25 Aug 2020 13:08:19
As other posters have said, IF Celtic fail to qualify for group stages of CL then French Eddy WILL BE SOLD
That is how Lawwell thinks and acts.
25 Aug 2020 13:34:33
Tim we've not qualified for 2 years and he's still here.
25 Aug 2020 13:41:14
Yeah but Tierney and Dembele are not.
25 Aug 2020 13:55:30
This year of all years you've got to keep your best players if he performs like ladt year we'll make more cash simples.
25 Aug 2020 13:58:24
The support always brace themselves for a big-summer-sale as the club have become dependant on it for a while now. The last CL campaign to shout about was probably 7-8 years ago and PL does not see us at the same level of the super-rich, so we are run as a development and selling-club, with any European football successes as a bonus, but not essential. It's hard to take and accept and a far-cry from the Lisbons, San Siro's and Sevilles of our unique history, but it's where we are in the economics of UEFA fixed-fixture tournaments.
25 Aug 2020 13:58:47
Kt and Dembele leaving had nothing to do with not qualifying for the CL.
25 Aug 2020 15:15:09
Cheer up bhoys he's still here ðŸ‘.
25 Aug 2020 17:27:36
Jon if we were qualifying and competing in the Champions League they would have been less likely to leave. Not qualifying and missing out on the 30m plus just makes the decision to sell much easier.
25 Aug 2020 17:28:13
The last 2 seasons Celtic have failed to qualify for the CL and after we failed,
Celtic sold Dembele and then KT.
They were both sold at their peak value and Edouard is currently at his peak value.
25 Aug 2020 17:33:38
Partick Thistle were relegated under those same circumstances.
They were only 2 points behind with a game in hand,
Then Thistle were only awarded one and a half average points,
And were relegated by half a point.
25 Aug 2020 17:49:57
Sorry the reply above is for the thread below.
25 Aug 2020 19:57:15
I think a lot of it is down to the players themselves. Whether we qualify for the Champions league or not we can't pay the wages of clubs in the major European leagues, If players want to earn more money then it's virtually impossible for us to keep them.
I'm not even sure that playing in the Champions league matters to a lot of players these days, it's the money that attracts them.
25 Aug 2020 20:29:41
Completely Tim
And rightly so in reality
How that footy is a business as much as it is a spectator sport
Sadly.