The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Over the Bar]

More good news. Cuellar's on his way. Agreed a £8 odd million deal with Villa tonight.

Rangers commit hari-kari at the start of the season.  Celtic for the league at 4/5 is a shoe in.  Get on it before the odds tumble.

[Main Street]

More good news. Cuellar's on his way. Agreed a £8 odd million deal with Villa tonight.

I heard that £4m of that goes to Osasuna.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

More good news. Cuellar's on his way. Agreed a £8 odd million deal with Villa tonight.

I heard that £4m of that goes to Osasuna.

Now that would be fantastic news.

Crosas a done deal, another two - three players in the next couple of weeks, happy days, McGregor goes down south and the Orcs implode. 

[T Fearon]

Even now, Martin O'Neill is helping the cause

[T Fearon]

Photo in this weeks View! Albeit at a distance, I am discernible in the front row behind Mick and the St Mirren captain at the pre match toss up

By the way, any of you read the 10 Days that Shook Celtic book? The chapter on the petit merde's defection to the Huns is hilarious. Talks about his early trials with Partick, and the fact that he was to become accustomed to many trials in Glasgow , also that he wanted to come back from Nantes so that his daughter could go to school in Glasgow or as they author says, "go to the same school he infrequently went to himself" .Very very funny

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Now looking like we have signed Glenn Loovens (the Cardiff defender and former Dutch under-21), he had a good season last year with Cardiff and the Hun have been trying to sign him all Summer.
Now I have two points, 1: Is he good enough for us and the CL
                                  2: I hope him hasn't been purchased because the Hun were after him and our other targets have fallen through=lazy scouting?!

[Main Street]

I don´t know anything about the player, it's a lot of money for a player in the last year of his contract,
but I love this bit of reporting.

'The Dutchman informed Rangers that he had grown tired of their prevarication'

'The transfer has also been largely funded by the extra £2.5m in television revenue earned by Celtic for Rangers' failure to reach the Champions League group stages. In the end, Celtic's ability to meet Cardiff's demands, and their automatic qualification for the group stages, proved irresistible to the defender.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

I don´t know anything about the player, it's a lot of money for a player in the last year of his contract,
but I love this bit of reporting.

'The Dutchman informed Rangers that he had grown tired of their prevarication'

'The transfer has also been largely funded by the extra £2.5m in television revenue earned by Celtic for Rangers' failure to reach the Champions League group stages. In the end, Celtic's ability to meet Cardiff's demands, and their automatic qualification for the group stages, proved irresistible to the defender.

Aye, he's been quoted today as saying that he had the choice between Celtic and Rangers and he chose Celtic because of the CL.

[under the bar]

Looks like Pedro Mendez is for greyskull.   Not seen enough of him in the premiership to have a view on him.

[T Fearon]

Mendes will forever be in the annals at White Hart Lane for "scoring" against Man Ure at Old Trafford from the halfway line against Carroll, the ball was clearly three yards over the line, but the referee said that Carroll saved it and refused to award the goal.

Saw him playing for Portsmouth against Spurs last Easter when he was largely anonymous.

Good enough ball player, not a big pile of heart or aggression and not up to the rough and tumble of the SPL and completely out of place among the hammerthrowers at Ibrox.

[under the bar]

Maybe Smith is gonna abandon the death by 90-minute strangulation tactic!  Failure to deliver the title will prob men the end of him and super-ally so he might as well go out playing football for a change!

[Main Street]

The bit I liked was Celtic being able to spend Ranger's money in order to sign a player from under their noses.

[the colonel]

they need of a left back is screaming out. but at least thats a few players in. bount to be more coming

[lynchbhoy]

they need of a left back is screaming out. but at least thats a few players in.

and has been for two years at least

two centre halves - that glenn loovens, also Madlung from wolfsburg on the radar apparantly, plus some other french league LB - think he is from ghana

bobo not leaving could scupper one of these signings

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Bobo's really starting to piss me off, £27,500 a week isn't enough for him now! - think most teams will tell him to fcuk right off after that last rejection!