Likely summer signing number two, Virgil van Dijk, arrived in Glasgow this morning for a medical after terms were agreed with the player and his club, Groningen. The 6’4” player, who will be 22 next month, is a Dutch under-21 international.
Virgil is two weeks younger than Victor Wanyama and emerged into the Groningen team around the same time Victor pitched up in Glasgow, they have made almost exactly the same number of appearances for their respective clubs, 62 top flight games in total, in the case of Virgil.
62 games is an interesting figure. Enough to bed in, catch local scouts’ eyes and have well-travelled men from Glasgow watch several times before making a recommendation. Not enough to catch the eyes of less well-organised, but no less resourceful, scouts in the bottom half of the English Premier League, who Celtic now seem to compete for talent with.
If Virgil is the real deal, another couple of dozen games might have changed the competition for his signature.
Is there a 50-80 game window which can deliver sufficient evidence of a player’s talent, but not too much evidence, which evaporates the value gap? This hypothesis would be easy to test and if it holds would provide an interesting filter on the hundreds of names pushed to the club each year.
Have you booked for the Lions Roar event at Celtic Park tomorrow night? Last and precious opportunity to watch how the European Cup was won with the men who did the work. In short, priceless. Tickets available here.
Speaking of the men who won it, buy Heart of a Lion here:
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KILBOWIE KELT
At its worst,according to Frank Mulholland,it means Phil Mac will be treated in the country of his birth in much the same way his fellow journalist Donald Woods was in his.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Freedom
Been another tremor just up the road – ‘only’ 3.1 this time.
Never felt a thing!
No damage here in La Spezia, apparently.
People out in the streets.
HH!!
Trying to find a story posted on here about a week ago about Dr Jo convincing Lubo to sign for Celtic? Embdy got a link to it?? Cheers GMB
Gary Hooper ate my Nandos…
PFayr,
Bottom line.
Could Christy Moore ( or KK) be arrested for singing The Soldier’s Song or A Nation Once Again at a Scottish football ground ?
TALLYBHOY
Missing the safe environs of Troon?
Stay safe,bud-got a nightoooooot at The Maharani planned…..
new article posted.
weeminger
12:17 on 21 June, 2013
For those of you wanting to know roughly where Tallybhoy is: http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/
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Thank You, my ole Equake3d has stopped working as well a few months back. I will try a re-install but if that disnae work I will start using that site.
Thanks for the updated essential mixes as well. I really appreciate that.
If you’re not into Politics ignore this post but if you are look at this.
I think it is interesting.
http://youtu.be/aSzvndvwIKk
BMCUW
Howdy buddy!
I laugh in the face of earthquakes/tremors!
Pencil me in for the Maharani nighoot!
News just in – some structural damage reported.
HH!!
….PFayr
What I see is inconsistency from the sheriffs and the procurator fiscals regardless of the demographic of the defendant that the police have charged.
With that, as far as I am concerned their is partisanship at play or confusion.