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Celtic 25/26 Summer transfer window: Stage: Nicholson firing up the Fax Machine

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by Sgt Neppers*, Mar 16, 2025.

Discuss Celtic 25/26 Summer transfer window: Stage: Nicholson firing up the Fax Machine in the Celtic Chat area at TalkCeltic.net.

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I think we all maybe surprised come monday

singer61, Aug 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM

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singer61 said: ↑

I think we all maybe surprised come monday
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Lawwell, Desmond and Nicholson all gonna drown on a yacht??

DonnyCelt, Aug 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM

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I think we all maybe surprised come monday
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For any specific reason?

John Bhoy79, Aug 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM

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Brendan might walk if he doesn't get players in

singer61, Aug 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM

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DonnyCelt said: ↑

Lawwell, Desmond and Nicholson all gonna drown on a yacht??
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The IRA makes it go kaboom, a la the Mountbatten assassination.

Leone Naka Fan, Aug 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM

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belfastcelt said: ↑

Ange has DOF...recruiting players with the right mind sets to play here.

Brendan as manager with no say in recruitment bar what positions he needs, and his remit is to improve the player and get results.

That work?
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It works in the sense that it would be an amazing combination. Where it falls down is that Rodgers would be about as enthusiastic about that arrangement as Gillette would be to give Alex Rae their new modelling contract and Ange is as likely to agree to the role as Ally McCoist is to win the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Other than that, it's an excellent idea.

Random Review, Aug 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM

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Be glad to know logging out of this to the inevitable we tried lines on Tuesday. Dont say you where not warned about this window.

Blochairnbhoy, Aug 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM

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Another day 0 progress on transfers

Celticbhoy97, Aug 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM

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Chris Sutton made a good point our team 12 months ago would have murdered this Zombie side coming tomorrow and really made a statement.
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Yeah, last season’s team with the pace of Maeda-Kyogo-Kuhn feasting on their disorganised high-line evokes images of pure carnage.

RalstonFanClubPresident, Aug 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM

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Can we get an update on Adam Idah's future? I believe he's away down to have a medical at Swansea. Is that correct?

There's interest in Adam. But, obviously, no one can leave here unless we get players in to replace. It's as simple as that. There's been negotiations and chatter around it, but I have to have players in here before I can consider letting anyone go.

Is that a big concern just given the fact that you've been wanting to strengthen your front line for quite a while now and there's now talk of potentially Adam and I think there was a link to Yang in Birmingham today as well?

It's been ongoing for Yang for a little while. I understand that when you're a player that's probably been mostly used as a squad player over a couple of years, there comes a point in time and then you maybe want to move on and play.

But I've been unable to do that because we've needed Yang here. I also know that if he does stay, he has a contribution to make because we need five, six wingers because of the number of games we play, the intensity that we want to play. But there has been interest in him. Yet again, I repeat, I can't really do anything unless we have players in.

In terms of strengthening, getting potential replacements in to maybe allow people to move out, do you feel you're any closer to that? I know Michel-Ange Balikwisha, obviously, was confirmed last night.

It's great. We're getting a player in the building that we've seen for a period of time over the last year, and I like his talent and I think he's got that skill set to play for Celtic, you know, he's an exciting player who works very, very hard.

I'm delighted to get him in. We have Marcelo Saracchi in the building as well, so hopefully that'll be that'll be all agreed and signed off within a matter of hours.

He gives us that cover that we need for Kieran Tierney in his position. And I'm very hopeful that we can, you know, close the window out over the next few days with getting the signings that's going to give us that real depth in the squad that we need.

Celtic trying to do business so late in the window. Why do you think that culture is so hard to change?

There are so many reasons as to why transfers don't get done and don't get done in time. I just know that as a football manager and coach, you bring in a player in the 1st of July as well as you can. You've maybe scouted him and looked at him and done a lot of the work. You bring him in 1st of July. He's got time to adapt, not just to football life, but his family moving out of hotels, getting into apartments, houses, whatever else. And then when you get to your games, like your competitive games, the games that matter. They're settled then and ready.

The example of the young guy at Brugge there during the week, you know, 6 million pound winger. He's signed. He comes in and does his work and makes a difference. So, for us as a football club, it's not about investment either, because this club will invest. The club's super well run. The investment is there. We need to look at the timing of the investment.

And does that go back to recruitment? Does it go back to identification? All these different facets, but what I do know is we have to be better at it. So, it's not about investment. The club will invest. We'll see over the next few days. I'm pretty sure we'll invest. But we want to get the timing of investment important, just to give us every single chance to be the best version of Celtic that we can be.

How hopeful are you that this time next year that is something that can be changed?

Well, that's that's we have to discuss. We have to look at that and and I'd be very hopeful. We've got a major owner in Dermot Desmond who's a super-intelligent guy. We've got board of directors who bleed for the club. They want the club to do well.

So, everyone here's connected. It's not, you know, why I see and I hear all these stories of disconnection. It can't be further from the truth. Every single guy from me, the board, Dermot, we love Celtic, but we want Celtic to be the very, very best.

There's a business model that you see works so well. I want to try and ensure the football model works equally as well. So, it's fluent and agile and we keep ahead of the game. So, when we lose players, we're not in this cycle of waiting, waiting, waiting, standing still and missing out on competitions that we want to be in. So, that's the that's the idea hopefully, over the coming months.

This time last year, you said very much the same thing that a club like Celtic cannot be going into the final weekend of the transfer window when they do business. Was there a discussion about this last year? Did you sit down and talk to people about this last year? Does that have to be revisited because lessons haven't been learned?

Probably if you if you look at what Ange has said, what Neil Lennon's said, what someone else said, it would be around about the same. So that's what I'm saying, it's a trend. So we need to understand that. We need to understand that from a football context. Because you want to be as well-equipped as you possibly can. And like I said, it's not about investment. The club will invest. But it's all about timely investment, and I think that it's most definitely what we need to look at.

Is there a sense of frustration that you're getting players in now after the Champions League play off games? Is there a sense of frustration there?

Listen, I don't want to feed anyone any negativity around the club because it's been enough of that. The job now is for us all to connect, the team, the supporters and everyone push forward in the same direction, knowing that, yeah, this here behind the scenes, we have to look at. There's absolutely no doubt about that. But in the meantime, we can't be frustrated and look backwards. You know, we have to understand that.

We will definitely have to improve that if we're going to continue moving forward. But in the meantime, I have to drive the team and look to get the team forward in the best possible mindset and and look forward to the challenges ahead.

Just on the stance on Adam, not going until you get somebody else, is that going to be a sign that the lessons have been learned from January, when obviously Kyogo left and wasn't replaced?

I just think it's logical and it's common sense. You know, we're really light in that area of the field. And I'm pretty sure there'll be a number of clubs that want some of our players. But there's absolutely no way we can move anyone out unless we have absolute guarantees that there's going to be people to come in to replace.

When you sold Nicolas Kuhn, there was an expectation that he would be replaced in time for the Champions League qualifiers.

I think we all thought that would have been the case, yeah.

You sympathise with the supporters' frustrations. They just want the best for the club and they want to see the club move forward. And it seems like there's an alignment between what you're saying, what the supporters want, what the captain's saying, getting them in early, getting them in at crucial times. And then there's a sort of roadblock that supporters can't understand. They just see things not happening, and they see the fallout from that and they get frustrated themselves.

Yeah, 100%. Like the other night, I walked down to see the supporters before the game and and I don't normally do that because, you know, I'm normally inside. But I saw a 77-year-old guy standing on the side of the stand the other day, looking in, ready to watch the game. And I'm looking at him and thinking, "Christ, this poor guy has traveled."

He's probably got loads of connections to get to the game. It's our duty to make sure the likes of him and all our supporters are served the best possible team we can. So, I know that better than anyone. That's my job to try and make sure that we can in the future be better equipped to give the best possible team on the pitch. And like I say, Dermot wants that, the board will want that. But we have to find a way to make it happen. Otherwise, it's absolutely okay saying what you want to do. But you've got to act on it. You've got to make it happen.

Just for players coming in, Brendan, you've been linked to Kasper Dolberg, the Danish striker. Can you say anything about that at the moment?

Not as of yet. There are obviously a number of players that we're looking at that we need to bring in, especially on the front line. But I think we'll be pretty busy and active over the coming days.

If Adam were to leave Brendan, would you be looking for two strikers to come in?
Ideally. Yeah.
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"Pretty busy and active over the coming days"..

This is panning out well.

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The Thumb said: ↑

"Pretty busy and active over the coming days"..

This is panning out well.
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Thank * there’s zoom calls then eh

Notorious, Aug 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM

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Wouldnt surprise me if they are holding back because if we go 9 clear its over. But if they win and 3 points in it, we will push the boat out a bit more

belfastcelt, Aug 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM

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singer61 said: ↑

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would be funny if he did ,if he cant get the better of a * sevco side after that fiasco midweek dont think too many would care

oh bhoy, Aug 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM

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Wouldnt surprise me if they are holding back because if we go 9 clear its over. But if they win and 3 points in it, we will push the boat out a bit more
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I think you may be on to something. Wouldn't be surprised.

crazy-horse1977, Aug 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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Can't wait to hear the back-up plan for when the Dolberg deal falls through. If you hear BR bigging-up Johnny Kenny and Yamada at some point tomorrow then you'll know what's coming.
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The Thumb, Aug 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM

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Should be at least 2 cbs added to that list. Going into yet another season with Scales as first choice is a perfect example why we never progress as a club

CCV is not the player he used to be and we needed another at his level and got Trusty who's been bombed out for Scales.

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Yeah, last season’s team with the pace of Maeda-Kyogo-Kuhn feasting on their disorganised high-line evokes images of pure carnage.
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Recon we would have taken 5-6 off them easy.

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My worry is we plan on shifting Maeda back to the right with the lack of RW links.

He's much better on the left and through the middle despite his recent form.

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My worry is we plan on shifting Maeda back to the right with the lack of RW links.

He's much better on the left and through the middle despite his recent form.
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Does it really make a difference though. We all know his technical limitations as a footballer. Not as if he's a good dribbler who can cut in play a decisive pass or finesse one into the top bin. Would be more beneficial having Balikwisha out on the left so he can cut in.

tuna_matata, Aug 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM

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