13 Feb 2024 13:50:13

I got a ticket for AV v Man U on Sunday (fab game but that's not the point of the post) . Got speaking to a Villa ST holder who bumped into John McGinn when in Edinburgh last year for a Europa League match with Hibs. He said John McGinn was brand new and in the context of his move to Villa, Celtic were about to announce his signature when he got a call at the 11th hour (with Hibs permission) from Steve Bruce, the then Villa manager. He sold McGinn playing for Villa, top league in the world etc and chose to sign for them. I realise this may be old news to some but thought it worth sharing.

1.) 13 Feb 2024
13 Feb 2024 21:37:27
Villa were in the championship when he signed.

2.) 13 Feb 2024
13 Feb 2024 21:42:23
That's what happened caused PL messed about and allowed the situation to develop. a major cause of a rift between BR and him. McGinn got fed up waiting on us.

3.) 14 Feb 2024
14 Feb 2024 00:58:22
It doesn’t really matter about J Mc Ginn now as we shouldn’t spend all our time in the past . Celtic were very confident that Mc Ginn was going to sign for the or else let his contract expire and Celtic could sign him on a free in summer . Villa had no money until an investment was made in club just before transfer window closed . Manager Bruce was able to make a bid which was high for a player who would have been free in a few months . Mc Ginn went to Birmingham to sign, it is very unusual for neither Hibs nor player who we believe to be Celtic daft, not to inform Celtic who had been the highest bidder before Aston Villa made their bid that they were no longer highest bidder.
Rumour was that Petrie was unhappy with BL because he didn’t support Petrie bid for position n with SFA.

4.) 14 Feb 2024
14 Feb 2024 06:16:17
I hate PL but I thought he played his hand correctly with John mcginn. Obviously in hindsight he could have done things differently and we would have got him and he would have been a good addition but c'est la vie.