When you’ve just scored four goals, that always seems to be OK, but we lost an important player in January in Kyogo, who scored a lot of goals, and we’ve lost Nicolas Kuhn, a lot of goals again, and even Matt O’Riley last summer.
Others, in the boardroom rub their hands, pat each other on the back and look across the city to remind themselves of their own brilliance.
I still think we need another player in that position. If he was to go, we’d need two more.
I am not overthinking it. We all know the model here at Celtic – players will improve and they will get to a level that get beyond, not the club, but in terms of the financial salary.
O’Riley knows his worth and had the confidence to step ‘backwards’ from Fulham to time out followed by MK Dons to advance his career. In January 2022 he decided that Celtic under Ange Postecoglou was the platform that his career needed.
Celtic turned down a bid from Atletico Madrid in January for the midfielder, Atalanta recently received the same treatment with Juventus the latest big name club to be linked with a move for O’Riley.
Facing a must-win match at Celtic Park in May the former Norwich starlet didn’t make the Starting XI of the Serial Losers, looking to win the match in the second half Cantwell remained in his cage as Nicky Raskin, Scott Wright and Kemar Roofe were sent on by A Proper…
The Maldives is popular with holidaying footballers, Copenhagen less so but in Mumbai you aren’t expecting to bump into European footballers- certainly not out enjoying a game of 5-a-sides
According to the Danish media ‘ Tipsbladet ‘, the offer rejected by Celtic was 21 million euros , while Celtic valued their player at 29 million. Now Celtic are asking for even more, knowing that he is a sought-after player and that he may end up leaving.
Unlike what happened a few months ago, both Feyenoord and Celtic are now more open to negotiating. So they did not want to lose a basic piece in their teams with the season started unless the offer was high, which it was not.