{"id":12438,"date":"2018-01-30T08:54:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T08:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12438"},"modified":"2018-01-30T08:54:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T08:54:37","slug":"celtic-diary-tuesday-january-30-charly-is-the-darling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=12438","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Tuesday January 30: Charly Is The Darling"},"content":{"rendered":"

As expected, Charly Musonda signed on for an eighteen month stint in the hoops yesterday, with talk of the deal costing Celtic \u00a3800,000 up front and around \u00a310,000 a week in wages.<\/p>\n

Of course we don’t get to keep him, its like when you lease a car, it has to go back one day, but unlike a car, Musonda shows no sign of actually wanting to go back.<\/p>\n

He’s delighted. Look at his instagram page…<\/p>\n

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Not as much as his mum, right enough..<\/p>\n

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Angela Musonda<\/strong>\u200f\u00a0<\/span><\/span>@angiemusonda<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
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Billy McNeill once said that when he signed a player who was not already a Celtic fan, he would sign one who could easily become one.<\/p>\n

This kids family are on board already as well.<\/p>\n

He’s going to be something special..<\/p>\n

Ask Brendan, who was a bit “cat who’s got the cream” about it all-and rightly so..<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThere were around 24 clubs that were interested in taking Charly, so for him to want to come here and for Chelsea to very happily let him come to Celtic is a great coup for Celtic.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a really exciting prospect to the club. Charly is big talent I\u2019ve known for a few years now, and it\u2019s a big thank-you to Chelsea Football Club because he\u2019s really one of the shinning lights in their academy and has progressed through with various loans and has been part of their first-team squad.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also a good opportunity for Charly to come into one of the great clubs and get the opportunity to show his talents. He\u2019s a really exciting player, very dynamic, wonderful ability on the ball and works very hard. He loves his football and is a bright player.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been unfortunate this season with injuries, where last season we probably got lucky with injuries. This year we had very few, and it\u2019s been to a number of our creative players. So with Charly coming in, it will add that great creativity to our game and I\u2019m really excited to work with him.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s at that age now where he needs the opportunity. Kids get to a certain stage in their career where they want to play. Chelsea is a great club, with a whole hosts of top talents. Their academy director, Neil Bath, along with the other guys there, have done an outstanding job in creating many talents, and a lot of those talents have obviously gone on and played elsewhere.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, it\u2019s very difficult for them to get a game at Chelsea with the level of player and the quality.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWith those clubs, they\u2019ll want to send them out to teams that maybe have a similar philosophy and similar players.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s up to speed in terms of playing. He\u2019s not had so many starts but you can see the impact he had against Brighton. He made a wonderful pass to set up the fourth goal. He\u2019s also a naturally fit boy as well and hopefully he\u2019ll be available tomorrow night.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Er, thats to face Hearts, not to go out for a few beers, presumably.<\/p>\n

Hearts. Celtic Park tonight.<\/p>\n

Ah, fling him in at the deep end. Give him a start, let the support give him a cheer and then let the Hearts players kick him all over the park. Thats what would happen, but I’m sure the referees will be on the ball, and stamp out that sort of thing.<\/p>\n

De Vries….Boyata, Simunovic, Ajer….Forrest, Ntcham, Brown,Tierney Sinclair …Musonda….Dembele.<\/p>\n

Lets remind the Edinburgh side that their win was a one off-well, technically a four off, but you get my point.<\/p>\n

There’s a few players in that line up who could do with the boost pf a big cheer, De Vries, Boyata, Dembele..<\/p>\n

With Celtic bidding for Motherwell’s Trevor Carson yesterday, De Vries will have a battle to remain in gordon’s gloves, but while he’s there he needs encouragement. He’s nowhere near as bad as some make out, and needs to know that we are behind him.<\/p>\n

And not just to pick the ball out of the net for him.<\/p>\n

However, I think I’ve spotted a replacement…<\/p>\n

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Look at the size of that guy!<\/p>\n

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With Celtic signing Musonda, the back pages were full of praise for rodgers and Celtic, and anticipation at seing a genuine class act ply his trade in Scotland.<\/p>\n

Except for the Record…<\/p>\n

\u00a0And the Express…<\/p>\n

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