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.
Soon after Phil Clement’s quotes about the state of finances at Ibrox were released one senior member of Follow Follow warned that the move to Hampden will be for the full season. Both issues are related.Slowly the Ibrox PR machine has been drip feeding the bad news about their crumbling…
Jack Butland showed no sign of close season rustiness as he chucked in a howler in the pre-season friendly against Ajax.Super Jack ended last season out of the England squad and nursing the memories of presenting Adam Idah with the winning goal in the Scottish Cup Final when he parried…
Now way past their prime the Record is pinning their hopes for the Clement Revolution! on selling two thirty plus journeymen that have consistently finished second in a two horse race.