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08 Jul 2026 18:48:24
Love reading the posts on here lads, you lot are amazing. Think we need a campaign to force Celtic to make our Edd007 the club's fan communication officer š we can but dream.
{Ed007's Note - There isn't enough money in the Club's bank account that would tempt me to do a job like that - I honestly feel heart sorry for JP Taylor! But thanks for the recommendation šš»š
08 Jul 2026 18:23:31
We have our new CF deal over the line and he has a proven track record of scoring so we are off in the right direction.
08 Jul 2026 19:17:04
I think he might be a winger.
08 Jul 2026 13:47:42
The Egyptian winger we're being linked with looked rhe part against top opposition last night, which will probably mean we've no chance.
08 Jul 2026 15:56:53
Know nothing of the lad, but very impressed with his performance last night against good opposition. basing it purely on that game if that's the type of dynamic winger he is we shouldn't be messing about. get it done.
08 Jul 2026 16:35:07
Thought we shouldn't buy players based on (one) world cup game/ s. šš.
08 Jul 2026 17:53:45
We seldom buy players these days anyway, so ill no lose sleep over it.
08 Jul 2026 17:54:38
Has somebody had a wee go at you deep river bhoy?
08 Jul 2026 18:57:09
One report saying he is valued at 4m as his value as dropped by 6m. After his performances in WC his club will put his price up by 6m.
He looks really dynamic and quick. If he is one we are in for, and it is 4m, it is a no brainer as we have spent more on poorer players.
Will Duran be our only new forward and it will be him Osman and Iheanacho.
What are you guys thoughts on those 3 being our striker force.
If fit Iheanacho can be a quality player, Duran looks the business and Osman has really potential.
I would like a big physical forward to bully the caber tossers in our league. The 6' 5" Norwegian we were linked with is the CS type who could lay it on for Duran or Osman.
{Ed007's Note - Hassan's release clause (all players in Spain & Portugal need them in their contract) was ā¬16m but after Real Oviedo were relegated the clause had a clause that it went down to ā¬10m but that doesn't mean we will have to pay that, all that means is that any club offering ā¬10m can automatically speak to the player - the most any club will need to pay for Hassan is ā¬10m.
The release clauses are usually set a bit high to fend off unwanted interest in the player BUT in the case of Hassan, Villarreal have a sell-on clause that is anywhere between 40-50% supposedly.}
08 Jul 2026 19:11:43
Don't think so?
08 Jul 2026 11:35:48
See our supreme leader honoured us with his presence hopefully he saw how short we are and helps the legend.
07 Jul 2026 20:17:44
Everyman and their dugs know the general feeling of a large proportion of the supporters feelings in relation to the boards incompetence. It just fuels the anti Celtic press. It chokes them to print any positive news about the club. We are continually told of players we missed without any validation of interest.
Yet we are provided puff pieces of the tribute acts signings and potential (pipe dream) . Even good news is delivered as a jobby sandwich. I'm fearful and hopeful at the same time. Just have to suck and see. If it wasn't MON in charge I would just be fearful. Here's hoping HH.
07 Jul 2026 22:30:45
You are right Kwaj. The media haven't a real notion of who we in for. They just link us with anyone in a certain price range, then hype it up if an agent name drops us to get attention for his player. The french striker earlier in the window and the Swedish defender are examples of that I think.
Our own media make it worse adding info in for click bait, like, "the board missed an email" so the french striker goes to a third rate Belgian team.
08 Jul 2026 07:13:37
Just watched the first half highlights of the game yesterday.
We got the ball forward far more quickly than we did all last season. Our cbs just received the ball, looked up and fired it forward. Most of the time it hit one of our own and they had a chance on goal.
Balikwisha looked comfortable in a physical game but just needs to learn that final piece, having a shot at goal early Many times he had the chance to hit it early but he needed an extra touch and the chance was gone.
The game definitely demonstrated our need for goal scorers up front. Hopefully Duran and another will fill that gap.
First game of the season and a helluva lot of work and business to do but already our system of play looked different.
08 Jul 2026 19:02:54
The Govan loving media have the sevvies buying Ferguson who is valued at 17m. Clearly trying to move the hordes minds away from the cheap staunch players they have taken in.
Watching him for Scotland he isn't a 17m player imo.
We take in another 4 or 5 players of Durans quality and we will be loooking good.
07 Jul 2026 17:21:30
How many players do we realistically need and how many are we likely to get. Of the players that have left I reckon 3 made a telling contribution Aurajo, Sarrachi, Inheacho, with a few others showing up here and there. So for me we need to replace those 3 plus 3 others. Can't see us signing 6 and expect 3 more max.
07 Jul 2026 18:23:43
4 and replace any that leaves
Lb, 3 forwards, are my 4
Leavers replaced like for like, starter for starter etc
Then thereās the do we look for a rb and gk, seems gk is someone they want, personally I donāt think needed
My opinion
Could we sell a cb get a new one in
Sell Engels reo replace similar quality
Replace Daizen with another runnning machine with pace.
07 Jul 2026 18:25:35
Watching the game between Egypt and Argentina, the Egyptian Hussain Hassan on the right wing is a player, unbelievably quick and has quick feet.
Have volume off as the slug is commentating.
07 Jul 2026 18:27:22
We need a left back, GK, striker and right winger to give us cover in those areas. That is the bare minimum we need and that is before we talk about improving the first XI or replace players who leave.
07 Jul 2026 19:03:43
Guy for Egypt Iām kinda lucky now going out, if we are in for him donāt really want him out there again.
07 Jul 2026 19:11:10
GK, 2 CBās, 2 CMās and 2 Strikers for me
All first team ready.
07 Jul 2026 20:11:18
Bishopton did it
Not say realistically lol.
07 Jul 2026 20:17:55
I think 6 new players and replace any first team regulars that leave. GK, LB (because we only have KT in that position ) , CM, RM, LM, Striker. I can't see us getting half of that but I can wish.
07 Jul 2026 20:54:30
Jaa, I was going to say after watching tonightās game with Shelbourne we need a new 24/ 25 man squad š¤£š¤£š¤£.
07 Jul 2026 21:01:19
Gk lb cb cdm am lw rw st is the minimum needed and all better than we have or whoever departs.
08 Jul 2026 02:53:29
Thereās not one player Iād pay to watch at Celtic right now, so Iāll say we need 12. That said, if I was home Iād likely still have a season ticket.
08 Jul 2026 19:24:22
H2M, you must have really high standards or god bless not been part of the whole 1990s debacle. AJ, CCV, KT, Scales, Engles, CalM, Daizan, Ox, Jamesy are all really good Celtic players. If yer skint. yeah stay at home and stop moaning.
07 Jul 2026 15:42:09
Should we in background be revisiting dolberg on the cheap compared to last link we had to him, he rejected us for Ajax, most would ā¦. had a shocker last season and an injury but he was the most exciting link weāve had in some time.
07 Jul 2026 16:46:19
Supposedly we had everything agreed for him to sign last season but we just didn't bother going ahead with the deal and didn't even answer calls from his agent. It was only then that he went to Ajax so why would he even consider coming to us.
07 Jul 2026 16:56:08
Looks like we dodged a bullet.
07 Jul 2026 16:56:54
Also with regards to possibly buying a gk, surely we could stick with model of older international still quality gk model, listening to joe hart he should be employed to go speak to anyone weāre interested in, Norway keeper, Swiss keeper both out contract, older but awesome keepers, read a rumour of a 5m gk bid and got the barkas ptsd.
07 Jul 2026 18:18:19
JB, he said that as soon as Ajax came into the negotiations there was only one place he was going, so to say it was our fault is nonsense.
08 Jul 2026 08:13:58
Maeda
I'm just repeating what I heard, we had plenty of time to get the deal done for Dolberg and in talking weeks before Ajax got involved, his agent said he tried getting in touch with MN and his calls were ignored.
It's the very same as the Balikwisha deal had been agreed weeks before the Kirat game but we didn't bother until after we were out.
I know people will say that he wouldn't have made any difference but it could have cost us the CL money.
07 Jul 2026 12:20:30
Edd, do you have any update on how Jota is progressing and IF and when he be back training mate.
{Ed007's Note - Jota is now expected to be out until October/November after suffering a recent setback in his recovery.}
07 Jul 2026 16:47:11
We will be lucky if he plays for us again.
07 Jul 2026 16:59:42
Wasnāt blessed with pace so hopefully thatās only thing he lacks when returns his quality if knee can hold up shoukd shine thru.
07 Jul 2026 14:02:58
So once again it is not looking like a Devine transfer window
Reports in England saying one of our supposed top targets Andy Devine is having medical at Preston (PRESTON)
What that tells this Tim is once again our fekin Board have messed up, but it also tells a lot about the player who wants an easy pay check in the EPL than go to next level at Celtic in CL, so maybe we have had a lucky escape with this player.
07 Jul 2026 15:48:55
We'd never have payed 6m Tim our ceiling is about 3m.
07 Jul 2026 15:52:45
Or maybe players and agents don't want to deal with Celtic and who can blame them.
{Ed007's Note - Yeah because agents are notorious for taking the huff with clubs over failed deals š¤ These agents are grown ass professional men & tough negotiators, _ they're definitely not a group of teenage lassies who take the huff because they didn't get their own way.
Agents like to sell players to Celtic - they don't always enjoy negotiating with Celtic, there's a huge difference there.}
07 Jul 2026 16:33:55
Tim, who is Andy Devine? Never heard of him and Google shows no footballer of that name? Is it meant to be Alfie Devine?
07 Jul 2026 16:37:28
Mally our Board cannot have it both ways they want top dollar for our players then low ball other clubs trying to sell us players, yes our Board are entitles to negotiate best deals, but sometimes our bids are just so low no club will entertain us.
08 Jul 2026 10:59:16
Were we ever really interested in the boy or was it more made up rubbish by the MSM.
The boy himself posted that you shouldn't believe everything you read.
08 Jul 2026 03:00:51
Ed, youāre in the know. Agents donāt like dealing with any clubs that push back. In fact Iāll take that further and a few steps closer to homeā¦. Agents prefer to deal with clubs that donāt ask too many questions.
07 Jul 2026 07:20:57
Brilliant from Dublin Airport their video footage has the boys coming off the plane to simply the best š¤£.
06 Jul 2026 22:16:04
We will learn from this, blah blah blah. Nothing changes with this Board as they are incompetent. We are massively down numerically, some done little (Adamu, Mvucka) others had good impact (Sarrachi, Inheacho) and Sarrachi should have been done weeks ago.
Yes there is time but preseason is under way and we are about 6 players short of where we need to be. Nothing will change under DD, his board should be fired but he has a bunch of puppets dancing to his tune.