually released onto the field/river) floating on rainwater, my phone being soaked… My discovery of a new personal desire to install some Communism to confront my rampant capitalist boss and my saying adios to some good amigos who all joined me in walking out.
Oh my Gogol book soaked and hyperthermia a possibility.
Agency work. Marvellous.
James gang
Linking us with Billy the fish !!!
I didn’t realise you did the old Cockney rhyming slang ;)
File under Boeriggter, D.
2 loans and a free suggest the board are not yet sure about Ronny.
The boy Denayer from City is a player. Saw him twice last season for their young team, best player on the pitch on both occasions.
Just how many changes to the lineup including brand new players should we be making for the maribor away game ?
(not the same question as how many players should we be getting in for the new season)
Martim 1980- a wee bit of an after thought I think, he was adamant he didn’t want loan players
Martim1980
Some of the support were chanting for Pedro to GTF at the Legia game last week.
HH
I am Neil Lennon e El Juarez Bravo
so that’ll be a loan deal(without an option to buy
Love
Billy Sharp again? Was that not last year’s chat, as was Tonev (who I hope turns out well)?
Sorry to join the ranks of the mildly disgruntled – and believe me, that is not my usual place – but wtf is happening here??????
Where is the scouting / forward planning / player acquisition strategy / squad development?
I felt that, two years or so ago, we had a squad that was developing well. Good penalty-box goal scorer, very strong midfield, excellent shot-stopper – what the hell has happened here??? Our team is going backwards – aaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!
I’m not nor,ally negative, and me and Wee BGFC truly love Celtic, but this is getting quite depressing. Hard to keep convincing myself that things will be alright.
HH
BGFC
and do we throw them in/make the same changes against st.johnstone or dundee utd ?
Only jesting about the Communism. My Eastern Euro chums did mutter the immortal word ‘gulag’ once or twice. You know you are in trouble when even the Poles dread a day’s work.
spikeysauldman
23:06 on 11 August, 2014
Just how many changes to the lineup including brand new players should we be making for the maribor away game ?
(not the same question as how many players should we be getting in for the new season)
……..
Henderson and Griffiths on from the start.
Martim1980
You don’t know me….why are you presuming anything.
That’s a few times you have had a wee dig at me.
I was thinking of replying with a spectacularly surreal rant, but seeing you don’t know me…you wouldn’t get it.
So…peace be with you.
You will need to try harder:)
HH
More proof in the pudding that manager has no choice in player arrivals.
“Let’s hope the manager likes what he sees”
Deary me. Get me a buckfast now please!
WD says AYE
cultsbhoy
23:00 on 11 August, 2014
Anyone think Celtic will tread water till the Hun tribute act return?
Me too
A fallacy IMO, more jam tomorrow stuff, Sevco will have less to spend in the next 3 years than the previous IMO………. or we will have a 25mil spending spree ? Can’t see it mate HH