And yet, almost ten full months into the job, it is still unclear as to what exactly Clement is doing to arrest the decline of his side. There’s certainly no sign of an identity or even a suggestion of his preferred style of play.
Football is about winning and coming to a club with such a rich history of winning, a culture of draws aren’t enough, the only thing that matters is winning.
Jefte performed like the sort of player St Johnstone or Motherwell would sign, strip away Brazilian star and there is a bang average player there. Think Tavernier without the free kicks, penalties, corners and throw-ins.
Getting onto the UEFA list is the target for most aspiring referees, opening up access to business class travel, very generous expenses and match fees, something that Douglas Ross used to take full advantage of.
It is a distinctly underwhelming scoring record but virtually nothing has been seen of the 22-year-old since his transfer was announced for a fee reported to be around £2m.
With Ibrox closed for the foreseeable future the last thing that Executive Chairman John Bennett wanted to hear was the dramatic comments from Clement in Holland last weekend.
I’m sure Rodgers would have preferred to have him on board for the US but the good thing about Idah is they know all about him and he wouldn’t need time to settle in. Celtic can afford to wait until the deal is right and he’ll walk back into the…
While stories about Super Computers and UEFA coefficients are lapped up by legacy publishers it seems that news about the share values of two major Glasgow clubs is strictly out of bounds for fear of upsetting readers.
Trabzonspor recently signed Borna Barisic and John Lundstram, clearly the agent involved in those deals has informed the Turkish club about the financial distress at Ibrox.
The length of contract strengthens their hand in any potential negotiations, yet equally there is no doubt if Celtic or any other suitor can match Norwich’s valuation there is a deal to be done.