Celtic Transfers 2024

All we want as a support is for the board to show a bit of ambition. We have all we need to become a top club again (I'm not talking about the likes of Madrid, Man city etc) but at least a club who can make the knockout rounds of the champions league again.
Genuinely don't care about a saving a couple of million on Idah. You've employed the manager so back the guy with what he wants. He proved he can do it on loan last season. Manager clearly wants him. say if Norwich were asking for 10 million then fair enough haggle it down as that is an unrealistic price
Once again from a position of strength we are regressing at this point in time. We've got a lot of work to do over the next few weeks and I literally have no faith the board will deliver. Would absolutely love to be proved wrong

 

The performance v Hearts at Celtic Park 0-2 was one of the worst I’d seen in years

 

Glad we have PB back but knew it was happening weeks ago so that took away the excitement of the announcement obviously. Can’t remember the last time I was actually excited about a transfer, CCV and Jota were big ones but again we kinda knew it was happening anyway.

Our transfers windows are boring as * these days. The next one will be Idah and it has/will be dragged out now until the end of the window.

 

Need to go back to the days of webuyanyplayer.com (only an excuse)

 

Apparently the reason idah is starting to throw the toys out the pram is because we met their original valuation. They are pulling the * suddenly upping it

 

That was a nadir for many fans and there was a real feeling of despair. Bar Turnbull who is now away we have pretty much the same side.

 

There is no evidence of that. What has happened is we now want to sign the player and won't pay what the club want and that is entirely within their right. We are doing the exact same thing with O'Riley. We either meet the price and sign him or move on to the back up targets (wee joke cos we don't have any other targets).

 

Sadly I think the Idah transfer will go right to the end of the window. Really hope I’m wrong (usually am)

 

Zero confidence we'll get what's required but can only judge at the end of the window..

 

Well you really should care about saving a couple of million, mate. It's a * of a lot of money!

For me, it's one of those. If the board succeed in getting Idah in the end for a lower fee, then they will have been right to do so even if it means waiting a few weeks longer for him (unlike with Benfica, I'm not worried about souring our relationship with Norwich). They will deserve praise for that.

However, the converse is also true. If the deal falls through and we miss out on the player (who Rodgers clearly wants) because of all the haggling, then this will have to count as a monumental screw up by the board and they absolutely should get it tight for a bad error of judgement.

Only time will tell if this haggling is smart or stupid.

 

The board has history here. The most recent example being the absolute arrogance from Lawwell in trying to save a couple of hundred £k on McGinn. There is no doubt many other examples. The board is of course correct to negotiate, but these should be done as soon as possible. It's an embarrassment at times the way we go about our business.

 

"The most recent example" then goes onto discuss something that happened 6 years ago

 

It was an example, not a "discussion" and the most high profile one in recent years. Youre very naive if you think there hasn't been a raftload of ones in more recent seasons. But keep the happy clapping going.

 

I'm not happy clapping. You said "the most recent example" and referred to something that was 6 years ago. So, by definition, it's not the most recent example if you believe there have been a "raftload of ones in more recent seasons".

 

When you hear things like...it's just as important to keep players..which it is very important. But....how many times does Rodgers come out and essentially challenge the board to back him properly. Getting more pointed this summer and rightfully so. I honestly wouldn't blame him if he * off.

 

the negative toxic energy that comes with transfers ,signing a couple of decent players now and again would help with that

 

Brendan Rodgers insists Celtic know what business needs to be done before the transfer window shuts.

The Double-winners yesterday clinched the £3.5million return of Paulo Bernardo from Benfica on a five-year deal, joining Kasper Schmeichel and Viljami Sinisalo as the club's third summer capture. Talks are ongoing with Norwich City over a deal to bring back Adam Idah on a permanent basis, while the Hoops are also in the market for a new left-back to challenge Greg Taylor.

However, the lack of activity has concerned the green-and-white faithful who have vented their frustrations towards the board on social media. Rodgers knows the champions can't stand still but refuses to breed the "negative and toxic" energy surrounding the club's business



He said: "It's always about quality, that's what is key. We had a good squad last season but we needed to improve on that. Thus far, we're still short even on those numbers. Paulo coming back is great but we're still short on that. The guys have been working so hard behind the scenes, we know what we need to do.

I'm not going to get bogged down by the negative, toxic energy that comes around transfers. We'll work with the players we have, we know we'll make them better, we know as a club what we need to do and what we need to improve and we have just under four weeks to be able to do that