02 Aug 2020 21:41:41
Ed do you have any insight into our interest in Hickey? The boy clearly has potential. Paddy Bonner was saying before the game today that we have been asked to be kept informed of the transfer situation. Do you think we have other targets higher on our list?

{Ed007's Note - We've definitely got a strong interest in Hickey but with Taylor and Bolingoli here there's no clear route for him to get any first team action and for the lad's own career he needs to be playing every week.
Personally I'd put forward a deal that would see him signing for us and staying at Hearts for 2 years but I think there's a chance he will move elsewhere this summer but again it will come down to game time, all these big, rich clubs that are supposedly in for him but at what level will he be playing at for them?}


1.) 03 Aug 2020
02 Aug 2020 23:06:22
Surely Bolingoli isn't going to interfere with any game time and Hickey should be able to see he only has Taylor to compete with? I know we still need to get him off the books. I would hope we wouldn't let another young talent slip through our grasp. 1.5M is what Hearts are looking for apparently. Could be another Robertson situation all over again.


2.) 03 Aug 2020
02 Aug 2020 23:40:14
If it was about game time, he would stay at Hearts, but it's all about money, Bayern will probably pay him a lot more to play for their development team than Celtic will pay him to go on loan back to Hearts, in the end it will all come down to what the young guy thinks is more important, finance or football.


3.) 03 Aug 2020
03 Aug 2020 07:32:06
Apparently Bayern are willing to make him their highest paid development player Aindoh. There really should be something done to prevent the way teams like chelsea, Man city and Bayern are snapping up so much young talent. The governing body should really be managing this situation.


4.) 03 Aug 2020
03 Aug 2020 15:23:28
Maybe I've just caught him at the wrong times but I've never watched Hickey and thought he's a guy I'd like Celtic to sign. I'm not in the hype-train atm.