How worried are you that we'll lose our big guns in the summer?

Not very. All our key players have decent amount of time left on their contracts. Possibly CL football to come.

I'd be more worried if no-one was interested in our players because it would mean their not very good.

 

They're going nowhere this season or next. Kayal, Hooper and Izzy are all vital components in the current team and Lenny must pull out all the stops to keep them at Celtic.

Martin O'Neill managed to keep Henrik Larsson at the club until 2004. If we can keep Larsson for seven years, we can keep these guys for another three or four seasons.

 

fergies made * all noise, them rumours came from caughtoffside which is a notoriously rubbish source.
evras meant to be close to signing a new deal anyway.

 

I guess its going to come down to the board and whatever offers come in, if they deem and offer to be worth more than the player then they'll be off. It'll just be unfortunate if the fans and the board aren't on the same wave length in terms of the value of our key players. Don't mean to bring the mood down. In fact, I think its testament to the players that have been brought in that after gubbing rangers, our biggest worry is if our players are that good that other teams will be in for them

 

You'd think that all the new signings were each at least on three-year deals which would mean we'd have no need to sell them in the summer unless they wanted out. From the look of the squad though it seems like they're all happy and enjoying their time here so here's hoping we'll at least have them for next year as well. I'd imagine that the draw of European football will keep them around. Having said that, in reality, any one of those guys is one major injury away from having his livelihood taken away. With that in the back of your mind it's probably pretty hard to turn down a big pay-day when it comes along. You'd think that being able to perform well with this team on the European stage next year would increase their future earnings though so that's probably more incentive to stay around. All we need is for John Park and his lot to keep scouring the globe for replacements when the big boys come a-calling.

 

i think we'll keep these same group of players for a few years at least

they'll want to play at parkheid on european nights. you dont turn teetol before you've got gassed

 

Would not be surprised to see EPL teams coming in for Kayal and Izzy this summer .

 

Let's face facts here,
Izzy & The Hoopster will be 'Hijacked' by the big guns in the EPL !!
So, let's make sure we get atleast 20 mil each for the two lads !!!!
If they're sold for say, 5 mil or there abouts, then fck the Board (they always do something daft like that) !!!
Cause we always hear, 'English' players have a premium & The Hoopster is 'English', so if that Carrol guy went fae NUFC to Liverpool FC for 35 mil, c'mon here..............
And Izzy, 'Purple Nose' Ferguson, himself came to watch him, so, Izzy must be real good. So, his price tag is 25 mil !!!!!!!!!!!!!! C'mon Lenny, make about 40 to 50 mil of these two lads !!!!

Hail Hail

 

All rumours like Arsenal want Juarez for example. I don't think anyone will bid until hese guys do it a lot at the highest level

 

I would not hold to much faith in the rumours that top EPL teams are in for any of our players. The lower EPL teams would not have the money to pry away our top players as we have no need to sell them. If we keep this team together we do not need much money to spend in the summer for new players. Hopefully what we do need can be financed from the sale of our deadwood.
If a big club offered in excess of £10 million for one of our players then we would have sufficent money to buy a replacement.

 

the pessimist in me can't help but wonder if we'll wind up looking back on this crop of 20-24 year olds and see them strewn about the Premiership with fortunes ranging from relegation battlers to Champs League qualifiers and wonder "what if they had all stayed together at Celtic?"

 

id be more worries if these teams werent after our best players

 

This threads giving me the *, proper buzzkill, get it deleted.

 

im a little worried, but im hoping if we can see out this league title charge then the CL will be a big enough attraction

 

We should get them to stay by opening ourselves a gate into European football. And the board must be firm, and only sell if very big money came in.

 

ive been worried the last few weeks about this.the we we are playing those three, hooper inparticuliar will be making people sit up and take notice..very worrying indeed but thats what you get when you are successful.hope fully we can build on what we have started and move forward with the players we have into the champions league.

 

My mate was particularly worried about Hoops before the game. Outscored Carroll last season, banging them in this season....If a bid comes in I hope he see's the potential in our team and stays for a few years. The lad clearly has talent and if he continues his form he is destined for great things....Obviously Kayal and Izzy are attracting attention, and rightly so, but lets be honest when our players are attracting such attention we are obviously doing something right, I just hope we keep them for a few years and continue this form.

 

I am slightly concerned but if we get in the CL etc, i can put my life on them not moving on for a good while. Lennon has got these guys playing for the jersey again.

 

im enjoying the rest of my day/week. Nothing to worry about yet. WE'RE ON THE ONE ROAD :icon_mrgreen:

 

i think if we qualify for the CL they will stay. lenny won't let them leave just because someone offers a few million quid, he knows more than anyone how important they are to future success.