Celtic turned down a bid from Atletico Madrid in January for the midfielder, Atalanta recently received the same treatment with Juventus the latest big name club to be linked with a move for O’Riley.
The board has committed to spending £11m under Philippe Clement so far, that’s the first job so there has been money spent. There’s more money available, more players will come in.
David Edgar has jumped to the defence of the Ibrox board as the realisation drops that Phil Clement has no more money to spend on transfers.It seemed fairly clear to outsiders that the funds had dried up when a handful of cheap and cheerful signings came in alongside Connor Barron…
Benfica seem to be very skilled negotiators as they demonstrated with the Jota deal. A sell on clause of 30% appears like smart business, it remains unclear whether that applied to the profit on Celtic’s deal with Al Ittihad or to the entire fee.
Ross County and Motherwell will host the Ibrox side in December, it seems fairly clear that fixture reverses weren’t considered since there is no certainty that Ibrox will be open for business again this year.
Sinisalo has been loaned out to Burton Albion and Exeter City over the last season, playing 45 matches in League One last season under Gary Caldwell.
The deal between the clubs for Jota two years ago demonstrated how the Lisbon side ensure that every possibility is covered, a year after signing for Celtic the winger moved to Al Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League with Benfica collecting a healthy slice of the £25m fee.
Failure to win the SPFL title has come at an incredible cost, financially and in terms of the sanity of the manager.
I had other expectations when I came in in October, but I know the reality now. I am very motivated to build the club and help in that.
Admitting that any new signings is dependent on getting rid of serial losers is one thing but adding that he had been sold a very different outlook from the Directos when discussing the job has turned up the level of anger against the Ibrox board.