Celtic Transfers 2024

Yet many thought it would.

Week on Saturday the collision couse will be on and if the huns get a result at CP the fans will be gunning for the board

 

Lol, so in 100 days with an active transfer window in 2024 we've signed:
Idah (twice)
Kuhn
Sinisalo
Schmeichel
Bernardo

So a player signed on average every 20 days of active transfer window - with 2 of them being a converted loan and one a free transfer. But we will definitely get 5 over the line in the remaining 9 days.

 

Ye stick by your guns mate i will give you that. You will either be proved right or like me many times proved a * 1 or the other chief

 

Kyogo goes we need 7 in 9 days not happening i will make peace with it hopefully next few days

 

The proved right part ship has sailed for the happy clappers. Proved right would have been not starting the season with 1 LB and 1 striker who's got a dodgy shoulder.

 

Don't think anyone is suggesting we will definitely bring the 5 players we need in.

However, I believe we will. As has been stated many times before, the clubs down south are starting to finalise their squads for their season ahead and the domino effect is going to start, where we will benefit. It's quite clear Rodgers is targeting a specific level of player and he wants to wait, be patient and see what he can get towards the last few days of the window.

No doubt in my mind that we have deals in place for multiple players, in multiple positions, who are waiting to see what offers they have before making that decision.

 

Mate the happy ending can't happen now. The minute we started the season with the squad we did it wasn't good enough.

Can we now look to improve? Yes but the time for pats on the back has expired weeks ago.

 

What do you mean by 'proved right'?

 

So if we strengthen, win a double and do well in Europe it won't be a happy ending?

 

I do get what you're saying. Ok fair enough I'll say there us still time for the happy ending but there will be no well dones or pats on the back for the board as we have * about something silly and taken risks when there was absolutely no reason to.

 

You've stated many times that you'd give zero credit to the club regardless how well they do, as 'it's their job'. Fair enough. I hope you're better at supporting the players in real life cos you never do on here.

 

I'm struggling with this 'take risks' stuff. Like, I get that leaving it late reduces the time to get someone in but surely bringing in guys from obscurer leagues where interest in them is low is a risk? How do you know you're signing someone that can come in and instantly improve the team? How do you know you're signing quality?

This is why I've always been fine with delaying until we know we are getting quality players in the door. I'd rather sign no * than another Kwon, Yang or * Tilio. That's half our problem right now. Getting these * players out the door who aren't good enough. We essentially had to hand Kobayashi a free transfer so we could get him off the books, we are having to punt guys out on loan who were signed a year ago.

 

I want a guarantee, here. 7 only if Kyogo goes, 6 if O'Riley goes.

 

Na if we had done early business I would have said fair play to them. We done our usual though and * about.

I'm just not the type to stand at the door to wait for the postman to shake his hand for delivering my mail.

 

Starting the season with 1 LB and Kyogo as the only striker with a dodgy shoulder wasn't a risk?

I do understand that the longer you wait the more targets that will open up for us. But we * around on 2 absolutely gimmes in Idah and Bernardo and we've needed a LB for over a year now.

 

We will have to wait and see but I do think it's a risky game to play. What if these other options that these hypothetical targets have are better and they tell us no at the last moment? We're then down the list to get a player of lesser quality in without the benefit of having had them in the door for a proper pre-season where they could've made up for that lack of quality on the main target by working with Rodgers and playing non-competitive fixtures.

We might still pull a few rabbits out the hat but what we've seen so far isn't inspiring any confidence in that outcome.

 

It's definitely risky. I just think that's where we are at the minute, in terms of where we are in the football food chain.

I just think that, even now, players we look at from obscurer leagues are going for mega money. Gronbaek went to Rennes for £13m, players from Denmark are going for £20m these days. Nanasi from Malmo is signing for Strasbourg for £9m. Not saying we can't afford these sort of fees but they're huge risks attributed to signing these guys, too.

I'm willing to give the club the benefit of the doubt this window, because we have made a rip roaring * of the recruitment department and the footballing department. If the rumours are true, and we are close to finalising a complete revamp of our recruitment, then in January, or certainly the summer of 2025, I will expect us to be far better and far quicker with bringing signings in.