Managers are loathe to read too much into pre-season performances and results but after having a staggered return to action of his international players it looks like a very definite pattern of play has already been established by the champions.
Years of domestic domination, with one very notable blip has convinced them that they are all doing great jobs while the team repeatedly flops in Europe when faced by tougher opponents than the 2013 Third Division Champions.
That throwaway paragraph by the Record will come as no surprise to Internet Bampots, well aware of the desperate measures between the Glasgow publisher and the newest football club in the city. Some might describe it as a suicide pact.
Hannibal also spent the second half of last season in Seville – playing six times in La Liga. That deal included a £17m option to buy – but the Spaniards have not taken up United on their offer.
Various issues dogged the Hummell deal, very few outlets stocked the kit with the Danish firm using a clause to cancel with a year left to run on the deal.
The shambles at Ibrox continued last night with Phil Clement making a bizarre statement about the absence and future of Todd Cantwell.Over the course of three pre-season defeats the former Norwich City starlet hasn’t played a single minute despite being part of the squad that trained in Holland for a…
In the absence of any known Recruitment Team Nicholson and McKay are tasked with improving the playing squad to give Rodgers a fighting chance of competing in Europe with last season’s dead-rubber win over Feyenoord highlighting how far Celtic have fallen on that stage.
The Board’s commitment is to strengthen and improve the playing squad in every transfer window and although resources were available, we were unable to further add to the squad due to the unavailability of identified targets.
During the close season the Daily Record published a story that Jack Butland was about to take Tav’s cherished Captain’s Armband, that story was quickly watered down but the damage was done.
Cypriot teams rarely pay transfer fees, at the age of 31 an undisclosed fee is likely, possibly sweetened up with an Ibrox pay-off as one of the highest earners left following the June departures of Kemar Roofe and John Lundstram.