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Neil Lennon eyes move for Bullard, Ledley and Lawrence as first Celtic signings - The Daily Record

Neil Lennon eyes move for Bullard, Ledley and Lawrence as first Celtic signings

May 31 2010 Exclusive by Keith Jackson
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Neil Lennon will be officially appointed Celtic's new manager tomorrow - and will immediately instruct a blitz on the English transfer market.
Record Sport can reveal Cardiff midfielder Joe Ledley has emerged as a priority target for the Parkhead manager-in-waiting - and that Stoke winger Liam Lawrence and Hull's Jimmy Bullard are also edging closer to teaming up with Lennon in Glasgow's East End.
But first Lennon must wait for his own future to be thrashed out. We understand a final round of discussions today are all that stand in his way of securing his dream job.
Celtic also still hope to secure the services of a father figure to help Lennon as he cuts his teeth in management.
And despite weekend reports that old head will not be former Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson, suggested to the club by former manager Gordon Strachan .
But Lennon will demand guarantees from chief executive Peter Lawwell and majority shareholder Dermot Desmond that the appointment of a mentor will not dilute his authority as manager .
The precise remit of any proposed director of football is likely to be top of today's talks.
While Lennon is not entirely comfortable with the idea of working under the watch of a more experienced campaigner Celtic will placate him with a cast-iron assurance his word will be final on all team matters.
The fact Lawwell is already closing in on three of Lennon's top transfer targets shows they have placed their faith in the 38-year-old's judgment.
Lennon knows Celtic can pick up out-of-contract Ledley on a free transfer because of a loophole in cross-border transfer rules. The Wales midfielder was the subject of a £5million offer from Stoke last summer and is now being pursued by Everton, West Ham, Fulham, Blackburn and Wigan.
But while these clubs would have to pay Cardiff a bumper compensation package Ledley would not cost Celtic a penny.
The move for Lawrence is at a more advanced stage. Lennon hopes Stoke boss Tony Pulis sticks with a pledge not to price the Republic of Ireland midfielder out of the market and sets a price of around £1.5m.
And with Hull's finances in a state of meltdown following relegation from the English top flight Celtic are close to agreeing a season-long loan deal for Bullard .

 

Boumsong was sold for £8million
Hutton was sold for £9 million
Gordon cost around £9 million

If we were to sell McGeady why could we not expect that kind of money ?

 

The problem we have if were going to sell McGeady is none of the top team in England would want him.Most of the rest have no money to spend also if you got £6 million for him would that buy a better player than him.

 

There has been a global financial meltdown since then

 

If we wer to get these 3, Bullard, Ledley and Lawrence , what would that mean for the likes of Brown and a few other midfielders, they would need to be sold!

 

Brown wont be sold. A couple of others may need to move on though yeah. N'Guemo and ZZ....maybe even Crosas

 

I think they definetly need to sell him now as it's the right time for him to go imo. Don't know exactly who they should sign to replace him but i don't think he is anywhere near as good as a lot of people say. I think he's far too over rated, too predictable and his final ball is pretty poor for a player as skilled as him.

 

He's only 24. Get better quality around him and he will prosper

 

Sell mcgeady and buy bellamy or Keane

I think this is the best time to cash in on mcgeady, if were going to get around 8 million as reported from either spartak or birmingham then that will be enough to buy either bellamy or keane and if we are going to get ledley, bullard, lawrence then i would be happier with them in the midfield. Ledley can play on the left and lawrence would be on the right which would give us natural width with players who can swing it in early because they are playing on the same side as there preferred foot which we havent had in ages. Also having Ledley and lawrence on the wings will give us players who arent lazy and will get back and forward to help the team at both ends

 

Yeah, but we won't be able to get Bellamy or Keane.
and when we attack, he is the only player that looks even remotley exciting. Bullard and Ledley both play in the centre (well i think Ledley does, Bullard definatley does). And Lawerence isn't as offensive as Aiden.
Also would we get 8 Million for Aiden.
It's a very interesting idea, and definatley worth considering, but would it actually happen/work ?

 

If we "need" to sell a profile to get cash for a decent striker, I would rather sell Boruc instead of McGeady.

Even though Boruc is class, the key player in the attacking play must rate over the keeper for an attacking minded SPL team.


.... wait a minute. Everyone hates McGeady for picking Ireland over Scotland, and everyone love Boruc 'course he's a catholic and hate Rangers, so to rate McGeady over Boruc is absolute illegal! Sorry!

 

Rediculous comment to make

no brainer for me. McGeady for Keane?? Bye Aiden

 

He gets booed nearly on every stadium in SPL, and there's clearly an amount of Celtic supporters that seems pretty coloured by antipati against the player in their opinion on the player.

 

Sell our most exiting player who is around 24 for either of these players who are around 30, injury prone and will command more than double Aiden's wages. No thanks for me.

 

so is that the actual real reason he gets boo`d then? i dont think so,he is a good players who has a great wealth of skill behind him and frankly the booing could come down to a few things like eg! jelousy ?,celtic fans sometimes may boo him too sure but he may get this from tying to do too much when there is no need and mucks it up perhaps is another option. chooseing ireland over scotland is perhaps the reason from the mordorians! heard that too often from them tbh. you want too boo someone for him choosing roi over scotland? then boo the top dogs at uefa/fifa. after all it was their brain wave of an idea to come out with if you have a gran granda, mother ,father ,dog ,cat. rsat etc from another country? then you can choose their respectful countries!

germany is prime example of this as of now i think about 9 polish players have sworn aleigence to germany! so i wonder if they get boo`d?

 

Well. I'm willing to discuss the reasons why.

But it's pretty obvious that McGeady is unpopular (/or just not rated as deserved) amongst many fans, and Boruc on the other hand seems untouchable.
And it isn't only depending on their football abilities.

 

Your a bit off the mark with some of your reasons....i think if mcgeady was unliked by any fans its not because he picked ireland over scotland but because of his fights and trouble he has caused in the past few years.

 

Totally disagree. Itc because he chose Ireland. If you go onto any old firm forum u will see this stated regularly

 

Might be due to the fact he's an arrogant wee * who hasn't developed at all in the past 3 years whether Boruc is best gk we've had in 20 years as well
as being a bit eccentric which makes him so popular. Religion and nationality have nothing to do with it and your deluded if you think it does