The Offical Glasgow Celtic thread

[Angelo]

For the past 9 years Celtic have been coasting. There was no need for investment as there was no imminent threat. Except there was a threat to them last year and Covid stepped in and helped us out. So here we are thinking we could cheap skate to the biggest title in 140 odd years of the club.

There was serious need for investment. We have fallen way, way behind at a European level from where we were 10-15 years ago.

[Angelo]

European football offers rewards but the real awards are with tranfer income, that's what clubs like Porto and Ajax have managed.

We've sold players on the cheap at the first opportunity. Van Dijk left Celtic at the first opportunity for a modest fee.

Lawwell's strategy was to sell quick. He couldn't wait to push Tierney out the door last season, a boyhood fan who came up the youth ranks, signed a 6 year deal and was not going to force a move but was actively sold.

McGeady was on Si Ferry's podcast there a few months back and said that the club actively tried to sell him too when he left for Russia.

We are now in a position where we are letting Ajer and Edouard run into the final year of their contracts too. It's just a complete and utter shambles from the club, no vision, no foresight these players should have been tied down a couple of years back. You can see them going next season for £10-20m each and going for triple that in a few years time.

[Angelo]

Yeah you're right. De Jong and De Ligt were sold from Ajax for about £150m. And a few other players sold the next year for near £100m. But at the same time they wouldn't have got anywhere near that money had they not had a great run in Europe. 200-300million quid in transfers in the space of 2 years. Unreal. Their academy must be something else.

Definitely but at the same time - what do you think Tierney would fetch right now if a side like City or United made him a priority? £60-70m? Same with when we had Van Dijk. 18 months later and he goes for over 7x what Celtic sold him for.

[HiMucker]

Hi guys, how's ye all doing?

[Angelo]

Yer boy Davies is off to Liverpool now apparently.

[JimStynes]

Put a lock on the gate and tarmac over the pitch. Useless

[NAG1]

Put a lock on the gate and tarmac over the pitch. Useless

Genuine question, how is NL still in a job?
Are they biding their time to pick a replacement or are they sticking their head in the sand with misplaced loyalty?

[laoislad]

Yer boy Davies is off to Liverpool now apparently.

I guess he wanted to move to a big club.

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[JimStynes]

Yer boy Davies is off to Liverpool now apparently.

I guess he wanted to move to a big club.

Don't start Angelo please. Next he will be saying Celtic have as much European tradition as Liverpool.

[dublin7]

Yer boy Davies is off to Liverpool now apparently.

I guess he wanted to move to a big club.

Don't start Angelo please. Next he will be saying Celtic have as much European tradition as Liverpool.

More likely it'll be that Cetic are bigger and better than Liverpool becaue they've got more league titles.

[trailer]

Yer boy Davies is off to Liverpool now apparently.

I guess he wanted to move to a big club.

Don't start Angelo please. Next he will be saying Celtic have as much European tradition as Liverpool.

Perhaps the open sectarianism wasn't for him?

[Angelo]

The biscuit tin mentality of Celtic again.

[toby47]

The fact that Neil Lennon is still in a job is beyond me

[tonto1888]

The biscuit tin mentality of Celtic again.

Apparently he was happy with Celtic's offer but can you blame him for turning us down and going to liverpool