Celtic fail to land Kyle Lafferty

Celtic up laffert bid.......

Celtic have reportedly made an improved bid for in-demand Burnley striker Kyle Lafferty.

The Northern Ireland international wants to move on from Turf Moor and Celtic, Rangers and Wolves are in the hunt for the 20-year-old.

The Hoops made an unsuccessful bid for the player - whom Burnley want around £4 million for - in January.

They have now returned with a £2.75million offer plus £1 million rated Derek Riordan - whom Burnley manager Owen Coyle tried to sign in January - as well as the promise of a friendly match.

But a spokeswoman for the Championship club said: "Nothing has been agreed, no acceptable offers have come in."



Sky Sports | Football | News | Celtic 'up Lafferty bid'

 

For Fucksake. Surely they must know the fans probably won't take to this nicely.

 

your dam right the fans wont

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/celticfcsaysnotolafferty

 

I would worry that a good few will be signing this for the wrong reasons. By the criterea for not wanting him of him being a Rangers fan from a loyalist background would have cost us a good few players int he past. FFS we would have had to reject George Best if he had been available by that token.

He could be mince but hardly any of us have seen him. He is clearly thought of as one for the future (hes 20) and not to be judged on his present club or goals ration right now. WGS must see something special in him and trying to get him before he is worth a lot lot more. I agree its a pretty non-exciting prospect but there has got to be a reason for this determined pursuit. WGS seems to have a policy of gambling on raw very young players who there is a chance of being a future gem. The cash 2.75 million is not much at all by English standards, the sort of money thats even cheap for a championship player. If he doesnt work out we would get a lot of the money back if he was sold back to England so its not a huge gamble. At worse we could make a minor loss (maybe a million?) if we sell him back to a similar club in a year or two. I think that is WGS's thinking. Sounds like a more expensive version of the Sno saga - some think he is mince and others think he could be world class but we just dont know how he will turn out.

 

My main reason for not wanting him signed is due to his form and his price we can get a established striker for what Burnley are wanting for him.

 

Seconded, What a muppet what will Strachan need to do, to get rid of all of his haters?

 

I couldn't give a flying * if he was white black or yellow. He's a * poor player for that money.

 

One of the top 3 things I dislike about Strachan - he has a FETISH for mediocre huns. Pretty sure he does it just to * us off.

check these comments from the Burnley supporters board:

tuffite - 'Lafferty doesn't seem to be able to score, his shots are weak and he doesn't seem to be able to make the right choice. This can cost us this season.'

carrickclaret - i really dont think hes a goal scorer what has he really done for us since he came. if he dose go in the summer it wont bother me becoz he wont b missed if he dosnt do enything for the team except hight.

turfmanphil - I have problems with Lafferty, if we had a decent left sided winger, I dont think he would get in the team....(he) always seems to go for glory in front of goal when a simple tap-in or a pass would be the better option; he seems prone to blasting it wide/over the bar etc. I would not be too upset to see him go in the summer.

colin waldron - certainly at this stage of his career is no where near prolific enough and with Gray gone and lets be honest AAs and Coles days numbered, he has a fantastic opportunity to establish himself as a top marksman for Burnley Somehow I dont think he cuts it and I guess Coyle may have accepted that he will go and then bring in someone who poses more of a threat on the opposition goal

carickclaret - if a club wants to pay out 4 million for a player that cant score then suit them selfs i wouldnt even pay out 1 million for him to be honest.

tom law - have been saying this to my mates for the las 6 months, lafferty is rubbish and as soon as Berisha is back hes out of the team and i think we should take the money for him in the summer

Wow. Those are successive posts BTW.

 

The post above says it all. Burnley fans will be laughing their heads off if we pay 4million for that numptie. Strachan your at the euros we may not be able to afford the best players in the world but by * we can get better than this!!!!!! WAKE UP STRACHAN.

 

4.5 million your having a laugh Ffs Blackburn got Santa cruz 3.5

 

Signed!

Hun * can * off to the the reject side of glasgow with that useless * Miller!! :bbpd:

 

Chris Killen was a 750K mistake he sits in the Reserves. Killen will most probably be moved on if we can find someone to take him.

IMO if we buy Lafferty all that we are doing is replacing a 750K reserve team striker with a one who cost 4 million.

 

Dunno if anyones posted or read this but a reasonably respected former striker , coach and pundit Steve Claridge gave the following scout report on Lafferty which is decent to read:

Scouting report: Kyle Lafferty, Burnley | Sport | guardian.co.uk

The end bit sums him up as:

Age 20 Born Belfast
Position Winger
Height 6ft 4in
Weight 11st 2lb
From Burnley trainee
Pace 8/10
Heading 8/10
Crossing 8/10
Passing 8/10
Shooting 7/10
Team responsibility 8/10
Valuation £2m



The scout report is pretty positive towards him ending with: Lafferty firmly on the radar now the only surprising thing about him will be if he does not go on to have a very long and successful career.



I know nothing about the guy so don't you go thinking I want to sign him

 

Steve claridge just got done for drunk driving I think.


Maybe he should be charged with Drunk Scouting as well

 

Kyle Lafferty's agent has stated that Burnley are locked in talks with both Celtic and Wolves.

 

I believe in giving everyone a chance. He is def not a proven goal scorer but at the same time he plays for a crap team with no attacking flair at all. For N.Ireland the young performs pretty well considering his age and he scores.

I am not trying to compare these 2 players at all but before larsson came to us he was at feyenoord for 4 seasons. In only 1 of those seasons he got into double figures. He Scored 26 in 101 games now that is 1 in every 4. Look how amazing he turned out to be.

I do not aggree with the fee but at the same time that is the market now even for crap players.

All I say is that maybe if we do sign him we should all back him as he is not being signed to score goals but to have mcdonald run off him.

If we dont sign him I would def give Hutchinson the chance to play a few SPL games next season.

 

I hope tae * wolves beat us.

i never thought I'd hear myself say that.

 

I read in one the comments of that article that Lafferty has been employed as a left winger at Burnley due to the severe lack of left-side options - which could explain why his goal scoring record looks unimpressive.

 

For once i hope there isnt enough crumbs in the biscuit tin.

 

great post