Josip Juranovic

Agreed. I envy Scottish people for having a proper winter.

 

People talk about a drink in the heat but you can’t beat a drink heating you up on a crispy cold night.

 

100% mate. A nice black coffee for me on Wednesday. In the middle of cut so * * I can't have a hot chocolate.

 

I can't afford proper bovril so I have to crumble an oxo cube and add hot water instead.

 

Barcelona are interested in signing Celtic's Josip Juranovic in January, with one source telling Sky Sports News he is their number one target to fill the right-back position.

Two Premier League clubs and Barca's La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid are also looking at the Croatia international.


Celtic have wanted to keep Juranovic in Glasgow and held talks over an improved new contract. However, neither party could reach an agreement before he departed for the World Cup in Qatar.




The 27-year-old still has more than three-and-a-half years left on his current deal and it's understood Celtic will look to sit down with Juranovic again when he returns from his post-World Cup break next week, but the Scottish champions are braced for bids amid interest from the Premier League and clubs in Europe.

Juranovic was given a week off following Croatia's World Cup campaign and will be assessed for the injury, which kept him out of the third-place play-off win over Morocco on Saturday.




Celtic have already announced the signing of Canada right-back Alistair Johnston on a five-year deal.




Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou also has Anthony Ralston to call upon at right-back, so when asked if the club would consider selling Juranovic, he said: "We want clubs looking at our players, we want people talking about our football club and I think they are all positive things.

"It is great he is getting noticed. I want our players getting noticed. If they weren't getting noticed they wouldn't be doing well.

"I don't even think about it. At the end of the day, I hope all of our players are getting the attention because it means we have good players here.




From my perspective, I think all our boys did really well at the World Cup and that's a reflection of how they are developing as footballers at our football club.

"I think that is the most important thing. I'm sure a lot of our players are getting attention and will continue to get attention and that's what we want."




Barcelona president Joan Laporta said last month that the club will still find it difficult to make January signings despite improving the health of their finances.

"We had to make some levers, which were economic operations that saved the club from ruin, and now the club is in economic recovery," he said.

"But despite that, according to the rules of financial fair play of the Spanish league, we cannot sign.

"Us and some other La Liga clubs are also trying to convince La Liga to be more flexible, and allow us other types of interpretations that can make Barcelona even stronger.

 

We're deffo getting at least 20 in my opinion..

 

He would be right up their street. Can see this to Barcelona happening, we might get 18-20 mill but I'd imagine it will he heavily broken up in installments.

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Semi finalist at World Cup, lauded by the pundits, top top dollar up front from whoever buys him.

 

Can you imagine if he moves to Barcelona. The huns would go MENTAL.

 

Barcelona maybe like that he can go up against Vinicius as Real are their only real threat for the league

 

If there are installments most will be up front, I don't see Celtic operating any other way unless it's a player outside our plans.

 

Currently receiving a separate welcoming party (main one was yesterday) in the city/club he played for, just like Perišić, Pašalić, Vlašić...

 

They are currently saying he's * and we won't get anything, the Tim papers (yep) making it all up. Yeah the Tim media who said Juventus were buying Kamara, Leeds had a £15m offer for Kent turned down, turned down Dembele dollars for Morelos and gives Kenny Miller, Ginsters Boyd and Alex Rae constant work.

 

If he moves to Barcelona, and it's a big 'if', you're looking at a guarantee fee over £15m. I really want the other side of £20m.

He would fit them though. They are not what they were but you still need to have something about you to play there.

I reckon he'd go up another level being surrounded by better players all over the park and where they have their wingbacks bombing forward throughout a game.

As for the huns, you'd imagine that if you keep undervaluing our fees and over inflating your own assets, eventually you'd think you were in the wrong.

Patterson (I don't believe it was anywhere near the reported fee), Bassey and even Aribo were fees that were completely against the norm for them. That's just or normal.

They'll be * now though as they have zero assets. We have plenty - see Juranovic.

 

Played elite football at WC in the sunshine, got to a semifinal, Barca in for him as well now, he'd be mad to not leave this miserable land in this window. There's more to life than playing against deadbeat scottish teams.

 

Is it that big an if? They have used Balde, a left back, as right back most of the season. I wouldn't be surprised to see them get in a right back this window.

 

Huge if going for Juranovic.

I know they'll be in the market for one but who is to say Juranovic is their first choice or even on it at all?

 

Aye because all he has in his life currently is playing against deadbeat Scottish teams. Doesn’t have a tidy bird to go home to, or friends within the squad. Doesn’t represent his country in nearly all of their fixtures. Doesn’t play in front of 60,000 fans every second weekend.

* me man. What is it with folk on this forum.