{"id":17812,"date":"2022-06-27T08:54:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T07:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=17812"},"modified":"2022-06-27T08:55:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T07:55:31","slug":"celtic-diary-monday-june-27-ready-steady-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=17812","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Monday June 27: Ready, Steady, Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Business resumes at Celtic Park today with the non-international players reporting for training.<\/p>\n

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That means the manager and his backroom staff are in as well, which means we can finally put all the media nonsense to one side and start talking about things that will or won’t happen, instead of things that those who depend on an income from their nonsense hope we’ll talk about<\/p>\n

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It had got that bad I was seriously considering ringing the Daily Record hotline and asking Andy Newport if it was true that his story about threats to John Beaton was actually just him helping an old pal who had flown his colours above the parapet durjng a glasgow derby.<\/p>\n

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First, to annoy him, and second, to at least bring a serious topic to the tabloids tittle tattle.<\/p>\n

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But I resisted the urge, because if the police checked my phone records and found i’d rang that place they’d automatically assume there was something wrong with me and offer me a job in the constabulary,<\/p>\n

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With the return of the real stuff, there’s also a distinct possibility now that there will actually be something to talk about, the Diary will resume it’s normal every day shaft of light into the darkness of the mainstream media, but seeing as how the author is a fat , lazy bastard with a drinking problem….<\/p>\n

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….that’s deemed somewhat unlikely.<\/p>\n

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the hot topic for the last couple of weeks has been the will he\/won;t he Jota saga.<\/p>\n

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jota himself has been on a world tour, stopping off only to display his Celtic tops, the equivalent of a council worker wearing his hi -viz on the beach, which seems to have done nothing to ease the fears of some supporters, who think that the delay means he isn’t going to stay.<\/p>\n

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That’s despite him taking part in a photo shoot before he shot off to the airport to promote the new , imaginative green and white hooped home shirt, shortly to hit the shops, the stalls and finally get left on the bus after a particularly hot day at one of the friendlies lined up to get Celtic in the mood for the coming campaign.<\/p>\n

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There is one worry, however, as Jota has now clocked up quite a few miles in the air and has been offered a pilots job by several airlines, and might just take up one of those options.<\/p>\n

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We said six permanent signings before the break, and with Maeda, Carter Vickers and Seigrist already done, the next three will probably be Jota, a defensive midfielder, and you can pick any one from several touted, and you’ll probably be wrong, and the Argentinian left back who has been spotted in several places around Scotland, desperately trying to elude a pursuing Greg Taylor , who is trying to convince him to eat chips, smoke fags and drink beer as it’s part of his new training regime.<\/p>\n

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Alexandro Bernebei will become the first Argentinian to sign for Celtic some time this week, probably as soon as Jota has washed his work gear, had a shit and a shave and reported back for duty.<\/p>\n

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There is a report in the Record , by Scott Burns, that Celtic will move for an “un-named ” striker, showing that he can;t even be arsed to make someone up any more, although to be fair an un-named striker would be ideal for tight arses like me who don;t want to shell out the extra to have a name put on the back of our tops.<\/p>\n

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The truth is , the media have no idea what’s going on, noine more so than Sky sports with their Juranovic to Atletico Madrid exclusive.<\/p>\n

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Is he “interesting ” the Spanish side..and others ?<\/p>\n

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Probably, as all clubs have a list of players they keep an eye on.<\/p>\n

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Is he likely to leave Celtic ?<\/p>\n

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No, and you’ll notice the Sky exclusive had the effect of supporters discussing how much Celtic will get for him, rather than if he’s unhappy or hankering for a better wage elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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That’s how they work, but we already knew that, didn’t we ?<\/p>\n

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So why all the brouhaha ?<\/p>\n

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You’ll notice that none of the usual outlets mentioned this…..<\/p>\n

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Although “better than expected ” means very little, if you expected a quid and got two quid instead, you still can;t get yourself a pint, even though you have doubled your expectations, it’s an optimistic statement meaning that shareholders and supporters should rest easy about any worries they had about the club not getting the finances back on track after lockdowns, losing the ten in a row,\u00a0 and Lennon getting his hands on the chequebook.<\/p>\n

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Had the news eminated from another part of glasgow it would have been all over the front pages….yet there was something in ine magazine worth mentioning that the mainstream in Scotland would really rather we didn’t see…..from Car Dealer Monthly on June 23….<\/p>\n

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Car dealer loses court appeal over buyer\u2019s claim \u00a3140k Bentley<\/h1>\n

couldn\u2019t tow caravan<\/h1>\n
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