Celtic banter 3

21 Jul 2026 23:14:44
Kyogo has signed for LA Galaxy, thank god the SMSM can't run with that bull rumour for the next 6 weeks.

21 Jul 2026 22:44:45
Hold your horses lads, a fee is still to be agreed with Paderborn. Maybe be announced about first week in September after we haggle over a couple of pound?.

22 Jul 2026 02:23:05
To the Manor Born.

21 Jul 2026 21:39:51
Kyogo is off to LA Galaxy at least that is now put to bed.

21 Jul 2026 19:09:22
Alistair Johnson had a sound WC for Canada which will not have gone unnoticed. I hope we can hold on to him but I fear we may lose him, perhaps not Premiership material but an ambitious Championship side?

21 Jul 2026 19:37:03
Teams in Europe and the premier league have been all over AJ as far as I am aware.

German League and Decent level prem sides.
He’s a solid right back.

21 Jul 2026 20:16:00
Championship? Your taking mick right?

21 Jul 2026 22:50:54
Thats one rumour ended, Kyogo away to LA Galaxy. He'll do ok over there and get paid well to do it.

Never quite made the PL like he wanted. Wonder if hec egrets leaving us.

Maeda might do the same if he spends next season fighting relegation.

Green glass and all that.

22 Jul 2026 02:24:20
I would be astounded if aJ went this window. Then again!

23 Jul 2026 09:24:21
AJ wants to move on. I can't blame him. He too knows our board of shbags will never step up to improve us. Don't go on Saturday troops. We need to let those useless barstewards know how we feel. Turning up, to me is only for board apologists.

{Ed007's Note - That's just BS, the wee laddie across the road from me is so excited to be going with his dad who normally works weekends, how would you explain to a 8/9-year old why you aren't taking him?
Nobody should be telling

21 Jul 2026 18:39:46
I’m all for hogh, hassan, just pray there not red herrings that end up as we tried rumours, baur fits bill with international experience through German ranks, so more of the same please, if we got these deals done and wc players back we’d be in a decent place, lb loanee looks a cert, reo replacement i think is ox, so just Nygren to replace if leaves, there definitely in market for a goalkeeper which wouldn’t be my first concern, for me, i'd be looking another midfielder and possibly offload trusty/ ccv and look for a giant centre half with another young giant on loan,
Sinasalo
Aj ccv trusty kt
Hassan cal baur? Duran
Hogh

Subs is this enough to help, impact, push team?
Ox ralston scales (loanee lb) ox Osmand (another mid) Forrest McGowan tonetki, Yang.

21 Jul 2026 19:03:59
Your really confident 10 players. hearts have signed 9 monkeys 7 and are they both finished. I think it's down to the wire agai unless the board dip deep into the biscuit tin.

21 Jul 2026 19:19:08
The? Is a player by the way, I promise I do know there should be 11 players.

21 Jul 2026 20:16:44
Is it the riddler?

21 Jul 2026 20:41:08
I’m not confident one bit, it’s only 7 if you look at my predicted team, (2 of which loanees) perhaps only 4 will be bought with 3 loanees,

I’ve always liked loanee which option for young talent, if they make it great, if they don’t they don’t.

21 Jul 2026 20:53:23
Watching hearts getting pumped 4 -0. on this display it's a two horse race for spl.

{Ed007's Note - Us and Hearts again.}

22 Jul 2026 02:26:24
I was thinking Hibs ?.

21 Jul 2026 16:55:20
Hope your are all sitting down but are we on the verge of signing Mika Baur German midfielder seeming all but done, am away for a lie down.

21 Jul 2026 18:04:10
Didn’t newgen mention a player from the German league a few days ago?

21 Jul 2026 18:09:50
Sounds like the dickens character.

21 Jul 2026 20:10:35
I like dickens cider ?.

21 Jul 2026 20:19:51
Dickens cider?

21 Jul 2026 20:48:26
Read it back to yourself mate, bit of light hearted fun.

21 Jul 2026 23:01:44
"Carry on" Celtic banter.

22 Jul 2026 02:27:22
Dirty bugger.

21 Jul 2026 16:52:34
Mika Baur from Paderborn according to Romano?‍♂️.

21 Jul 2026 17:21:07
Apparently agreed terms. He's 5'8" box to box midfielder. Know nothing about him.

Maeda has apparently been sold for 10m, 8m up front and 2m in add-ons.

Not sure if that's a good price or Ipswich have a bargain. Had we kept him to run down his contract, he may have played like he did for 85% of last season and we would have regretted not selling him.

Wish him all the luck and success, on the whole he did well for us.

He will be playing at the foot of the PL and probably Championship next season but its what he wants, so I hope it works out for him.

21 Jul 2026 18:09:27
I regret not selling him last season and if this price is true then it shows how badly our hierarchy performed in the transfer market.

21 Jul 2026 18:21:23
Baur looks a tidy player. Looks like he would suit the Hatate role more than anything. A bit more active all round than Reo too going by data. Some highlights on the wing didn't look too great but versatile nonetheless if needed to cover.

21 Jul 2026 19:06:00
It's a platform for a bigger team ( than ioswich) who look down on spl to evaluate him and tgen make a move for him. and if he plays at his best he'll get that. also read someone on you tube describe baur as a 3rd rate hatate.

21 Jul 2026 21:25:41
Celtic got the bargain 3 years ago when they signed Maeda for 1mil (can’t mind) and sells for 8/ 10mil with 1 year left on a contract, Celtic got the bargain, nobody else.
Not the best football player, terrible finisher and only offers closing down, if that’s how far football has came, to just want that from a player, that’s quite bad.

22 Jul 2026 20:11:03
100% Maeda won us the league last season - he goes with our blessing, thanks and good wishes plus a very good profit!

21 Jul 2026 16:44:48
10m for maeda bet that goes through quick.

21 Jul 2026 16:59:43
Jig time.

21 Jul 2026 17:03:25
tbh i'm glad hese got his move he dosnt want to be here. that wee last burst from him at end of season was to put hiself in shop window.

21 Jul 2026 17:48:25
We are getting 10m for Maeda, so surely paying around 7m for Hogh is a no brainer.

We might get 20m for Engels and pay around 5m for Baur if we get him.

That could be around 15 - 17m in the black from 2 deals.

What we got for Palma and Nawroki will just about pay for the Egyptian winger, then selling Reo will cover Duran and we will still be in the money.

That leaves us needing a left back, gk and another midfielder.

Realistically spending more than we take in during this window will be made up if we get into the CL group stage.

We could potentially take in around 40m in player sales and add another 40m in earnings if we get into CL group stages. It could be argued that spending 50m this window will still leave a sizeable amount to deposit in the bank.

21 Jul 2026 19:11:54
Is Ipswich a great move for us, be available on loan from championship in few seasons and back to us for 1 mill in 3 years.

21 Jul 2026 16:06:00
Maeda off to Ipswich and gets his wish to play in the Premier League.

I wish him well, he was vital to us winning the league last season. His run of form at the tail end and his goals scored were probably the most important component to us retaining our title. 8 mill up front and 2 in add ons. Rather underwhelming fee for someone who is one of our best players but that said with 1 year left can we really complain. I have a funny suspicion this is the start of an exodus.

None the less, good luck Daizen.

21 Jul 2026 17:02:16
a lot of players need to leave us some have ran there race with us and probs lost the desire to be here. we need to really freshen the team up with new faces and move a good few on.

21 Jul 2026 17:23:54
Engels next but no word of Reo yet. I hope he goes as he has turned from a potential star to a player sulking about being here.

Very disappointed in his last 18 months. He will probably end up in the championship.

21 Jul 2026 18:18:43
If we had sold him last season when a deal had been agreed according to Maeda, who claimed his move to a premier league club was blocked despite having terms agreed. Then we would have made double that.

21 Jul 2026 18:25:34
Ipswich under McKenna was one of the hardest working teams in the prem before they went down. Not surprised a player like Maeda was identified by Ipswich as he was the perfect fit for their style. Maeda gone from one O'Neill to another O'Neil.

21 Jul 2026 19:18:00
He won us league troops so Joe who cares if we’d have got more, there’s no negative story here, guys been great for us, turned up when we needed him last season, (gave me 2 of greatest moments I’ve ever had in cp) and 10 mil for him with yr left is great business, I’m sure offer last year wasn’t near the 20 mill quoted (could be wrong ) , Joe unsure why your trying to turn the narrative negative, again …… the clubs giving you plenty to be correcty negative about, Daizen moving and the fee just isn’t negative whatever way you try spin it, you’ll say I was just replying we could have go more which is a fact, not buying it.

You saw a chance to say something negative and jumped at it,

21 Jul 2026 19:45:20
Wasn't it wolfsburg he was going to last year according to O'Neill? Don't think the prem league was the destination.

22 Jul 2026 02:30:25
Double but would definitely not have won league and Cup double imo.

22 Jul 2026 10:36:45
Im not trying to turn the narrative negative I am merely pointing out the flaws of our recruitment strategy.

Maeda was told he could move last season and a deal with a premiership club had been agreed, according to him. There was also interest from Wolfsburg and the fee being quoted was around 20 million.

However, he was not sold as we could not find a replacement. Therefore, it was a missed opportunity to capitalise on an asset who had reached peak value, which looks like a 10 million hit (a lot of money for a club in Scotland) . As a result we got stuck with a player who under performed for most of the season and you could make an argument that this failed transfer and failure in recruitment was the major cause for our woes on and off the pitch.

I should add, that as of time of writing, it looks like those mistakes are about to be repeated.

{Ed007's Note - Wolfsburg were willing to pay 16.5m Euros for Maeda, that was the only official bid for Maeda last summer, even though the Pub League was his preferred destination none of the interested clubs actually bid.}

22 Jul 2026 11:48:16
I have seen reports saying Brentford and some saying Wolfsburg. I listened back to Maeda interview and he does not confirm the team. What is your source saying it was definitely Wolfsburg for that fee?

{Ed007's Note - Brentford never put in a bid. What's your source that Maeda said a deal had been agreed with an English club and the fee being quoted as £20m?}

22 Jul 2026 16:24:49
I told you my source already. I said I read reports and had assumed that it was self-evident they would have been in the media.

What is your source?

{Ed007's Note - What reports - I can't see anything from summer 2025 saying that?

The first one I can find is on about the 8th page of Google HERE where Anthony Joseph is quoted as saying:

"My understanding is that a Bundesliga club registered their interest last week and he was keen. The German club made a big bid last weekend but Celtic were in no position to entertain it due to a shortage of forwards."

22 Jul 2026 19:36:09
I will ask for the third time, what is your source?

He was linked to Brentford for 21 million. No idea what the original source was as it was last season. Dig around and I am sure you will find it yourself.

Regardless of what the actual club was, it is true that we knocked the transfer back and it was for more money than it is this season.

{Ed007's Note - So we've went from:

"Maeda was told he could move last season and a deal with a premiership club had been agreed, according to him. There was also interest from Wolfsburg and the fee being quoted was around 20 million."

To:

"He was linked to Brentford for 21 million. No idea what the original source was as it was last season."

That's some difference eh? Maybe you need better sources than what you read in the MSM.}

22 Jul 2026 20:31:46
Maeda won us the league almost single handed - thank god we didn't sell him to gain another £5m at most - he was the reason nearly every Celtic fan had a great ending to the season not to mention Champions League.

22 Jul 2026 21:16:18
Why are you refusing to put your source? Fourth time of asking now.

Is it because it is the same as mine the MSM?

{Ed007's Note - No ?? C'mon sweetheart, I'm only asking you to even proive what you read in the MSM and you can't ??

Go and find me any report anywhere to back this up:


"Maeda was told he could move last season and a deal with a premiership club had been agreed, according to him. There was also interest from Wolfsburg and the fee being quoted was around 20 million. "

I'll wait..... ?

21 Jul 2026 15:33:42
Our pursuit of Inheacho is typical of so many of our failed signings, I. e lowball. We thought it best to allow option to expire then offer lower wage. Given that MON wanted him it demonstrates the Board think they know best and financial prudence takes precedent over squad improvement/ retention.

I wasn't 100% on him when he came but for the reported wage as an impact sub and someone our young players could learn from ut should have been done.

21 Jul 2026 17:26:34
I appreciate all that has been said about iheanacho but realistically he hasn't played a full season in 5 years and there is no guarantee he that will change.

A lot of money for no guarantee so I am glad we missed out tbh.

Can you imagine the tantrums there would have been had we signed him and 2 games in he's injured yet again.

21 Jul 2026 15:16:28
So the Irish association the Celtic association and now the GB have issued statements and till now its fell on deaf ears, it's a disgrace treating the very source of your income, honestly that board need to go the contempt fir the fans is embarrassing.

21 Jul 2026 15:50:41
Maeda bid accepted, bids welcomed for Engels, last one in the building please turn off the lights. Are we a sinking ship. I previously said we require 3/ 4 quality players, that’s increased by our outgoings. I find it hard to accept.