{"id":3234,"date":"2013-07-29T09:45:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T08:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2013-07-29T09:45:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T08:45:10","slug":"celtic-diary-monday-july-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=3234","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Monday July 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dutch winger Derk Boerrigter is due to have a medical at Celtic today and is expected to sign for around \u00a33m. Currently with Ajax, who have recently strengthened their own side, he has found himself less certain of a start, and it looks like he wants to move on.<\/p>\n

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During his time at Ajax, he has been on loan twice, leading the observer to think he either isn’t quite as good as thought, or he just wants to play.<\/p>\n

However, they did have him back, and just a couple of weeks ago he took just eleven minutes to score a hat trick against Waalaijk in a pre season friendly.<\/p>\n

He could , in theory , go straight into the squad for the Elfsborg game, but reallistically that is unlikely.<\/p>\n

He can also play as a striker, and was on the verge of an international call up, but suffered a back problem and since then has not featured at international level.<\/p>\n

So, Lawwell was watching football in Amsterdam at the weekend, after all… Shame on anyone else who thought otherwise.<\/p>\n

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If the Dutch fellow signs, as he apparently already has according to that most reliable of sources Wikipedia, its exactly what Lennon said he wanted-a left sided forward. The Wiki entry gives a concise summary of his abilities;<\/p>\n

” To help with assists and all that ” -which , surprisingly, has since been removed. Apparently Bill Leckie is solely contracted to the Sun.<\/p>\n

Other names are in the frame, such as Shane Lowry, Millwalls Australian defender, who according to Sportsmole, he sees as a replacement for Kelvin Wilson, who is wanted by Nottm Forrest and Leicester.<\/p>\n

Someone else touted for a move is Joe Ledley, whom the Mirror claims is to be the subject of a \u00a33m bid from Cardiff, in what has to be the least imaginative bit of creative journalism in the history of \u00a0football reporting.<\/p>\n

There seems to be, with these latter two stories, a feeling that with Hooper and wanyama moving to lesser clubs in the south, that Celtic players are there for the taking by simply waving a cheque book, but Ledley, especially, has caught the Celtic Bug, and is in no hurry to go anywhere.<\/p>\n

Harry Redknapp, the QPR manager , reckons that despite joining Norwich, Gary Hooper, now with restored capital letters, wanted to join QPR.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI believe the boy wanted to come here. I don\u2019t care what anybody says, he was coming to us, but I just think that it seemed to be a bit of a mix-up with the deal. Never mind that\u2019s how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He’s getting on a bit. Perhaps he just gets a bit confused.<\/p>\n

Like this guy, today in the Record. I’ve read this twice, and am reluctant to pass comment, because I’m really not sure what his point is.<\/p>\n

keith Jackson- todays ramblings<\/a><\/p>\n

Jackson should interview Redknapp. That would be a winner.<\/p>\n

The diary mentioned Alfred Finnbogasson at the weekend, and he may have given us a clue as to his next destination with this tweet..<\/p>\n

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The song ? You’ll Never Walk Alone \u00a0( \u00a0Also worth noting, its one of only a couple of tweets in English. Is he targeting an audience ? ” )<\/p>\n

Then there were these words in \u00a0the Scotsman, accompanied by this picture from his time with Hutchison Vale FC<\/p>\n

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\u201cLarsson was the player I looked up to when I was in Scotland, the one I wanted to emulate. Now, I have followed in his footsteps by playing for Helsingborgs, where he started, and in Holland. So it\u2019s all moving in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just after I left Helsingborgs, they came up against Celtic in the Champions League. In one way or another, Scotland is always calling me, so you never know.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, I think there is only one club I would play for in Scotland and that\u2019s Celtic. It\u2019s a huge club and they play in the Champions League. It would be appealing to play for such a big European club. The Larsson history would make it even better but I want to make the best decision possible for my career. I\u2019m not going to come back to Scotland just for old time\u2019s sake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, he’s currently playing for Heerenveen, and thats in the Netherlands , and thats where Lawwell is, and it would be a shame to get a plane to Wolverhampton when he can save the fare by signing this guy up. While he’s over there .<\/p>\n

If this guy does sign, theres every chance that Gary Hooper -having just regained his capital letters, might also gain the letter “W” before his surname.<\/p>\n

With Virgil van Dijk already in, this new policy of \u00a0signing promising youngsters from the Dutch league could prove to be a master stroke. Especially in Europe.<\/p>\n

The Scottish football season started yesterday with the Ramsden Cup first round, and new club Second Rangers kicked off with a 4-0 over Albion Rovers. The club fielded a couple of trialists, as they aren’t allowed to sign real players yet, and manager Ally McCoist was delighted when they both scored;<\/p>\n

” I’m just a little bit disappointed I couldn’t get any more of my trialists on. ”<\/p>\n

Even they couldn’t get away with naming more than eleven players to start the game.<\/p>\n

The big leagues start on Saturday, with Chief Neil Doncaster hoping that everyone can now focus on the football. Instead of trivialities such as a lack of sponsor. Or his attempts to get another job, something that Scottish clubs should really have helped him with.<\/p>\n

Doncaster claims that the lack of sponsor is down to only being in existence for a few weeks, but has forgotten his own words when he got the job, regarding his knowledge and contacts , which would help him get a sponsor.<\/p>\n

However, to help avoid any difficult questions, in an interview on SSN, he mentioned the great \u00a0support from Sky Sports. And then mentioned it again and again in a pitiful attempt to convince the interviewer to ease off…<\/p>\n

He even managed to plug the Ross County game for them…<\/p>\n

Doncaster managed successfully to complete the interview without actually saying anything new or interesting, and to be fair, at least he has been consistent in this during his time in Scotland.<\/p>\n

The host then thanked Doncaster for his time, and the CEO-or whatever his title is-replied<\/p>\n

” My pleasure ” , and sure enough, it was only him who was pleased with his efforts.<\/p>\n

Mike Conroy, who put in a man of the match performance in the 1980 Cup Final was the fairly easily recognised face in Sundays diary, and today, we need to know what is being said here…<\/p>\n

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