The diary has been a little erratic for a week of two, but things look like getting back to normal from now on.<\/p>\n
Well, as normal as they have ever been.<\/p>\n
We’ll start at the ranch, with the transfer window still open, and at least one journalist trying to chuck at least one Celtic player through it.<\/p>\n
Duncan Castles, of the Daily Start and the Daily Express, is the man in the know when it comes to moussa Dembele..<\/p>\n
Well, in so far as anyone at the Star or the Express can be described as being in the know about anything..<\/p>\n
On January 6, he told his reader…<\/p>\n
\u201cBrighton have been most active to get an agreement with Dembele,\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cCeltic are ready to sell, they want to maximise the money for him and Brighton believe they can do a deal for \u00a318m to \u00a320m.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere’s a degree of reluctance on Dembele’s side whether Brighton are the team he wants to go to.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHis representatives had discussions with Brighton and were impressed with the way they are<\/em> \u201cThere has to be an agreement on salaries and the top one is \u00a345,000 a week – and that’s not much more than he earns at Celtic.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Dembele’s representatives are approaching this is a canny fashion. They consider it a stepping stone move with the player’s long-term career in mind.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey think he can be one of the top strikers in the European game if he develops the right way.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey are prepared to wait, they know January is a difficult time to move.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhoever wants to buy him, it’ll be harder to agree terms with the player than it is<\/em> to agree a fee with Celtic.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Presumably being Brighton and Hove Albion won’t make their negotiations any easier either.<\/p>\n Then , yesterday, he added…<\/p>\n \u201cCeltic are keen to get Dembele out in this transfer window.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey want to make the money now if they can do but there is considerable resistance from Dembele about a move. I think they need some money in. From what I understand they need a bit of cashflow in.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAnd remember if they can take \u00a320m-plus for Dembele, that is by some margin the biggest transfer fee the club has ever received.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Pausing only to remove the underpants from his head and the pencils from up his nose, he continued..well, he tweeted..<\/p>\n
\norganised, their ambitions, ownership and long-term strategy they have.<\/em><\/p>\n