Moussa Dembele has been playing around with his instagram account. He’s been on a long trip to Boston and has decided to amuse himself by teasing Celtic fans..
New Balance have their headquarters in Boston, so that could be one destination, and we have heard he’s getting a new deal from Celtic, and to be honest there’s all sorts of daft stories flying around.
Including this one, from Spain..
Celtic Into Real Madrid Striker If Dembele Hengkang
Well, if Dembele does hengkang, you’ll be the first to know.
Glasgow, Sundan – Spanish media mentions when Celtic lost Moussa Dembele this summer, the Real Madrid striker will be targeted as his replacement.
Media says that sales actually unwanted Dembele Celtic but with a number of top clubs of Europe yan interested, should Brendan Rodgers prepared a list of replacement if the player France the go.
One player who is well-known for Rodgers is Madrid striker Mariano .
According to the media, Los Blancos is ready to lend Mariano next season to help develop the player, and Celtic may be an ideal destination for the 23-year-old and Zinedine Zidane will agree.
Zidane also suggested to Dembele to remain in Celtic in a few years, so that he would probably lend Mariano to develop like Dembele.
Whatever Dembele’s doing though, he’s not keeping the support in the dark, so its unlikely to be something we don’t want to hear.
There was something we didn’t want to hear in the papers yesterday though, something we already knew, but now its out in the open…
Alan MacRae is the President of the SFA. Its his turn.
He may well have opened up a little too much on SFA policy at the weekend
“It’s difficult for the other clubs to compete with Celtic because at the moment they are flying high,”
“They had fantastic achievement to come through both cups and the league being undefeated, especially on the 50th anniversary of the Lisbon Lions and it’s quite amazing that it happened,”
“They have done it once, hopefully it won’t happen again next season because we’ve got to have challengers. They know you need to have people challenging, otherwise it will get very boring and dreary.”
“We definitely need a good, strong Rangers,”
“They are back but they still have a bit to go.
“I am sure they will (get there) eventually. Hibs are back, which is good. With Aberdeen and St Johnstone, who are difficult to beat, I think we’re in for a really exciting season. We’ve just got to have our two top teams performing at the highest level while trying to get the coefficient back up (in Europe).”
It looks to me like MacRae already finds it “boring and dreary ”
No one is suggesting that he can’t have a favourite team, but I’m curious as to who the “we ” are who apparently need a strong Rangers, and am a little concerned that he views them as one of Scotlands top two teams, when aberden have an irrefutable case to be judged as the number two side.
However, this desire for a strong Rangers may explain their continuing run of good luck in getting home draws in the Scottish cup, and perhaps might explain their good fortune in being granted UEFA licences when they’re not eligible.
The directors of the other clubs in Scotland, from Celtic through to junoir level should be demanding an explanation of these remarks, and the thinking behind them.
Its exactly five years to the day that HMRC refused a proposed CVA from the old Ibrox club and sent them into oblivion, yet many of the same characters are in the boardroom who were behind that collapse are in the boardroom of another business pretending to be the same one, with full backing from the authorities.
Frankly, its embarrassing, and no wonder Scottish football is struggling to raise outside investment.
Mind you, look at the companies they do let in…
Petrofac ‘could lose half of market value’ amid corruption inquiry
Petrofac stands to lose almost £2bn in market value and faces a possible $800m (£625m) fine in the wake of the Unaoil corruption scandal which has engulfed the global oil industry.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) descended on the Jersey-based oil group this month to question its top executives over allegations of suspected bribery, corruption and money laundering.
News of the investigations quickly wiped almost half a billion from its market value, and shares fell further after its chief operating officer, Marwan Chedid, was suspended by the board last week.
But oil experts from major city banks have warned that Petrofac’s ordeal may drag on to the end of the decade, gradually eroding its market value and future earnings. In a worst-case scenario, the FTSE 250 group, worth £3bn earlier this year, could be reduced to a £1.2bn shell.
Mick Pickup, a managing director at Barclays Investment, said the group could face a fine of $800m if the SFO finds, following an investigation, that it used Unaoil as a “middle-man” to secure consultancy contracts worth $2bn for work in Kazakhstan between 2002 and 2009. Both Unaoil and Petrofac have denied allegations of wrongdoing.
Mr Pickup also warned that the inquiry could scupper Petrofac’s chances of picking up new work from major oil companies. “The ongoing investigation and the suspension of the chief operating officer could have a considerable impact on the business, and future order intake in particular,” he said.
Robert Pulleyn, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, said the case could prove to be particularly destructive as it drags on.
The SFO’s fraud cases take at least one year to resolve, and typically last for between two and three years. The company’s market valuation and earnings potential are likely to remain under pressure throughout, he said.
The investment bank has slashed its valuation of the group by a third, to £6 a share. The market capitalisation could fall by almost half again to £3.50 a share as the investigation evolves, Mr Pulleyn warned. Petrofac was worth over £10 a share two years ago.
“We see a risk that the investigation will impact Petrofac’s ability to secure new contracts, given customers may be wary of higher counterparty risk, and the SFO inquiry may absorb management resources,” he added.
“For example, Saipem has not won any contracts in Algeria since 2014 following allegations of bribery first raised in Dec 2012, which evolved to charges in 2016 and that remain ongoing,” he said. Saipem has said that there are no grounds for it to be held liable.
Petrofac’s earnings are expected to be resilient in the near-term due to an existing backlog of $14.3bn as of the end of last year. It also has financial headroom of $1.4bn.
Petrofac’s chairman, Rijnhard van Tets, said the board is determined to co-operate fully with the SFO and its investigation, and will ensure the group continues to deliver for its clients. (Telegraph May 27)
No doubt they’ll just start all over as The Petrofac if need be…
So what do we do ?
Well, start by reading this… on the Scottish Football monitor site..
Then get involved.
Scottish football is in a mess, and the people running it aren’t fit for purpose.
The people paying for it, you, me, everybody, need to get together and sort it out.
I was reluctant to even watch the Scotland game on telly at the weekend, but was forced to do so and drink lots of beer, something entirely alien to my nature, and have to admit to enjoying the two free kicks-I thought the second one was actually the tv replay of the first-scored by Leigh Griffiths .
Absolute class, and its earned him the chance to join West Brom or Newcastle.
Next time, says the striker, ” I’ll boot it into the stand ”
The interest in Griffiths takes the tally of Celts wanted elsewhere to about a dozen, which could mean the manager has to start all over again next season.
Then again who believes the papers these days ?
Hooray ! another new kit…
Hooray- a platinum award…
CELTIC Football Club is delighted today to announce that it has become the first Scottish football club ever to be awarded the prestigious National Club Licensing Platinum Award by the Scottish Football Association.
The Scottish FA’s Club Licensing system encompasses a National and UEFA regulatory system, which sets standards and procedures by which clubs will be assessed as a basis for continuous improvement of many aspects of football, including:
Stadium facilities
First-team football
Youth football
Legal, administration and finance practices
Clubs are graded from entry level, Bronze, Silver and Gold and only in exceptional cases will the Platinum Award be granted.
Celtic Chief Executive Peter Lawwell said: “We are delighted to be the first Scottish club to receive the Platinum Award.
“Celtic aims at all times to be a world-class football club in everything we do and this award is recognition of the high standards of governance across many areas, which the club has met for some time.”
“I would like to thank and applaud everyone at the club for their efforts in achieving such continuous improvement across these areas and of course for their high standards of professionalism.
“I know everyone is committed to maintaining these levels and ensuring that Celtic continues to be an example of best practice.”
Give it back to them and say until you sort those cheats out at Ibrox and Hampden you don’t want it.
I would.
Meanwhile, in the world of politics, an SFA class ineptness is running the country after the last election. Or trying to.
The mentality of the peepil at the SFA is spreading to Westminster, as the Conservative Party, who took a battering in an election they didn;t need to call, are forced to discuss a political allaince with the Democratic Unionists of Northern Ireland…
The DUP would have an unnatural and disproportionate hold on their conservative allies, and already those who have a hold on the DUP are making their views heard…
Orange Order asks DUP to use banned sectarian Drumcree march in negotiations with Theresa May
Flashpoint area in Portadown boiled over in 1998 when three young boys were murdered by loyalists
Hopefully, we are seeing the last of this mentality , its re-emergence inot the public eye is showing them for what they are, and the world has moved on since they were last prominent.
Their football club has died, and whilst their mentality holds on, it will gradually lose its appeal as the elder statesmen die off and take their bigotry with them.
Meanwhile, Theresa May will be facing the 1922 committee, the real power in her party either today or tomorrow, and she might well find herself out on her arse before they all sit down to discuss the terms of the coalition.
If only the real power in Scottish football would sit down and decide to put a few of our leaders out on their arse…
Due to an overenthusiastic liquid intake on Saturday, there was np diary yesterday, so we go back to Saturday for this picture..
Caption: am staying up here till Britain gets a fuckin grip.
Today…
Finally, David Leask of the Herald deserves a pat on the back…
