Virgil van Dijk looks like a level-headed footballer, so I don’t think his game will be upset by his agent’s loose lips. He has enjoyed a remarkably successful first season at Celtic Park but any attempt by his representatives to create an earner this summer is likely to be inhibited by the three years remaining on his Celtic contract.
There is always a risk of serious injury, but short of that, Virgil’s market value will not diminish in the next 12 months and may even appreciate. He is in a completely different situation from Victor Wanyama and Gary Hooper, who glided into the last two and one year of their contracts respectively.
It’s a truism of football that those spending a nation’s the mineral wealth on football players tend to get what they want, but it remains to be seen if a handful of Champions League performances are enough to tempt this kind of approach onto the table. Great player though he promises to be, Virgil’s not been tested at the top level over a prolonged period.
Thanks again for all your support of the Mary’s Meals Malawi school kitchen project ahead of Friday’s CQteN St Patrick’s Day dinner. You can get involved here.
For whisky aficionados, we have a very special auction running between now and 12:00 on Friday. We have bottle No. 1 of a limited edition (291 in total) Craigallachie Telford’s Bridge, in a wooden box and presentation cardboard tube, whit an authentication certificate.
Bids are by email only to auction@celticquicknews.co.uk. This is a rare and valuable bottle, an opening bid of £100 is on the table. Shipping within UK and Ireland is included. Please include contact details and your bid amount.
Rest in Peace, Rose Theresa Brennan, who died yesterday, and our thoughts and prayers to Martin42 on the loss of his mother, for the difficult days ahead.
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Paul
My sincere condolences to you and your family
Paul, Martin42
sincere condolences on your loss.
rip Mrs Brennan
Sir Paul
Sincere Condolences to You , Martin42.
May your Dear Mother ,rest in Peace.
Paul and Wife and Family, a Hard Blow to be dealt with the loss of Your Granny.
Kojo.
Paul and Martin
My thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time
Patrick27
I see young Tony Watt has had a go at the manager for Lierse.
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2014/03/11/he-always-blames-me-celtic-striker-tony-watt-blasts-lierse-coach-stanley-menzo/131211/
Martin42, Paul67 & family
Sorry to hear of your loss.
Condolences to all the Brennan family- your Mum will have seen her family make her proud
Paul67 and Martin42.
Sorry to hear the sad news.
Winner of champion hurdle and a couple of places on my lucky15
More than wiped my feet
ready for day 2….
I was also sorry to hear about Bob Crowe, a decent man who did great work for his union. He’ll be a big loss.
Copies of the new CQN book which is titled SEVILLE – The Celtic Movement have arrived. We have a wee pic of this over on the CQN Magazine Facebook page. It will be on sale at CQTEN and you can also order from the blog now. If contributed to CQN last May or again in January when we were discussing Seville then you are in the book. If you send your Seville photos in to CQN – then these are in the book. And some of you are also in our cartoons. It’s a lovely Celtic book – I hope you like it too.
Jack Irvine’s latest departure from Ibroke is bad news for Bill McMurdo’s boy.
He’ll have to put his name to someone else’s press releases. Providing they want to use him, of course.
Sincere Condolences to Martin 42 & Paul67 on your sad loss.
Sir Paul
Gotta Disaagree..
Respectfully, Pally.. Respectfully.
Virgil, is in a Badder Place~than Eethur o’ those Two Unworthies.
Virgil, hiz bin..Sullied? Tainted?… Smudged?… well.. at the very Least..
“Got At~”
Is that Plain Enuff..???
Virgil, wull never be the Same ,Bhoy..
Ah fully expect him tae go.. Come August..
n…
Tae Paraphrase ,Ma Favourite Poet..
“If Virgil goes, is Forster … Faur Behind???”
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
steinreignedsupreme-after initial predictable stereotyping of Bob Crow,now getting proper recognition on Sky/BBC
Paul and family. My condolences.
And more bad news regarding Bob Crowe. Terrible loss to his members. Everyone actually.
RIP.
!!Bada Bing!! 17:41 on 11 March, 2014
“after initial predictable stereotyping of Bob Crow,now getting proper recognition on Sky/BBC”
I’m sure the Daily Mail will have a field day tomorrow. But that’s only to be expected. They’ll no doubt run groundless tales of London coming to a standstill on the day of his funeral, which they may even attend to ‘doorstep’ grieving mourners.
The Mail taking the moral high ground on any matter always amuses me.
Paul and Martin, condolences on your sad loss.
Requiescat in pace, Rose.
HH
Blantyretim.
I had a few quid on the last one at 8/1 had to wait through a stewards enquiry. also had a double up earlier on.
Paul67
Please extend my respects and sympathy to your family today.
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Kojo
17.38
Is it fair to suggest we both think Virgil finds himself in …a Bidder Place… now and for the forseeable future?
Is the recent MSM criticism of Fat Sally, and Jack Irvine’s “mutual” parting with Media House, a coincidence?
Hmmm!
HH
Sorry for your Loss Paul, Thoughts and Prayers bro.
Take care,
KLV
GuyFawkesaforeverhero.
Neat..Nice..
Ah wish Ah Hid thought o’ that Line!
Indubitably, Virgil … Soitenly…Finds himself in a…. “Bidder Place”
N..
Ye jist Know how. Kojo. Luvs an Auction!
Money, Money, Money!!
God, furgie Me. but..
Ah Luv it~~
Nice chattin’ ,Pally..
Kojo
Still ,Laughin’
Paul and Martin, condolences to you both, and your family.
May you find the necessary strength and fortitude.
Thoughts of you all in my prayers.
I realise this is beginning to look like something of an obsession but I still have not seen anything OFFICIAL concerning Nir Biton`s injury. Has anyone or are we all repeating the same rumours?
JJ
Keep up the good work oldtim
Re Virgil. I noticed in our last Home game how the often maligned Efe Ambrose both covered for Virgil and guided the young Dutchman positionally throughout the game.
JJ
The Snowman saying they could win the league in record time………..
Clutchingatstrawscsc
Regards Virgil.
Take the big bucks, try the young bucks.
Good luck to our young Reserves tonight against Hibernian especially Eoghan O’Connell, Marcus Fraser and Liam Henderson.
Often it’s injuries and/or suspensions to established players which open a route to the first eleven.
Also, I’d like two or three of the Under20’s to experience a tough away game in the big team before playing at the Bear-pit under lights on 31st March.
Mr Absolutely on STV news , plonker.
Re Virgil…..if we accept less than £15m in the summer
then we have totally no ambition….time to play hard ball
with the cash laden EPL.
Maybe Union Jack got hunted for not closing The Dallas Cowboys deal…..
McCoist claims there is a misunderstanding about the deid team. No, there’s no. There has been unprecedented spin lying about them, which their follow followers have lapped up. The truth has always been out there; they chose to ignore it.
Big Virgil won’t leave in the summer….next year mibbe….spoke to two Dutch scouts from the national team who thought he was two or three years away from being able to move to a top club and he has been advised to cement his place with us…plus him and his girlfriend love it in Glasgow.
Fraser…now that’s a different thing altogether…
Kikinthenakas
hendrix67
17:17 on
11 March, 2014
I see young Tony Watt has had a go at the manager for Lierse.
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2014/03/11/he-always-blames-me-celtic-striker-tony-watt-blasts-lierse-coach-stanley-menzo/131211/
Oh dear.
I thought Tony was beginning to show signs of screwing the nut and behaving like an adult and a pro.
Sadly not.
kikinthenakas-agree re VVD,though PL will have a fee in mind for him this summer…
Leigh Griffiths thus far is certainly making a mockery of his critics.
Recents comments from him would suggest an intelligence and insight into the game that would surprise some. He also knows the clugger Scottish football from the inside out and unlikely to be surprised by the hammer throwers.
And he has that necessary gallus, hungry quality that successful strikers have in barrow loads. Just take a look at his Twitter avatar in his Hoops top celebrating in front of the mini-huns, it’s worth it for a chuckle.