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Celtic Diary Tuesday January 10: A Million Pounds Up Front ?

Hassim Ali Kidirin, the Turkish defender that has attracted the attention of Brendan Rodgers, has, according to the papers, been offered £1m to sign  and £1.6m a year to join Celtic.

By our standards, thats a lot. We tried to find Peter Lawwell for his reaction, but he wouldn’t come out of his room.

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Including wages, the whole deal would cost around £7.5m, which these days isn’t that much, and when this was explained to Peter, he came out, and whilst not his usual jolly self, he felt well enough to start eating again.

After the signing of  the young Ivory Coast midfielder, Kouassi Eboue, manager Brendan Rodgers said Africa was a huge untapped market for Celtic, and that he may dip back in for more players.

When asked why, he gave us his entry for the Private Eye colemanballs column, which features foot in mouth comments from the sporting world;

“It’s always been a market where you find players who are hungry. 

I think we know what he means.

“I look at the Scottish players and say: Can I help them? Can I develop them? But there are also certain markets you can bring players in from to help Celtic and help Scottish football and Africa has always been that. 

You only need to look a Kolo’s academy in the Ivory Coast to see the likes of Gervinho, Kolo and Yaya Toure coming through. Big talents.

“Ghana, Mali, Ivory Coast, Senegal. In western Africa, they have big talent.” 

Not only has Toure sorted out the defence this season, he’s helping to sort it out, and the rest of the team, for many years to come. He may only be seen scarcely on the pitch, but his work behind the scenes is priceless.

As for new siging Eboue, Rodgers has told us what he sees in him, and how he will adapt to Scotland;

 “I don’t think adaptation to the country is going to be a problem.

“He has left Russia when its minus 25 to go to Scotland where it’s minus 15!

“Hopefully, all being well, that can be finalised and he will be a real good addition to our team. Of course we’re waiting for it to be done. Waiting for it to come through.

“But he’s certainly a player that is that level of player, a Champions League mentality. He’s very aggressive, he covers the ground, he’s got mobility, speed, big intensity, big pressure, reads the game.

“For a young player, he’s tactically very strong, he protects the middle of the pitch as I like it to be protected and what he can do is he can pass the ball. 

“He’s very swift going through the lines, going through people, and he plays it quickly.” 

 “He’s also super hungry. I saw him in Europa League games and he was ready.

“Those guys, if you pick them up early enough in that migration trail out of Western Africa, a lot of them go to France, Belgium. This boy has been to Armenia, Russia.

“It tells you a lot about a young player like Eboue that he made those moves to Armenia and Russia and really tells you the hunger of the lad to succeed. 

You wouldn’t necessarily have to trail them and he hasn’t played many games, but the reason for that was that he couldn’t play first team football until he was 18. They wanted to put him in sooner, but they couldn’t. When he was 18 he was off.” 

So, is this signing down to Toure ?

 “No, he wasn’t so aware of him.

“But once I told him about it he went into the background a little bit. He is obviously aware of him now.” 

There have been comparisons with other players, such as Paul Pogba, due to lazy hacks who don’t know any other way to describe a players attributes, and Rodgers is keen to move away from that sort of description, usually because its bollocks.

He is what he is. I think you see pretty quickly how he covers the ground, the speed in the tackle, the aggression, the intensity to sit, block and fight.

“He has that talent to pass the ball, which is very important. So from there we see the talent and he is making his own way.

“We only bring them because they have talent and I’ll not stockpile players at Celtic. I won’t bring in players just to add to the squad unless I think they are a big talent like that.

“I felt Moussa [Dembele] would really come and develop and he has done that, though he still has a lot more development to go.

“I really want players who have that. The hunger and ability to progress.

“We’ll see Eboue come in and then see how it goes.” 

Thats “how it goes ” , and not “where he goes ” , as no doubt he’ll move on one day, but then again, you never know.

He might like it here.

The rest of the squad are still out in /dubai, and rumours that Scott Brown has been out on the lash and arguing over a late night taxi back to the camp are proving difficult to quash..

Then Craig Gordon got involved.. and it turned out that the trouble was because the man was from the local Lodge..

It took an intervention from the gaffer to sort it all out,

Anyway, the upshot if all that was that Dorus de Vries had to carry Brown home,

and when the military were called in to bring back another player who had been singing rebel songs in the city centre, it became apparent that Efe’s time was up.

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The boss then confined everyone to the hotel for the rest of the trip, and promised to sue a certain website for talking shite.

Well, not only do we talk shite, but we can talk shite in French as well, as this article from France football shows…

Mercato : le Celtic Glasgow refuse 29 millions d’euros pour l’ancien joueur du PSG Moussa Dembélé

Le Celtic Glasgow a refusé une offre de West Ham, estimée à 25 millions de livres, soit un peu plus de 29 millions d’euros, pour Moussa Dembélé, également suivi par les deux Manchester.

Devenu l’idole du Celtic Glasgow, quelques mois après son arrivée, Moussa Dembélé anime déjà le marché des transferts. L’attaquant de vingt ans a fait l’objet d’une offre de West Ham, estimée à 25 millions de livres (soit environ 29,2 millions d’euros), et refusée par son club. Pour le lâcher, les Ecossais espèrent au moins 40 M£ (46,7 M€
Auteur de neuf buts en vingt rencontres de Championnat, le Français s’est distingué en Ligue des champions, en plantant un doublé contre Manchester City, le 28 septembre dernier. D’ailleurs, cette performance n’avait pas échappé à Pep Guardiola, ni au voisin de Manchester United. Les deux clubs suivent l’évolution de l’ancien joueur du PSG, sous contrat jusqu’en juin 2020.

My o level French means I don;t need to go to goog;e translate for this one, as its fairly obvious.

Its a Dembele story, and it concerns four women in a maternity ward, one a Hearts fan, one an aberdeen fan, and one each who support Celtic and “rangers “

As far as I understand, the hospital got all the new born babies mixed up, but the mothers seemed to know what to do.

The Hearts fan stepped forward and began to sing “Hearts, Herst , glorious Herat, and one baby smiled immediately, so knowing it was hers , she picked it up, relieved.

Then the lass from Aberdeen began their anthem of Here We go, causing another of the children to be identified when it smiled.

Then the Celtic supporting lass stepped forward, and chanted Moussa Dembeles name, before picking up one of the babies.

This caused consternation for the lass from Ibrox. Having finally found someone who found her attractive enough to sleep with, she certainly didn’t want to lose her baby, and so she cried out

“Hey you, how do you know thats your wean ? “

The Celtic supporter replied

“Ach, thats easy. when I said Moussa’s name, this yin laughed and that yin shat itself. “

Of course, my French may be a little rusty after all these years, and I may be wrong, but I think thats the gist of it.

Speaking of new players, one we should be looking for is Faiz Subri, who won the Puskas award with possible the best free kick of all time..

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Remarkable.

Elsewhere, and the SMSM are falling over themselves to recognise that 2017 is the anniversary of one of the truly great moments in Scottish sport…

Ten years ago today Walter Smith made the biggest decision of his career to quit as Scotland boss and answer an SOS at Rangers.

It was a call of duty that would see him wade into the wreckage left by Paul le Guen and, within 18 months, take the club to a UEFA Cup Final before walking away just as Craig Whyte prepared to embark on a catastrophic course.

Over the next two days, in an exclusive Q&A with our chief football writer, Smith reflects on the most dramatic decade in the club’s history. In part one, he goes back to the day that changed his life forever.

Questions and answers such as

Q: This new club/old club argument, where do you stand ? 

A: “We wish the new Rangers Football Club every good fortune.” 

showed he still has his finger on the pulse, but then he showed he is getting on a bit when he began to haver..

Q When will you pay back your EBT ? 

A: Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard’s African novels. 

Whether or not its all part of an agenda to allow the Ibrox hordes to relive the good times when they had a club to support instead of a basket of assets is unclear, but its certainly desperate stuff.

In the real interview, Smith offers current boss Mark Warburton some advice, proving he really doesn’t understand the situation at Ibrox now, and admitting that he didn;t really understand it when he was in charge;

…. for Rangers to get access to Champions League money they may have to take a gamble and risk going into debt.

that would be a gamble, but nowhere near as much of a gamble as it would be for anyone to lend them the money in the first place.

He also thinks they are good enough to finish second,,,

“They have shown they have enough to finish second in the league this season. Whether they do or not is another thing.

What will deny them that second place will be when the clubs re visit Ibrox in the knowledge that they are not very good, and as their home record is far better than it deserves to be , as soon as the other clubs realise that, they will stop playing the occasion-even Celtic did that for twenty minutes, and play the team in front of them.

Then they will start to slide, the support will disappear, and normal service will be resumed.

The upcoming cup tie, at home to Motherwell, will be a good indicator of the rest of the season.

Should Motherwell show the way, the rest will surely follow…

The above came from the Record, but its the Sun who must take full credit for the most ridiculous re writing of history, as they introduced us to an interview with Stuart “gissa job ” McCall…

The record set by Walter Smiths side ?

No wonder that lot are deluded, when the media feed them that level of shite.

No diary yesterday, as I had something else to deal with, so we go back to sunday for this picture..

and the reply, sadly, sums up Scottish football..

KEIGHLEY BHOY January 8, 2017 at 11:03 am · Edit · Reply →

Caption… ” Right that’s it,from now on “rangers” are playing all their cup games at ibrox, wonder how long we’ll get away with it for.” 

Today, I’d like an explanation of this particular outlet…

Max Dupain,  The Dolls Hospital.

Finally, one of our Lennon CSC is doing a bit for charity, and would like your help, if you can…

you can help here,  tom-kelly-just-giving-page-and-story and if I might add, this cage fighting thing is a bit rough, and his opponent is even rougher..

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Dave Mooney
7 years ago

Caption – “Today the Daily Record can exclusively reveal the shop where Celtic fans got the effigies to hang off the top tier at Celtic Park at a recent Old Firm game”

Mick
7 years ago

Is that Bill Struth’s budgie ?

Craiginho
7 years ago

Caption – “Rangers decide to cut their players’ medical bill even further!”

FuzzyD
7 years ago
Reply to  Craiginho

Or…

Finally banned from the NHS after not paying any tax for 20 years, Rangers look for alternative ways to treat their players.

IRISHGUY
7 years ago

CAPTION……

Today we have the result of our

…. ANSWER WITH A PICTURE .. COMPETITION.

Q.. How do you think Sevco have fared v celtic so far.

THE WINNING ANSWER IS….

……… RAGDOLLED…

The Charlie Saiz International
7 years ago

“…. for Rangers to get access to Champions League money they may have to take a gamble and risk going into debt.”
They are already in Debt to the tune of over £18m.
I can see a pattern emerging here 😉

Broxburnbhoy
7 years ago

Right – they are up to their ears in soft loans from dodgy characters in Hong Kong among others. They still have a major court case with Big Mike coming and the oldco face a day of reckoning in court which may result in hector asking Watty and others for some overdue tax payments or pay back the “Loans” to the creditors

Jez
7 years ago

Caption:-

‘Dave King refutes claims that Sevco can not afford private health care by releasing pictures of the privately run hospital where Joe Garner is currently convalescing! Garner (2nd from left) must be almost ready for a earlier than expected 1st team return as he can clearly be seen practising penalty claims with that injured right arm!’

Tictalk
7 years ago

Sevcos transfer window declared open

mike
7 years ago

Caption, Mary Doll found her weans,Rabs ragin.

HA HA HA,brilliant Ralphy. You Da Mahn.

Bob Cobb
7 years ago

Caption: Panic at Level 5 as an equipment malfunction reveals the strings controlling Scottish football journalists.

mike
7 years ago

Celtic have always questioned the impartiality of referees,this is not a new problem,its been going on for years. How can you be impartial when you are a season ticket holder at the Rankers,or a Ludge member.
Its only in the last dozen or so years that the MSSM have been so outwardly biased, previous to that, some papers had more fair minded journalists,who were fairer in there dealings with Celtic.
The SFA though have been riddled with bigots for a long time and have tried to influence to the betterment of the Rankers.
Surely the questioning by the Res 12 bhoys and the involvement at a very high level by Lawwell and Petrie,must help Celtic obtain a fairer deal.
We live in hope.

Uralius
7 years ago

Caption: With the ever increasing age of the “rangers” squad they must be kept off their feet as much as possible between games.

Uralius
7 years ago

Caption: If only replacing the old legs of “rangers” players was as simple as going down to the shop and picking some out of the pile in the window.

Cortes
7 years ago

Caption: “Chuckie Ar La!”

selkirk casual
7 years ago
Reply to  Cortes

winner !!!!

7 years ago

Caption:
When a ‘vocal’ contributor to E-tims was barred,did he throw all his dolls out the pram?

BondiBrian
7 years ago

Has the bold Montizuma been papped fae Etims???

Gen up Q.

Bgbhoy
7 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

No. Self imposed exile

We are all Monti

BondiBrian
7 years ago
Reply to  Bgbhoy

Cheers Bgbhoy.

Montizuma sails close ti the wind sometimes with his comments but generally ah enjoy reading his daily musings.

If yer reading this Monti, mon man…get aboard!

HAIL HAIL………..N aw that!!

Doc
7 years ago

I don’t read the Diary for a few days and it all happens.

BJF
7 years ago

Caption: Sevco announce a new “we will sign them young and in any condition development squad initiative.”

mike
7 years ago

With the signing of Ebousse completed and with the obvious improvement of Armstrong,there will be no need to add to the midfield.
Brendan can bring in a new central defender,to supplement what is in situ. and that will be that.
The other yin shat itself, ha ha, still laughing at that yin,easy pleased me.

mike
7 years ago
Reply to  mike

Eboue ya daft blind c—t.

Uralius
7 years ago
Reply to  mike

Mike,
I’m afraid I disagree, Brendan likes competition and I am not convinced that this lad Eboue is here to compete for a place with Scott Brown. I suspect that Brendan feels competition is required there and we might see a slight change of tactic if he can get in another anchor. On the other hand and to play devil’s advocate perhaps Eboue is in to be groomed as a Brown replacement, but I doubt it. A proper Anchor has been missing all along from Brendan being able to switch things up and go out and play a 4-1-2-1-2 as with his Liverpool team or a 4-1-2-2-1 Wide. Expect to see another anchor and someone to challenge Brown and Armstrong in the middle.

Wisnae me
7 years ago

I’ll have the head from that one, the body off that one and the limbs from that one. And I’ll name it “rangers”.

portpower
7 years ago

Kolo, Kolo Kolo, Kolo Kolo, Celtic super scout…

Caption:

Sally`s neglected cabbage patch.

7 years ago

Is nobody else worried, given the financial situation south of the river, that thier long term plan is administration again. Once they have enough points to take the 10 point hit and know they are still safe whats to stop them going into admin and therefore cancelling thier contracts with sports direct. This could be forced if each of thier creditors agree to a certain % in the £. Given all the soft loans from thier board members they are effectivley thier own biggest creditor. Maybe I’m just being paranoid but I can’t see any other reason for running the club the way they are?!

Honest Hoops
7 years ago

Caption;the SMSM finally hand in their broken dolls as the speech mechanism are faulty to allow them to do their roles honestly!!!

portpower
7 years ago

The Walter Myth Chronologers:

Pleading Then

Pleading Now

Pleading Forever

We are the Pleaders

henkesdreadlocks
7 years ago

Caption…….

Sevco go transfer window shopping and find the ideal (and considerably more mobile} partners for Clint Hill and co.

SteveNaive
7 years ago

Rail bosses spokesperson in dispute with Southern Rail strikers….Angie Doll…honest !
Good to know that New Airdrie( same orange lodge) will get zero money for the Rovers Celtic game, their stadium being owned by the council n’all ho ho.

The Charlie Saiz International
7 years ago

Well what an interesting end to the day I had today folks.
Nipped into one of the local shops to get some sundries for tea and ended up stuck in the que as a wee auld fella was having issues with his Gas Payment Card.
I clocked the Belfast brogue and the real distress in the fellas voice as the lassie behind the counter told him there was nothing she could do.
So I interjected and asked what the problem was?
He had moved to another Gas Company you see and they had instructed him that in order to get the £21 the previous Company had left on his Meter he would have to go this nominated shop to pick the new card up.
He lives in Accrington the shop is in Blackburn..he’s had no fucking heating for 2 DAYS and has had to walk 3 miles in the rain between 2 bus stations to get there.
Fucking nightmare and the cunts apparently hadn’t done as they said they would.
I told him I would put £20 on his card and take him hame in the motor and although stunned that a stranger would do such a thing I then went on to state any good good Tim would help another out in a moment like this.
He had a Celtic Scarf on you see ..although I initially hadn’t clocked it due to the big Jacket at first.
Anyways…
So I bundeld him intae the motor took him back to mine and told the wife the craic..she gave him a a couple of fags and off we went to Accy.
Tommy fae the Falls Road who comes from a family of 7 who left Belfast shortly after the troubles kicked off gave me the best cup of tea I’ve had in years,the gas card needed to be activated in his meter so as to start the ball rolling..quite confusing for a fucking pensioner who’s had no heating for 2 days and has had to walk miles in the pishing rain but hey ho as we both agreed these cunts are only efter yer dough they do not give a shite for you and I.
Tommy had pictures up in the living room of him and his brothers in Bairds ,in Seville and allover Europe and a wee crucifix on his mantle piece to keep him safe.
It’s been a grand day today bhoys I think I might just keep my eye on Tommy from now on and make sure he’s alright.
I don’t know if he’s in regular contact with his family but his names Tommy Balmer fae the Falls now living in Accrington just incase any of you out there know him or know of him?
If you do could you let his family know that he might want a wee looking in now and again?
Cheers and HH

henkesdreadlocks
7 years ago

Well done Charlie Bhoy, you will enter Paradise one day. Good on you.

The Charlie Saiz International
7 years ago

Here’s hoping Andy one good turn deserves another they say.
The worst of it is it was a OneStop shop and he has one 5 minutes round the fucking corner fae his hooose!
Bastards.
HH

BondiBrian
7 years ago

Nice one Charlie. Even if he was a hun fae the shankhill, you still did the right thing.

The Charlie Saiz International
7 years ago
Reply to  BondiBrian

I agree the fact he was a Tim just made it a lot easier on the whole.

Vinnie
7 years ago

Great wee story and well done for doing the right thing. It’s all too easy to walk on by and think later what you SHOULD have done. You’re already reaping the benefit, it’s clear from your posts. Charity is its own reward and that fella from the Falls will be just bursting to tell everyone he meets and also to pass on your kind act if he gets the chance. Aye, Well Done Charlie.
HH

Bgbhoy
7 years ago

Excellent. More than a club

Doc
7 years ago

Top stuff, good deed for the day done and then some.

Uralius
7 years ago

Good man Charlie!

The Charlie Saiz International
7 years ago
Reply to  Uralius

@Bgbhoy @Doc @Uralius
Cheers bhoys I am fairly certain all who read these pages would have done the same.
The Celtic family looks efter it’s ain.
HH

portpower
7 years ago

Charlie,such a great thing is a beautiful deed. HH

Rob O'Keeffe
7 years ago

Caption: Goughie’s Grooming Shop

Cartvale88
7 years ago

Great action Charlie.
Caption
Oor dolls are in better knick than Sevco

Doc
7 years ago

walter myth is bumping his gums about the huns in Manchester, he said they had 4 or 5 games in 10 days before the final, maybe Alzeimers is kicking in? The 5 games:
20/4 – SC – St Johnstone
27/4 – SPL – Us
4/5 – SPL – Hibs
7/5 – SPL – Motherwell
10/5 – SPL – Dundee Utd
Then;
14/5 – UC – Zenit
He’s clearly as good at counting as he is at managing, maybe some refs will help him out as it appears to be the only way he get get by.

The Charlie Saiz International
7 years ago

If you are out there Monti I’m fairly certain you would have approved of my actions today.
I ken fine well you would do the same.
HH

northamptontim
7 years ago

Well done charliebhoy great act HH

Oztim67
7 years ago

A very honourable decent gesture CSI, thatbis why we are the world’s favourite team and supporters.

If the things need 3 points when we head to Ibrokes late in the aeason, I wonder what the MIBs will give them.

Heyyyyyyy Heyyyyyyy Dembeli oooh ahhhh
We wanna know if you’ll be our bhoy!

Uralius
7 years ago

Ether post

Uralius
7 years ago

Caption: Leg me know if, any….. body just wants head?

Vinnie
7 years ago

Noted earlier about Partizan Belgrade being banned from European competition for 3 years.
This is for being just over £2 million in debt (mostly social taxes), as of September 2016.
Incredibly, that shower want to be known as the same club after side-stepping 10’s, if not hundreds, of millions in social taxes? Not to mention Sevco’s ever-increasing debt to anyone who’ll offer it. FFP alone should bury them permanently; aye, both versions.
HH

Vinnie
7 years ago

HaHaHa, cop for this regarding Partizan Belgrade:

“Uefa insist the sanction is fair due to the Serbian club’s chequered history with regards to finance.”

HaHaHa, So what would be fair for the Zombies and their parents?? Sine die? Nah, longer. 🙂
HH

rebus67
7 years ago

I posted this on the Jan 8 diary by mistake. Here we go again!

I see that UEFA have banned Partizan Belgrade from European competition because of unpaid debts…rumoured to be around 2.17 million quid. A contributing favtor was breaking FFP rules over three years. Any other club come to mind that may fall into the same category? Perhaps even having more debt and more transgressions?

Let me think………..

Rebus

The Charlie Saiz International
7 years ago
Reply to  rebus67

Have no fear about the debt aspect Rebus their debts dwarf Partisans currently and if the BTC appeal get’s chucked out by the powers at be then it’s game over for “Still the same Club” because they won’t see another Euro for at least 3 years.
An interesting Summer ahead bhoys get fresh stocks of HJelly and Ice Cream in.
HH

charlie
7 years ago

a hsd an intreestin gday today a wee an auld pentioner fae preston antway he said to me i was mindin ma ain biznis payinma gas bill when a crackpot who wisshies he was a charlie approuched me well did the crackpot no take me to accrington ime good hearted so off we went crazy fuckers disnae go near it anyway the lassie whose hoose he took me to said ffs auld yin never take a lift aff a guy who kids on hees a charlie and she payed for ma taxi back tae preston

charlie
7 years ago
Reply to  charlie

aint tcsi grand ha ha ha ja

charlie
7 years ago
Reply to  charlie

i am that tommy

portpower
7 years ago

The Rangers FC(IL) Definitive Deed:

Additional remuneration, “take it or leave it”

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2016-0073.html

Long read:
http://www.bailii.org/scot/cases/ScotCS/2015/%5B2015%5DCSIH77.html

charlie
7 years ago

tcsi ime no wan to say kiss ma arse but ffs kiss ma arse

charlie
7 years ago
Reply to  charlie
charlie
7 years ago

wheres that crazy monti ime gettin bored

charlie
7 years ago

tcsi a know tommy he conned me anaw wan day ha ha ha ha

charlie
7 years ago

this song is for guys that took the rang turn god look efter there souls

charlie
7 years ago
Reply to  charlie
charlie
7 years ago
charlie
7 years ago
Reply to  charlie

that wans for brendan cause he knows its tim time

northamptontim
7 years ago

Had good laugh today called in to the office contract manager who likes a team fae govan ask me why my site behind all aye told him he should know how aye felt I’m only 19 plots behind sadly he didn’t get the joke H H

charlie
7 years ago
Reply to  northamptontim

northhampton have you been drinkin cause yer gramma is toely ha ha if your a tim ime oney kddin if your a hun yoo can kiss ma fenian toely

charlie
7 years ago
charlie
7 years ago

heers wan fae a real sodger

charlie
7 years ago
charlie
7 years ago

fuckinhell ive gabbed tae some crackpots in ma time weres that crackpot monti he usually sheilds me fae shandies

charlie
7 years ago

ile tell yees something for fuckall see that monti i think hees a horrible cunt ae a man but a lke um even though hees barred ha ha ha ha

charlie
7 years ago

monti burdz dae hard tae get ffs let the troops no yer ok crackpot

charlie
7 years ago

monti im visitin aff the gorgie road on friday if ye need sumfn n your possesion let me no ime no sure if a should put a ha ha at the endae that post but such is life

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