Alexandro Bernabei was finally announced as a Celtic player by former club, Lunas, in the early hours of this morning. At 21, the left back is the same age Greg Taylor was when he joined the club in 2019.
The environment Alexandro worked in at Lanus could hardly be more different than what he walks into at Celtic. Lunas won only three of the last 20 league games their former defender played in, including his final game, which saw Alexandro red carded. The pressure to win was significantly less than in Glasgow.
That factor possibly permits young talent more scope to flourish; teams stuck somewhere in the no man’s land that is lower midtable of a 26-team league, need not stress about winning or losing too much. Even relegation is a multi-year process in Argentina, no one season alone can put you down.
One year before Alexandro’s contract expired, the reported £3.75m fee is a discount on the money Lanus earned when selling a central defender to Parma last year for €10m, or a midfielder to Atlanta for €6m in 2020. Hopefully that discount is due more to the expiring contract than any perception of the player’s prospects.
Welcome to Celtic, Alexandro! There is a lot of hard work ahead, but it is great to see Celtic work the globe to fine value. Contrast with the days we travelled the M8 to find Chris Killen could scarcely be greater.
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Golden Earring?
Recycling for laughs and wind uppery.
HS @ 10.28
AB says that the stadium looks incredible / impressive …
That should read that his CFC PR handler has told him to say that.
That a 21yr old from the land of the El Monumental / La Bombenera / La Fortaleza / El Cilindro would offer comment about the stadium on signing for the club on such an auspicious day — different continent / big wages / CL level — is a challenge to general comprehension on many levels.
Or — Aye right as they in WCS / Glesga
Well that tells me is that the comments / jibes / ideas regarding the need to rebuild the Main Stand are starting to annoy / upset / unsettle the board and so they should as their inaction over 20 plus years is a dereliction of duty that unfortunately would appear to be their standard way of working.
If only didn’t need to run the club / squad / football team then I am sure he could knock up some ideas for the Main Stand rebuild — all it takes is energy / ambition / desire.
You know the things that PL didn’t have for the club.
Silverchair ?
GP @ 11.58
So that what Wee FMcC was missing back in 1994 — a suitably sized Karcher …
CJ looks like this season’s LG.
I hope that he manages to convince himself that playing football is what he needs.
Plus that the one year contact extension is based on him signing for a team.
Hate to think that we now owe him two years money.
Welcome to the Celtic family Alexandro,
May your days with us be blessed and trophy laden.
At 21, the left back is the same age Greg Taylor was when he joined the club in 2019.
At 1.69m, the left back is the same height as Greg Taylor when he played U16s.
Exciting times.
Hopefully instantly improves the champions
CS leaving BM for RA in the JPL — £500K development fee.
Interesting to see how his career develops in that we had scouted him as a growing talent / new TR?
Jullien a drama queen to the end….
Correction: 1,6905285206m
TBB @ 12.14
You are a bad / bad / bad man.
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“CS leaving BM for RA in the JPL”
WTF? WTAF?
TBB @ 12.18
CS — ex BM prospect — was a potential target who has gotten away.
JPL = Belgian league.
My friends in Celtic,
Ange came in and hit the ground running. He has now working through the close season and the changes in personnel is astonishing.
Mark Lawwell: Head of recruitment
Harry Kewell : Fellow Aussie, confidant & first team coach and assistant manager.
Anton McElhone Sports Science.
An abundance of players coming and going.
We never stop.
HH.
THE BATTERED BUNNET on 30TH JUNE 2022 12:18 PM
I think RA is the Provos and JPL is a TV shopping channel.
Though I might be wrong.
ps TV is television, just in case anyone thinks it’s something more risque.
The Grauniad transfer blog is a mine of useless information / nuggets that we have missed.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2022/jun/01/mens-transfer-window-summer-2022-premier-league-la-liga-bundesliga-serie-a-ligue-1-club-guides
So Chris Jullien couldn’t agree with Schalke terms unknown.?
Imagine the year long extension to his contract was subject to him going out on loan, and we’re back to the last year of his deal unless a similar move can be set up.
Pretty poor value in the end IMO a career that started to wain when Celtic’s medical staff couldn’t diagnose a back problem that he insisted was to be treated in France. Writhing in agony in minor skirmishes is not a good look for any CB, fast forward to his clash with a goalpost that broke his leg or done his knee, take your pick he was back in France locked down with his contract.
I haven’t read anywhere on CQN that said Jullien wasn’t a good player but AP has already chosen better characters and will again.
The story about Jullien being unable to agree personal terms sounds suspect to me.
It’s almost inconceivable to go to the trouble of flying a player over for a medical if the club and and player didn’t know the ball park figure for remuneration.
I’m not even sure why Jullien would be negotiating personal terms given that it’s a loan deal in the first instance.
I suspect big Chris has failed his medical. His career looks over.
Wordle nonsense again….
Doesn’t look like Schalke Bada.!
I wonder if the triggered extension triggers any increase in bargaining power for Chris julien.
Ah well wherever he ends up I wish him the best.
Unless there is a big switcheroo,but I think he’ll be gone,good luck to him.
HH
BSR @ 12.29
CJ’s career before he rocked up at P/head at the age of 26 and a half for £7mill.
.
Very surprised to see the limited quality game time that he had managed to build up until that point.
Three years with a low rent / under achieving L1 side in France is not much to shout about.
Makes the £7mill valuation even more inflated than it seemed at the time.
CS @ £4.5mill is starting to look like value in that context.
PL had a very strange eye for value at times.
The £60K number still hangs over us.
Strange.
BSR
12.29
I haven’t read anywhere on CQN that said Jullien wasn’t a good player but AP has already chosen better characters and will again.
Indeed 👍
HH
Toaty Trumper / Karcher salesman @ 12.35
Your £1mill / £1.2mill montlhy spend comment last night …
Any chance you could offer some confirmation / back up on your statement from last night that we are seemingly spending £1mill / £1.2mill per month on our home — hopefully P/head and not a house in G74 with a heated driveway or a hotel in the Caribbean with a lot of golf buggies outside.
Asking for a friend.
Initially I thought it was a post, por cierto
AN DÚN on 30TH JUNE 2022 12:33 PM
Maybe you don’t just pass or fail a medical. Maybe the quack provides an assessment of the likelihood of the player being able to perform at 100% for x number of years, and the personal terms are adjusted up or down to reflect that assessment.
AN DÚN on 30TH JUNE 2022 12:33 PM
“The story about Jullien being unable to agree personal terms sounds suspect to me.
It’s almost inconceivable to go to the trouble of flying a player over for a medical if the club and and player didn’t know the ball park figure for remuneration.
I’m not even sure why Jullien would be negotiating personal terms given that it’s a loan deal in the first instance.
I suspect big Chris has failed his medical. His career looks over.”
I concur, por cierto
Surely, some sort of insurance payout kicks in for Celtic and the player, if Christopher Jullien’s career is over or severely restricted? por cierto
said at the time spent £10 m allegedly on him and boli , what a waste of money.
ERNIE LYNCH
But why would there be talks about pay when it’s a 12 month loan deal ?
I would have thought the only talks would have been between us and Schalke regarding how much of his salary they pick up for the season.
Should schalke have exercised the option to buy later on then his agent talks pay, but before ? Seems suspect.
RC @ 12.51
BBG was better value at £3mill that CJ was at £7mill.
My nightmare about BBG is that he will go for a song and a couple of years later he will play against us in the CL — OK more likely the EuL — and be a matchwinner for them.
To me he has a lot of talent.
Just a case in a NL coached team he looked a bit lost at times.
I think that he will be worth the effort somewhere and he will have some great games.
Celtic Unfounded Rumours and Mad Mitch,
What a bloody mix.
Karcher salesman @ 12.56
That was the answer I expected but not the one I was hoping for.
So we now have confirmation that with your DD luv you live outside reality when it comes to comments about the club?
There is no £1mill / £1.2mill per month spend “on our home”?
You just made it up to make yourself feel good?
Ottoman @ 12.57
What is it for today’s mantra?
CJ = Good
AP = jury still out?
I blame all that sun — we were not designed for it.
MM
SFTB’s research posted yesterday into Chris Jullien’s pre Celtic career was a real eye opener for most.
£7M is a lot for Celtic but more and more each season the ceiling transfer fee gets higher as we push our paltry poor league weekly wage upwards.
Do you get champion’s league class CB’s for under £10M ? – only if your’e very careful.
Virgil van Dijk CSC
Rinse and repeat.
Anyone saying Jullien was not a good CH,knows nothing about football.
Like saying Jota is not a very good winger.
The best ones are the experts saying we should sign Itakura,Sousa,Belli’s.They have never seen them play,and would not know them if they walked up to them and kicked them in the nuts.Laughable.
AT @ 12.56
Enough is enough — time to move on.
So cheerie — best of British to you and yours.