{"id":14394,"date":"2019-07-03T10:52:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T09:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=14394"},"modified":"2019-07-03T10:52:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T09:52:56","slug":"celtic-diary-wednesday-july-3-gone-comperr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=14394","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Wednesday July 3: Gone Comperr"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The winds of change continued to roar through Celtic Park yesterday as Celtic finally got their revenge on MSV Duisburg for selling us an unknown and ageing Slovakian forward\u00a0 all those years ago.<\/div>\n
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“I don’t know what I find more laughable; the fact that Celtic cannot find \u00a3500,000 from their biscuit tin to sign a proven talent like John Spencer, or the fact that they then spent \u00a3300,000 on one of Dr. Jo’s old pals, the unknown Lubomir Moravcik!”\u00a0<\/em>
\nHugh Keevins (journo), Sunday Mail; Nov 1998\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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The German outfit have for some reason signed Marvin Comperr not only as a player, but as a coach.<\/div>\n
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Arguably Celtic’s most successful and highly paid player, Comperr played for 83 minutes, picked up around \u00a335,000 for each of those minutes and pocketed five winners medals.<\/div>\n
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1 game, 5 medals.<\/div>\n
Thats even better than 54 titles in seven years.<\/div>\n
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The real shame is that most of our support never even got a chance to say hello to him, and now he’s gone…<\/div>\n
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his arrival at Celtic was always a bit of a mystery, as , indeed , were his whereabouts when he got here.<\/div>\n
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A snippet of wisdom from an old diary is worth a revisit…<\/div>\n
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December 20, 2017<\/abbr>\u00a0\u00b7 by\u00a0Ralph Malph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00b7 in\u00a0Diary<\/a>,\u00a0Latest<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0Edit<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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The transfer window hasn\u2019t opened yet, but Celtic have already started wheeling and dealing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Marvin Compper was pictured at Edinburgh airport, initialising doubts that his positional sense may not quite be what we\u2019d expect, as he arrived in Scotland to see out his retirement.<\/em><\/p>\n

German football journalist Raphael Honigstein to BBC Sport: \u201cMarvin Compper is one of those centre-backs you don\u2019t see a lot during the game, he tends to solve problems before they arrive. \u201cHe\u2019s not one for thunderous tackles, but smart positioning.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So far we\u2019ve seen him about forty miles out of position..\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

At 32, a two and a half year deal puts a smile on his face, but leaves the rest of us with a puzzled frown. He cannot play for Celtic in the Europa League, and has limited international and European experience.<\/em><\/p>\n

We are fully aware, however, that there will be a dearth of centre halfs at Celtic. As we have said, Boyata doesn\u2019t want to stay, Simunovic feels we\u2019re beneath him and Sviatchenko will be gone as soon as he\u2019s finished packing.<\/em><\/p>\n

But at thirty two, Compper is hardly one for the future, one to be the mainstay in an entirely new central defence.<\/em><\/p>\n

So whats the point ?<\/em><\/p>\n

And how did he find his way on to the radar ?<\/em><\/p>\n

There doesn\u2019t seem to be a link between anyone at Celtic and the player. There will be, but I can\u2019t find it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Is it a panic buy ? We need a defender, he\u2019s a defender, give him what he wants ?<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to be proved wrong, but this doesn\u2019t look like the answer, in fact, i\u2019m still trying to work out what the question was.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I still am.<\/p>\n

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There were concerns last night that one Celtic player may still be suffering from his horrific headwound sustained against Aberdeen last season…<\/p>\n

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