Celtic Rumours Archive July 27 2013

27 Jul 2013 23:14:50
Im hearing we are to sign either Billy Sharp or Kevin Doyle early next week in time for Wednesdays match.
Trust me on this

Dannybhoy84

Can't happen in time for Wednesday, registration deadline for that match was Thursday! {Ed007's Note - One player can still be signed up until 23.00 (or 00.00) on Tuesday and will be eligible}

Please Ghod no.

Im not too excited by either if i'm honest I don't think they are any better than what we already have.

Dannybhoy84

If this happens the board have to have a good look at themselves for the money we generated last season in champions league is that our goal to ensure our finances remain strong on a yearly basis or by has beens and get nowhere near the groups an old saying you've got to speculate to accumulate not asking to spend 7 mil on striker but buy young street with goals and determination I think that's our transfer policy. bal1986

PLEASE Noooooooooooo! and PLEASE Nooooooooooo!

I seriously hope its BS, don't rate either player if doyle was any good I think a championship side or newly promothed epl side would be interested, I don't think anyone is interested in him except us which says a lot. And as for Billy Sharp, no thanks would rather have Pat Sharp.

Just seen that Gary Parker has said he is not sure a new striker will be signed to fill the void created by Hoopers switch to Norwich. Maybe just a press statement to keep things low profile although I wouldn't be surprise if we didn't sign anyone.

Both are just utter crud!

Iain

Neil Lennon said the other day that he wanted another striker even if Hooper stayed. I expect at least one striker and hopefully it's not Doyle or Sharp. We don't need players to help us win the spl and these don't have the potential to become champions league players.

I hope i'm wrong folks but watch this space.

Dannybhoy84

I think Mrs Doyle would do a better job for us! I hope NL signs her! Go on.

28 Jul 2013 07:07:17
Hope not neither good enough, Doyle good work rate but as a striker doesn't score enough

Billy Sharp has scored goals at the same level as Hooper so I do believe he would be a good replacement, Doyle I would rather we left as his form has not been great of late. As above Gary Parker has said we may not sign a new striker but surely we have to.

If that's the level of our ambition we might as well lock the door and switch of the lights right now . Two lower league journeymen, we need quality not quantity, got rid of a lot of dead wood over last couple of years, Loovens, Rogne, Paddy etc now is time to set our sights a bit higher, hopefully we will never be a Chelski or Man rubbishty paying top dollar for average mercenaries but I'm sure we have to have higher aspirations than competing with Doncaster in transfer market!

All talk and no action, spend 5-6m on 2 new strikers and get a good left winger and att midf

27 Jul 2013 20:02:12
Rudnevs .

The deal will be done for Tuesdays deadline.

Big Jason.

He's already stated that he doesn't want to come to Celtic Henke7

He has said not interested in scotland. If true would be great. As long as we are not going too be too scared to spend up to 5 million .i agree with neil lennon we can't spend 6 or 7 mill on players. But there are great strikers that would cost 3 to 5 mill at most. And we could sell on for at least double in couple of years. Playing in celtic is pure confidence boost so any striker or any position get so many chances to score there value doubles or more. So spending that sort of money should be no brainer.

Considering he has categorically said he doesn't want to move to Scotland and you haven't got one transfer rumour correct I very much doubt it.

G93

Apology there bud I reckon.

I DID say Balde was signing when in our rags he was signing for Palace.

Big Jason

We will not sign Rudnevs @ 6 million euro PL nearly fainted, he offered 3 million, with a take it or leave it. He doesn't like to part with the cash but won't let our players go on the cheap.

I personally think we will end up with a project, same as big vic, and hope for the best. Also they seem keen on Doyle, shocking if true.
john

27 Jul 2013 17:08:23
Celtic have had a bid of £2.25 million for James McClean accepted by Sunderland.

This rumour seems to have legs . hopefully its not true . no better than Forrest or mcgeough . TTTS

Heard that rumour today aswel

GunnieBhoy

You are having a laugh! if true mcgeough, george, etc should put in transfers, this is getting efinnnnnn ludicruzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. al geri.

Dont agree that he's no better than forrest and mcgeough personally a think he's far better than mcgeough and we have been crying ut for a naturally left footed winger since alan thompson. A think he would be a good signing

GunnieBhoy

Theres talks ongoing a deal hasn't been done yet that's coming from his good friend

If I was wee Dylan I'd be raging, if this is true the boy is only going to get better if he plays, I don't rate young mclean he had a good start down south but got found out after 6months or so. as for george, u talking about Paul George? Did he not get released before jan?

GunnieBhoy, if u think Mclean is 2.5 mill better than Mcgeough, go seeeeeeeeee DOCTOR HOUSE! al geri.

Paul Slane got released. Paul George will probably be in and around the first team a lot more this season, had a cracking season in the reserves and looks a real talent.
cw-88

27 Jul 2013 23:39:33
rumor is originating from one particular twitter account, that has also linked us to multiple strikers in England. I think it's pish to be honest.

Did I say he was 2.5m better? lol I said I personally think he's far better than mcgeough. I just don't think dylan is anything special that's all he's an spl player at best let's be honest he's NEVER gona start cl or any eurpean games. that's just ma oppinion don't geez that see a doctor p1sh if u truely think mcgeough is better than mclean then u need the doctor mate a watch enough football 2 see when a player has talent and a just don't think dylan is anything better than spl level

GunnieBhoy

He is gash

Iain

27 Jul 2013 12:47:38
Hearing we ar planning a 4.5 million bid for alfreð finnbogason, I think its bull really, can't see us paying that for someone, I think we will bring kevin doyle and some other striker in by the weekend. What do you think yourself ed? cheers.

Gazdcelt

Aye it's true, but I think AC Milan lazio and Dortmund have shown interest.

Think Lennon said last night the one he was trying to get the hardest was a name that hadn't been in the rags, I'm hoping its not Doyle personally don't want to be paying 1.5mil plus for a guy that's turning 30 in September

Hope its true need a top class striker Doyle going to boro hopefully

The fans would love a guy like Finbogasson or Rhodes and we have the cash, but NL has publicly courted Doyle and is a fan of his.
I still maintain we need a real quality talisman to get the fans excited, win games and sell tickets. This should ensure steady financial maintenance and a winning team.

JJ

I heard or read that Doyle is on 40K a week. Wages like this have been the excuse for not going for Jordan Rhodes who is supposedly on 45K so why are we considering Doyle?

Doyle clearly isn't his main man if its someones who's not been mentioned over here, as Doyle has been constantly linked with us recently

Doyle might come in at some point as a last resort but its 100% not who we are currently persuing, Doyle would score goals but u wouldn't put your mortgage on it, PL will be haggling away but it better not cost us our man (whoever it is) we need guaranteed goals!

Bigbadjohn

Naw we aint. to little to late same auld, same auld, the mistakes this club makes year after year the same ones, make us a club of losers! . 40 mill in 3 mill oot, ffs. a seething tim.ps don't want 6 mill 40 grand a week signing . but come on. the reason am seething is i think its 50/ 50 next 2 games.al geri.

If we sign doyle. its endgame a disaster of titanic prportion. if lennon and lawell don't know that .god help us.al geri.

I agree, I don't buy into the 'safeguard' of the club bull. if PL wants bums on seats, he needs to give the fans a player they want to go and see. I love celtic fc they are in my blood, but we have lost 2 quality players for good money, why not even invest half of that into the squad, with the change and the CL money from last year our clubs future would still be secure. and as far as I'm aware we are debt free so there can't be any excuses for not making a quality signing anytime soon, but like a poster said we always leave it to the last minute to do business and end up having to settle for the likes of miku and lassad, only this time we will end up with Doyle and some other pun o mince.

27 Jul 2013 01:36:07
So Lennon has come out and said he hopes to get a deal done for a striker over the weekend, and the player in question has not been mentioned by the press yet. Really hope it's Finnbogason. If it's true that Lawwell has been in the Netherlands yesterday then it may well be him.

I guess we'll find out soon!

The name is Nemanja Nikolic.
Trust me. ;)
/Bobo

Lennon says a lot of things, he says he wanted 2 players in by thursday did that happen? Talks rubbish

Watch a bit of Dutch footy and Finnbogason is a class act. That Nikolic ain't got a bad record either Bobo, what makes you so certain?

27 Jul 2013 12:45:38
Woud say you sound an expert on talking rubbish Connor, don't believe all you read in the papers, in Lenny we trust

Dannybhoy

Austin or Sharp for Celtic, would score goals in the SPL, Hooper will regret the day he left Celtic for the back woods, no big games in Europe and on the bench a lot of the time.

JimTim, on Nikolic he was identified early in the window by one of our scouts (a friend of mine).
His score rate and style suit our requirements and his cost would fit our model as he'd be around the €1M range.
A bargain given his goals per games in the past few seasons.
/Bobo