At 3.29 today Andy Devlin of The Sun broke the news that Celtic had turned down tickets for Ibrox with the story quickly moving on to Bisgrove’s demand for 800 tickets to Celtic Park on December 30.
He seemed very off guard during the podcast, almost as if he was sharing small talk with chums in the BBC canteen. Clearly unburdening a lot of resentment he claimed that Rodgers would be livid at not getting the Spurs job that Postecoglou left Celtic for.
Between February 26 and April 29 the Beale myth took an absolute battering as he lost to Celtic in three competitions with a defeat at Pittodrie thrown into the mix.
Two seasons ago Vata played with Ben Doak and Owen Moffat in the Celtic B team, one got away almost as soon as possible while the other stayed on too long.
The problems Celtic face with Hatate and Abada, and probably Matt O’Riley is that they are already on long term deals with relatively modest wages.
Next week against PSV Eindhoven the serious broadcasters move in leaving the BBC with some radio coverage while the licence payer stumps up for the expenses claims from some very elite Geneva restaurants.
When broken glass mysteriously appeared in Joe Hart’s goalmouth in full view of the Ibrox groundstaff Nicholson said nothing about the selective failing of the CCTV covering 20% of the stadium.
With problems in front of goal Beale spent £3.5m on Sam Lammers, £5m on Cyriel Dessers then topped than off by spending £5.5m on Danilo from Feyenoord mainly based on the fact that he has a Brazilian passport.
As an attacking left winger Podence would tick a huge box for Celtic but it is hard to see the club going beyond £5/6m for someone turning 28 in October while trying to put together a salary package compared to his current Wolves deal.
Following the Glasgow Derby Celtic don’t play again until September 16 when they host Dundee which probably eases the decision on Hatate for Ibrox.