Paul Dickov has touted Angus Gunn and his Scotland teammate Ross Stewart for a move to Celtic this summer… The ex-Scottish international has revealed that the club would likely be paying attention to both Gunn and Stewart, amidst what will be a massive overhaul of the playing squad this year. Even in light of Celtic winning the Double, we cannot forget the circumstances in which we found ourselves last season. There are numerous problems inside Celtic Park at present and with the Board determined to fiddle whilst Rome burns, the support are mightily concerned, nay apoplectic, about the current state…
Author: Paul Gillespie
Celtic could land Marcelo Saracchi for less than £2 million, according to a report… The defender enjoyed a highly successful and fruitful spell at Celtic Park last season, where he spent a season-long loan deal away from parent club Boca Juniors. Brought to the club initially under Brendan Rodgers, the Uruguayan really flourished under Martin O’Neill, who clearly developed a strong connection to the player, praising him in the dressing room in front of his peers, when Celtic clinched the league against Hearts in May. It was something that didn’t go unnoticed by the Celtic support either, who also thought…
Serie A cracks Napoli are just the latest club to join the race for Celtic’s Belgian midfielder Arne Engels… Interest is high in the Celtic midfield star, and after successive bids from English Premier League side Nottingham Forest in January of this year, clubs are circling around Celtic Park ahead of the transfer window opening. Engels proved his credentials to those who doubted his quality towards the end of the last campaign, when both he and Alistair Johnston played pivotal parts in us retaining our Scottish Premiership crown, whilst we regained the Scottish Cup too. There’s no doubting that Celtic…
Former Crystal Palace and Hull City boss, Iain Dowie, has claimed a move to Celtic would interest Callum Wilson… Dowie knows the physical striker well, being a West Ham fan, watching him for the Hammers down in the English Premier League. Wilson was of course a reported target for the Hoops during the January transfer window, where the Celtic Board hung legendary manager, Martin O’Neill, out to dry. After a summer transfer window that broke one Hoops gaffer, the hierarchy took it a step further and took a wildly inappropriate decision to leave O’Neill without proper backing, ignoring pleas from…
Rumoured Celtic target Soufiane El Faouzi has been described as “a machine” by his Schalke 04 captain, Kenan Karaman… The tenacious midfield battler has been linked to the Hoops this summer, ahead of what will be a significant rebuild for returning manager Martin O’Neill who could have a £40m war-chest at his disposal. Midfield recruitment key factor for Celtic this summer One of the key areas that the rebuild will have to focus on massively is midfield, with it set to undergo a massive overhaul. Reo Hatate and the rarely spotted Paulo Bernardo will almost certainly be leaving – with…
Celtic’s Daizen Maeda finished the season with a flourish, bagging a remarkable nine goals in seven games, including a sensational overhead-kick against the Rangers and an emotional title-charged effort into Hearts at Paradise, which edged us in front 2-1 at the time, and to the top of the table en-route to five-in-a-row… That confidence is now flowing through the Japanese warrior, as he prepares to help his country tackle the World Cup in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Japan kick-off their tournament against Virgil Van Dijk’s Netherlands team this coming Sunday, with other Celtic connections in the shape of Benjamin…
Frank McAvennie has made a surprising claim about this summer’s transfer window, concerning the size of Celtic’s transfer war-chest… The former Hoops striker comments regularly on all things regarding his old club, using his podcast, Let Me Be Frank, to give his take on his boyhood heroes. There are numerous issues engulfing the club at present, with uncertainty surrounding almost every facet of the institution. A scandalous revelation In a very jarring update that has hit the mainstream this afternoon, it has been revealed that Celtic’s hierarchy are trying to get domestic Double-winning staff members, Shaun Maloney and Mark Fotheringham,…
Brian Wilson has claimed that this Celtic Board intends to back Martin O’Neill in the transfer market… The interim Chairman used the club’s official channel to make the claims earlier today, in another communication that delivered virtually nothing of note, about what the intentions are going forward… As has been said and written ad nauseam now, there is a massive rebuild and restructuring of the football club needing to take place, with it obvious things have become antiquated and stale within Celtic. Football operations could do with a clean-out Several high-profile stars need moving on, with Reo Hatate and Paulo…
Bernard Ponsonby is a chap that when he speaks, people tend to listen. The political commentator and journalist is a self-confessed Celtic fan, and could be heard defending the club’s values and excoriating its principal shareholder and his lackeys, when speaking recently at an event at Glasgow University… That was recorded without permission and was subsequently posted all over the fan media and also made its way into the red-tops. The bright and articulate orator managed to succinctly and eloquently describe how the vast majority of Celtic supporters feel at this moment in time, towards those who run the club…
Chris Sutton has affirmed his belief that communication is at the very heart of everything that is wrong at Celtic Park currently… The big Englishman hasn’t been slow in letting everyone know how he feels about his old club lately, in the aftermath of a season that yielded silverware, yet at the same time, highlighted the void that exists between it’s custodians and supporters. The suits embarked on a scorched earth policy last campaign, when Brendan Rodgers rightfully pulled them up for continuously selling talent without sourcing appropriate and timely replacements. It’s something that has been a key feature of…
Paul Lambert has advised that Celtic have a big summer ahead, if they are to sort out the major issues which have dogged the club for successive transfer windows now… The former Celtic midfielder knows all about playing for the man who now sits in the manager’s chair at Parkhead, after the club have reportedly dealt Martin O’Neill in for one-year, with the possibility of another to follow. Major restructuring behind the scenes and rebuilding of the playing squad is required, with doing it on the cheap not an option, now that we have been left in this mismanaged position.…
Celtic are set to face-off against AC Milan this pre-season, after the club announced a glamour friendly with the European heavyweights… Milan, arch-rivals of Celtic’s 1967 European Cup Final opponents Inter, have plenty of history with the Hoops themselves, having fought on numerous occasions post-Millennium on the Continent. Of course, many will remember vividly that Scott McDonald winner on a soaking wet night in Glasgow’s East End, back in 2007, when a drama-filled evening of football unfolded before our very eyes. After taking the lead through a Stephen McManus goal, the Italian side equalised through an unfortunate penalty from Brazilian…
Alan McInally is sure Martin O’Neill will have asked for iron-clad assurances about recruitment and money available for next season, before committing to another year at Celtic Park… The former Republic of Ireland gaffer has agreed to become the Celtic manager permanently, after completing a miracle of sorts in the dugout throughout his two interim spells last season. Martin’s Domestic Double The Kilrea native twice answered the call to save Celtic’s season, when a confluence of issues contrived to make sure we walked away empty handed come May. Thankfully, in typical circumstances – where Martin O’Neill is concerned – he…
A former Celtic striker has backed the club to deal in Kelechi Iheanacho for next season… Rambos discusses the merits of Celtic retaining Kelechi Iheanacho Alan McInally has been talking all things Celtic, and our ex-striker has thrown his weight behind the idea of the Hoops extending the Nigerian’s stay in Glasgow for the next campaign. The 29-year-old was crucial in the end up, helping us get over the line with some impressive cameos towards the business end of the season just past. Brought into the club just before the infamous parting of the ways between Celtic and Brendan Rodgers,…
Neil Lennon has argued that Celtic’s hierarchy must loosen the purse strings and fully back Martin O’Neill this summer… Lennon’s ex-gaffer and close mentor for a major part of his career, has been given the top on a full-time basis, in the aftermath of two successful interim spells in the dugout, which culminated in the club winning two out of three domestic trophies this year. It was far from plain sailing though, as the man who will be honoured in his hometown of Kilrea soon bemoaned the lack of quality at times and was practically begging the Board for support…
There’s no time like the present and that’s the mantra that must pervade the corridors of power at Celtic Park this summer… With an almighty rebuilding and restructuring job required, after the club’s custodians let the playing squad and football operations fall into successive windows of failure and neglect, Celtic need to get moving. Numerous aspects of the playing squad require attention and support, with a full new forward line required, and midfielders and defenders on top of that – whilst you can throw a goalkeeper into the mix too. Waiting on Martin O’Neill confirmation If the club didn’t have…
Stephen Welsh looks all set to join Swansea City, following the decision to tear up the last year of his Celtic contract, as an act of good will from the club for his loyalty throughout the years… Welsh enjoyed six years playing for his boyhood club 26-year-old Welsh was a breakout academy star, making his debut in the Scottish Cup at Hamilton, back in February of 2020. It seemed that we could expect big things from the young central defender, who was knocking on the door to the Celtic first-team in the period after that appearance at New Douglas Park,…
Daizen Maeda is relishing the opportunity to go up against Dutch star Denzel Dumfries in his nation’s World Cup opener… The Japanese attacker will face off against the Real Madrid-bound full-back this weekend, when Japan face the Netherlands in their first Group F fixture over in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The Celtic player endured a somewhat difficult campaign in the Hoops, along with his teammates. After another summer of discontent under Brendan Rodgers, the Irishman decided to leave the club through mutual consent, before Dermot Desmond publicly castigated him for the club’s failings over the summer transfer window and performances…
Frosinone don’t look like budging any time soon on their Fares Ghedjemis stance as the Italian club looks to maximise the transfer fee… The Algerian winger is attracting numerous interested parties, after his wonderful success in Serie B last year, where he helped propel the Serie A newcomers to promotion. “You wouldn’t be a million miles away” Celtic were working to bring the attacker to Parkhead during the January transfer window, with a spate of discussions taking place to try and prize him away from the Italian outfit. Martin O’Neill even went as far as to say “you wouldn’t be…
Chris Sutton has urged Martin O’Neill to use his current position of strength at Celtic Park this summer… The ex-Bhoys striker turned pundit, who covers Scottish football for Sky Sports and writes weekly in his newspaper column about all things regarding the Hoops, reckons O’Neill will never have this kind of clout again. The Irishman stepped into the firing line for his old club’s principal shareholder Dermot Desmond, after he and his acolytes drove the club’s season into the wall, going from one catastrophic decision to the next. That particular chaos didn’t halt O’Neill frog-marching the club to a Scottish…