21 Jan 2016 08:04:58
I see villa are apparently ready to bid £5 million for johansen. would you take the money or keep the player?
21 Jan 2016 08:32:20
I would sell him as long as we got a fair price - I'd be trying for around the £7 million mark. He's out of contract next summer and for me he is neither a holding midfielder or a no 10. A 433 would suit him better! Also if you look at him in Europe he's been very average, especially in the qualifiers both years! He should have scored away to Maribor, and put us 3-0 up against Malmo. He seems to lack a bit of nerve on the big stage! Even that huge game for Norway recently - he was voted the worst player in their team! How in the name of God can you judge a player against a Hamilton! As long as we reinvest the money I'd sell any of our players!
21 Jan 2016 08:46:36
If we are offered £5m for Stefan Johansen we must bite their hand off, he hasn't kicked a ball or looked remotely interested this season, we are well equipped in the attacking midfield position, take the money and spend it on a holding midfielder and winger / striker .
21 Jan 2016 09:33:48
Personally i think a deal is more or less been agreed. No coincidence we are close to signing a midfielder and possibly another.
21 Jan 2016 09:36:39
Sell him now,5 million is a great price, but push for more.
21 Jan 2016 09:40:41
Johansen is good at closing down opponents and - unlike a good few of our midfield - he can put a tackle in and has bags of energy.
I agree he has not been as good as last season, but even under par, he usually puts in a shift and links the play very well.
I think the manager obviously rates him and if he is unsettled, or deemed surplus and we sell, I a;so doubt the whole fee will be allocated on a replacement or two?
21 Jan 2016 11:25:49
Rogic can maybe kick on and hold a reg place. Get Johannson on the next plane.
21 Jan 2016 11:29:06
Doesn't take a genius to realuse he hasn't been at his best this term but I do think he has been over criticised. With the time on his contract, and a gut feeling that we are just a stepping stone for him now or the summer might be the correct time. I'd want a wee bit more than 5m but again, would we see the majority of that spent on a single player? Very much doubt it.
21 Jan 2016 12:01:13
I'd sell him. If the new lad signs that's us coming close to our 2m I expected us to spend. We still need to improve the squad and having that extra 5m+ means there can be no excuses not to.
21 Jan 2016 12:06:54
That's it for me JJ: he is a threat both attacking (tho too often this term he's let rip prematurely . . . and there's no excuses for *that*) and he hounds the player on the ball and let's them know he's there. Not for 5 million, in my view.
21 Jan 2016 12:14:04
Keep him form is temporary class is permanent.
21 Jan 2016 10:17:34
If the rumours are true, I think it's best for the club and player to part ways. There is obviously some issues in the background that are preventing him playing at the level we saw and enjoyed last year. And let's face it £5M isn't a great deal from a club playing in the EPL - we should hopefully drive the fee up a million or two.
21 Jan 2016 10:30:44
People always say it's great to have players who can play different positions, more importantly for me is having players you can put your life on, and make a position their own, a position they are confident playing. In the holding midfield role we only have Biton and Brown! Johanssen and Mulgrew, also McGregor are players who no-one knows what their best position is! In front of them we have guys like Rogic, Allan, Christie, Commons, Forrest, GMS and Armstrong who are somewhere between a winger, a no 10 and an attacking midfielder! Even Cifti isn't an out and out striker! We need to sort this out big time!
21 Jan 2016 20:36:29
I honesty don't know what Johanson has done to rattle so many cages . Undoubtedly player of year last season and also without doubt his form has dropped some what this season . However Bitton has survived a poor season and came out smiling . Commons can be rank rotten standing around as a passenger, yet he can spring into action scoring a goal and setting up a chance and he becomes a favourite of most . Celtic fans should realise how hard it is to sign a good Celtic player and how hard it is to keep a good one if we have got it . We should support Stefan and encourage him back to form .