A Columbian in Azerbaijan and a Dane playing in the Arctic Circle are happy to come to Glasgow. They might not know the nitty gritty but there are worst places to play football.
All of the failings we pointed out last season have now been repeated and no excuse is going to wash this time around.
Celtic’s media team hasn’t been deflected from selling merch and tickets to welcome a new signing with a social media clip.
What? Only £23,000 a week? On Friday the Record had Iheanacho on £50,000 a week. Big dosh, mega bucks deal. You name it. They published it.
It is going to be a big summer. Everyone, I hope and expect, has learned lessons from some things which influenced this season. Therefore, everyone is up for that challenge and the work is going on.
McGregor has been at pre-season training since Day 1 on June 26. O’Neill hasn’t got round to speaking to his captain. He did create time to hit the booze with Michael Gannon, Ryan McDonald, Gareth Law and Josh McCafferty.
On the back of a double win the manager was nowhere to be seen. The first home match following the dramatic 3-1 win over Hearts. An iconic figure committed to a season in the dug-out. Zilch. Nada. Zero. Not even on the club website.
I think the recruitment is very, very important, to try and get some more players in if we can do. And I think the Champions League game is nearly within a couple of matches of the season starting.
It’s going to be a very active next few weeks, and we must come out of it with a stronger squad.
That teaser ought to have opened the door for the post match media access. It proved to be as underwhelming as the January transfer window.