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23 Jul 2026 18:43:45
So let me get this right.
DURAN in the building
HOGH, BAUR, HASSAN almost done.
When was Nicholson and his pal sacked and who are these people that seem to be getting deals done?
Seriously thought. Who is identifying these players? Is it the boy wee Shaun recommended from Chelsea as I sm starting to get a bit excited about this window, at last.
23 Jul 2026 18:55:12
Steady Jonbhoy, there's a long way to go.
HH.
23 Jul 2026 17:00:58
Celtic should look to sign 20 year old Stuttgart goalkeeper Dennis Seimen on loan with an option to buy, he was on loan to Mika Baur’s club last season and helped them to promotion to the Bundesliga, the 6ft4 inch keeper is the current German U’21 keeper.
23 Jul 2026 10:15:04
Ed do you reckon we will use the Maeda cash to sign Hogh?
{Ed007's Note - If you want to think of it that way then yes 👍🏻
23 Jul 2026 12:10:20
Is this going to be another Dolberg scenario where we ‘negotiate’ for him exclusively with no other option considered, get to close of window, find out we never offered anything near what Bodo wanted, board say sorry (they never apologise) we tried, then go look for a freebie? Or am I just being a cynic?
23 Jul 2026 12:32:45
Think it will happen ed? Or another we tried but it wasn't possible to convince them to come to Scotland?
{Ed007's Note - Yes I do, Kasper Hogh had asked for some time to think things over and he told Bodo/Glimt at the weekend that he would be interested in moving this window if the right offer comes in for both parties.
It was never a case of "Celtic should just pay the money" we were getting force fed by all & sundry - the player hadn't decided (or told Bodo/Glimt) if he was moving or not until last weekend.}
23 Jul 2026 13:04:04
That sounds positive, I don't know much about him but his stats look very good over the last year.
{Ed007's Note - Hogh is the type of signing & player that should get fans excited👍🍀
23 Jul 2026 13:38:41
100 % Ed top cl player but honestly believe it when I see it.
{Ed007's Note - Trust the process....🤣😂🤣
23 Jul 2026 13:45:04
Cheer Ed. Would be a great signing!
{Ed007's Note - I think so 👍
23 Jul 2026 13:52:15
With Maeda 'closing in' on signing for Ipswich, Hatate apparently interesting West Ham and Everton said to be keen on Johnston, we need to get the finger out.
By my very rough calculations, we could sell the above 3 players and after adding the Nawrocki fee, bring in circa £30M.
Baur, Hogh, Hassan, Ferry, Penrice would cost around £22M. We'd still need a GK, CB and at least another x2 MF and that's before Engels leaves for £25M in the last week of the window.
HH.
23 Jul 2026 14:03:18
Edd really encouraged by your comments on Hogh.
Do you also think Hassan will arrive?
{Ed007's Note - I think he will.}
23 Jul 2026 14:34:38
This is the best posts and replys av read in a long time, Hogh is the 1 a want signed just them blonde locks flowing once he scores a hat trick against cream buns gets me excited, 🤭hope and pray every day n night that a see headline he's signed 🙏.
23 Jul 2026 15:35:14
Thanks mate. it all sounds promising. I really hope we give AJ a new deal as I see him as the next captain if he stays. 🙏.
{Ed007's Note - Sadly I think AJ will be away this summer.}
23 Jul 2026 15:36:41
I worry about you Troy😂😂.
23 Jul 2026 17:36:40
Mate av nvr been so excited since Finbogsson about a striker and that nvr happened. 🤣.
23 Jul 2026 17:11:20
Agree Ed, Moyes seems very keen on AJ
Two questions, if he leaves for Everton (or elsewhere) , (1) how much do you think we'd get for him? (2) who should we go for to replace him?
HH.
{Ed007's Note - With 3 years left on his current deal and his age etc it's got to be around the £20m mark surely?
It's got to be Julian Araujo to replace AJ imo, he's been here, knows the Club/league/team mates etc and we know he can play a bit. There's now way we were ever going to end up with both him and AJ as or RBs.}
23 Jul 2026 18:11:38
Steady troops. This is all getting a bit positive 🤣.
23 Jul 2026 19:10:13
I was thinking between £15-£20M Ed and the WC hasn't done the fee any harm.
IF and it's still a big IF, we can get key deals over the line like Baur, Hogh, Hassan and a few more (depending on who leaves) we could have a new look side that can compete on all fronts.
The board will pocket their usual wedge and put away with the other £60M and even then, they still have Engels to sell.
I just hope they back MON to the hilt by signing the best possible players, players who'll get the fans off their seats and who are capable of filling that jersey and playing the Celtic way.
HH.
{Ed007's Note - I honestly don't care if the Club banks millions every year Ped as long as we're spending money and properly investing in the team. It's like Steff saying "will we use the Maeda money for Hogh", if we do sell say AJ for £20m and let's say that covers Ajuaro, Hogh and Hassan so to speak, Duran and Baur are covered by the exits already and that's before we consider Engels & Hatate's money if they're sold.
I genuinely and honestly think that Celtic - if we were ran right - should & could be able to seriously strengthen the squad every window and still make a tidy profit.}
22 Jul 2026 08:05:49
Baur deal done.
22 Jul 2026 09:30:43
until he's standing in the stadium doing the usual foto shoot then the deals done. lol.
22 Jul 2026 11:17:08
Funny how it's being reported that we have agreed personal terms but hadn't started negotiating with the club.
I will remain extremely skeptical, especially when the 2 goonies are involved in doing our deals.
I will only believe it when he is at Lennoxtown or Parkhead in a Celtic top.
{Ed007's Note - That's actually pretty common mate, clubs speak to agents to see if the player is interested, get an idea of the fee/money etc before getting in touch with the Club. As long as we don't talk to the player directly - unless we have his club's permission - we can negotiate personal terms with his agent and it's all legal.
22 Jul 2026 18:20:50
Thanks for letting me know Ed, I thought we could maybe ask the agent if he was interested and that would be it until the club said we could negotiate.
{Ed007's Note - It's a loophole that clubs/agents/players use all time to get around the "tapping up" rules.}
22 Jul 2026 21:06:08
just on sky sport still not done. probably haggling to get price down then he will go elsewhere.
22 Jul 2026 21:28:04
Hopefully we've sent Jack and Victor to seal the deal those 2 boys would get it done before Nicolson 🫣.
23 Jul 2026 00:49:29
The reservations i have with Celtic getting transfers in the building are making me very cynical. They seem to be very good at getting players sold and out the door but hopeless at getting them in. i find them guilty till proven innocent until further notice.
21 Jul 2026 16:49:27
Mika Baur German midfielder fc paderborn Romano saying terms agreed know nothing of him.
21 Jul 2026 16:59:11
helped them gain promotion last season. a cm must be about to leave us.
21 Jul 2026 17:04:47
4.2 million to 5 million affordable easy.
21 Jul 2026 17:18:36
His dad played handball and won a World and Euros title with Germany. Now you know something about him 😂.
21 Jul 2026 17:43:46
Is he as good at Football as his Da was at Handball?
21 Jul 2026 19:24:42
Looking at his picture think his real dad was Sieb dykstra.
21 Jul 2026 19:31:39
United Ireland
Seen this comparison to Cal Mac. Hopefully not him, probably Engles.
Just to put into context the similarities between McGregor and Baur side-by-side, in terms of the data
— Hit The Byline - Analysis (@HitTheByline) July 21, 2026
Looking into the actual numbers behind the graph, they are almost identical in every metric.
Baur actually outperforms McGregor in the majority of the more progressive… https://t.co/akFpl2tSf7 pic.twitter.com/KV8kXat5vr
21 Jul 2026 20:54:49
Nice wee bit of info there Jim. Like the bit he out performance McGregor on the progressive side to. Could be a tidy we player.
21 Jul 2026 21:03:57
About time too 🙌🏼.
22 Jul 2026 00:47:01
Didn't Newgen mention a wee German attacker? Surprised he hasn't popped up to say this yet.
22 Jul 2026 06:38:51
Can we just get that graphs overlaid with every player across Europe in each position we need a player, filter it down to cost less than 6mill, he presto we have a new team, easy peasy, I figure this is exactly how Jamestown works except the budget is lower and they pick best of that particular crop.
22 Jul 2026 00:01:47
A few more incoming in the next few days. Ed do you reckon Engles Calmac and Hatate will go before the window closes?
{Ed007's Note - Engels & Hatate 100%, I'd say it's 50/50 about CalMac. Ange is very keen to take him to Saudi.
22 Jul 2026 12:00:37
If calmac was to leave what sort of fee would we be looking for, and is it the right time to let cal go.
{Ed007's Note - About £15m 🤷🏻♂️ I think it depends how MON is going to set up the team and the job he wants CalMac to do whether I want him to leave or not lol if he's going to be our main CDM then he can go but if he's going to play further forward and be more creative in that final third then I think he deserves another season to show how good he actually was/is/could be in that position.}
22 Jul 2026 12:39:43
Hopefully some physical powerful midfielders are brought in if 2 or 3 leave as we are far too lightweight.
{Ed007's Note - 👍🍀
23 Jul 2026 00:51:51
The board when offered 15m or a season for calmac they will say thanks for your service see you later. here kieran its your armband.
21 Jul 2026 16:28:10
Maeda with a £10 million bid accepted.
Let the exodus begin.
21 Jul 2026 16:59:45
was always happening mate he has ran his race at us decent fee wish him well done a job for us.
21 Jul 2026 22:00:02
About time too 🙌🏼.
21 Jul 2026 11:02:06
Hope it’s not just false hope but does seem from all the rumours and papers that the Egyptian player could be close to a deal. Hogh also but I’ll take that with a pinch of salt once I see him wearing the hoops, we’ve been here before.
21 Jul 2026 12:00:12
Am not overly fussed about the egyptian boy, Hogh is the 1 a want seen in with few others a hope.
21 Jul 2026 12:28:34
Says bodo want 10 million for hogh Celtic won't pay that.
21 Jul 2026 13:23:00
Paid 9 million for idah!
21 Jul 2026 13:50:17
Be amazed if we got him, and we won't because as you say they won't pay the money for a cl striker.
21 Jul 2026 16:12:13
Paid 9 for idah but he was already with us on loan first.
21 Jul 2026 16:59:07
Maeda sale could cover it.
21 Jul 2026 19:36:14
the Egyptian signing is a bit worrying. he had a good game at the World Cup. but is he any better than the boy just who's left Motherwell? who seemed more suited.
21 Jul 2026 10:11:22
Reading on socials Ali Johnston is away to a premier league team.
19 Jul 2026 17:50:23
Couple sites saying hogh getting looked at again would be great if they moved for patrik berg as well woukd strengthen the team substantially.
19 Jul 2026 21:20:42
100% would be very happy with both.
19 Jul 2026 21:41:39
They should take them both but won't probably not get any of them.
19 Jul 2026 22:14:56
Come to the conclusion that what any of our fans think or mention that should be signed have got no chance of getting signed.
19 Jul 2026 22:27:34
If they went for both berg and hogh that would be a step in the right direction, surely should be looking at the big midfield from tromso as well Sevconian are looking at, as well as boy the plays in midfield for them as well larsen.
20 Jul 2026 08:24:07
Just go no confidence in them delivering a junior player you'd think after last seasons debacle in both Windows the penny would drop but nothings been learned and the communication is woeful, Martin is being hung our to dry like Brendan,70m cash reserves 53k St money god knows how many strips they've got out and we're strapped for cash, aye nae bother mick.
20 Jul 2026 10:01:26
Surely we have learned our lesson? Don't believe any signing news until it has been officially announced.
These stories will be a mixture of made up nonsense, agent based, club based and crap stirring.
20 Jul 2026 17:18:59
Heard Hogh deal is very close and Maeda close to leaving.
20 Jul 2026 18:21:07
We all hear a lot of things.
Unless your source is impeccable, which I very much doubt, you are simply into Chinese Whispers.
20 Jul 2026 19:02:53
looking, looking, looking but no signings.
20 Jul 2026 19:36:45
4 leaf its a rumour page. Don't understand why folk go in a huff about what folk here. Got told about Maeda at 5pm. Main stream put it out a hour later, so its not that exclusive.
Ed
Much do you think Maeda will increase our bank balance.
{Ed007's Note - A lot of people are saying it will be in the £15m-£20m bracket but I think it'll be in the £10m-£15m range with only a year left on his deal - unless there are a couple of clubs bidding which could push the price up.}
20 Jul 2026 19:53:24
the club will push for as high as they can which is there right. but when they try to buy a player they think there being robbed by the asking price and pull out.
20 Jul 2026 20:09:16
Cheers Ed. One thing we can't throw at the board. They always get top dollar when selling.
{Ed007's Note - 👍🍀
20 Jul 2026 21:16:55
Keep their ours coming. It gives a wee bit of hope.
21 Jul 2026 02:21:22
Personally I don't see us signing Hogh and think it's just the board getting there cronies in the MSM to regurgitate old stories to try and make them look like they are doing anything.
19 Jul 2026 13:21:49
OK Guys rumours that Kyogo would not be adverse to soming back as would Greg Taylor
Would you like them to re sign.
19 Jul 2026 14:35:39
Kyogo was done when he left us. He's not done anything to suggest different.
GT isn't coming back. He said recently he's staying where he is.
19 Jul 2026 15:04:37
Absolutely not on both players. More imagination required in my opinion.
19 Jul 2026 15:06:08
Kyogo had a good season and a half at Celtic. The calls saying best since Larsson etc were absolutely shocking in my opinion. Not even close.
The number of sitters Kyogo missed cost us more comfortable league wins and was a liability at times. He’s well past it now, I am never keen on resigning players.
As for Greg Taylor he was immense for us and a top player. I’d have him back in a heart beat. He’s one of them that you lose and realise how good he actually was. I am contradicting myself in resigning a player but I believe Taylor had a massive positive impact on the squad behind the scenes. If McGregor is moving on we need to bring in these types of guys to pull the squad together.
19 Jul 2026 16:01:14
See if Henrik and Lubo want to come back as well.
19 Jul 2026 16:47:27
100% agree.
19 Jul 2026 18:58:10
I reckon Kyogo made his bed and chose to lie in it when he made it clear he wanted to leave for Rennes.
I would have GT in an instant, i feel like we lost something going forward with him especially when he went inverted and became the extra man in the middle.
19 Jul 2026 22:13:16
Well already have two smaller, nippy strikers. We need a taller, physical presence up front to mix it up, especially now we have a set piece coach.
20 Jul 2026 10:03:23
No to. both.
20 Jul 2026 11:43:48
Also has a shortbread shoulder.
20 Jul 2026 12:43:24
No to both. Bringing Kyogo back now would be disastrous from a recruitment point of view and we've managed to upgrade GT.
20 Jul 2026 15:21:43
If GT came back here he would achieve what MN hasn’t so far.
Ensure I keep away from the stadium.
18 Jul 2026 08:15:24
Now Celo Sarrachi has came out publicly and said him his agent tried all they could to get a move back to us. This is unbelievable how bad this is.
18 Jul 2026 11:15:20
Wasnt bothered about not getting big Ian but this one is mental. Apparently only 1.5 million and he wanted to come. Surely his wage demands weren't beyond what our outdated structure could afford?
18 Jul 2026 11:58:18
Seems like the might be going for Bakker as a better option can play anywhere on the left. Loved Sarrachi but maybe they have decided Bakker offers more and better calibre of player.
18 Jul 2026 12:33:37
United… the issue I’m now having is that you may well be right but because we have no faith in those at the wheel we naturally assume this is a $hit$how. It’s an experienced and fairly well informed assumption.
18 Jul 2026 12:37:44
Great player but don't think Atalanta will sell for less than £5m tbh. With the scale of the rebuild required would rather we got Saracchi in and used the extra money on a quality starter in midfield or attack.
18 Jul 2026 14:04:38
The only flaw here is MON made it clear he wanted Sarrachi.
The board failed him.
Be interesting to hear his take on how he thinks the transfer window is going.
18 Jul 2026 13:42:55
Where’s Mikey when you need him. He could tell us all about him!
Ed has mikey taken a bit time off the site?
{Ed007's Note - Mikey still reads the site but with his work and two toddlers running about he doesn't have much free time.}
18 Jul 2026 14:38:41
true mate that's were the issues are laying haveing no faith in them. if they want 5 mate we should be paying it none of this use extra cash here and there.
18 Jul 2026 15:26:16
So we had a chance of bringing back Saracchi for a reported £1.5m and who's wages wouldn't be an issue to instead we are reportedly going after a player who will cost around £5m and is on £45k a week.
He also missed 7mths of the end of last season with a knee injury.
Aye, I don't see it happening. Maybe if our so called CEO wasn't terrified of talking to agents, we would get on a bit better.
18 Jul 2026 16:26:22
jon bhoy what's the fee got to do with it i thought people were want us to spend big and stop with the 1 million signings. and his injury was the start of last season he came back in january mate so he recoverd from the injury 6 months ago.
also seasons only run for 9 months so ye cannot miss 7 months of the end of the season ats basically missing the whole season
dnt let the truth get in the way of a bit of negativety bakker is a brilliant signing mate. and so is sarrachi so i'm happy with either one.
18 Jul 2026 21:17:04
United, my point is that if we all think the board are as bad as they have been made out with penny pinching, there is NO WAY that we will buy a player who is on £45k a week and will cost over £5m when we could get Saracchi for £1.5m and probably on less than £20k a week.
Also when I see the MSM saying Celtic are "Looking at" "Preparing" "Thinking about" "Keen on" or any other crap, you can pretty much guarantee it's total bollocks and never going to happen.
This guy may be a great player but has a history of various injuries over the last 5 seasons and averages less than 25 games a season.
I just don't see our "penny pinching" board spending that on this player.
18 Jul 2026 21:48:41
Jon bhoy he doesn’t iv researched him that injury was his first major injury in his whole career hese had a few knocks before out for a few days and weeks about 4 other times nothing major. Once he was at lile he played 35 that season 8 in Europe and he played regularly for Bayer Leverkusen and got okay game time at PSG. Only club hese not really played was Atalanta mate.
And as I says he seems a higher cabire of player so why go for the cheaper option in surrachi maybe there looking to actually get players that will perform in Europe. I love Sarrachi mate I’m happy with either one but can see a lot a positives in the Bakker move and can see why they would go for him instead.
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