Transfer Window still propped open
Celtic's movement in the transfer market has definitely been interesting thus far, however it wouldn't be the first transfer window that Celtic have purchased talented players then never really given a decent run in the team.
It has been good to get a couple of unknown players who already come with plenty of real experience (Cha du ri kicked about the bundesliga for years - played in two world cups including starting the semi final in 2002, and Juarez already dipped his toe in the European water going to Barca for 6 months or so and again played in the World cup), and the signing of Joe Ledley looks a particularly shrewd move.
Ledley is a player admittedly I don't know a tremendous amount about but over the past few years there has been plenty of EPL interest in him - getting such a player on a free when our competitors down south would have had to pay £3 million is definitely a route we should look to go down again. Boruc, McManus and probably McGeady were all likely to have gone and as long as we reinvest the McGeady money in a goalscorer, then he and the other players in our squad should compensate for the loss of admittedly a top player.
Given McCourt seemingly buoyed by his involvement in pre-season so far, Maloney and McGinn are returning to fitness, we have signed Ledley who views himself as a wide midfielder, and have bid for Liam Laurence (who indeed can count McGeady as an understudy at International level) would suggest that although I wouldn't say any of those mentioned are quite on Aiden's level, we are certainly well covered for wide creative midfielders.
McGeady's million's may well be the key to helping our under performing, unproven, or inconsistent 3 only real first team strikers. If the money is invested in the right way, not only may the new purchase score goals that are key to winning and adding balance to our team - but may improve the chances of Messers Fortune, Rasmussen, and Samaras having a successful season in 2010/11 themselves.
Having watched the three pre-season games so far I would still like to see us purchase an experienced centre half too, as regardless of the huge number of players we have capable of playing there and I am sure some of whom are very capable, they need direction and someone alongside them to lead them.
Not only have we acquired quite an array of centre halves (Hooiveld, O'Dea, Loovens, Rogne, Thompson, Misun, and any new recruits added there), we seem to adding right backs at a similar rate of knots. Involved in some of this overspill must be some dead wood who aren’t likely to feature that we have to let drift away before the end of the summer hopefully.
It has been good to get a couple of unknown players who already come with plenty of real experience (Cha du ri kicked about the bundesliga for years - played in two world cups including starting the semi final in 2002, and Juarez already dipped his toe in the European water going to Barca for 6 months or so and again played in the World cup), and the signing of Joe Ledley looks a particularly shrewd move.
Ledley is a player admittedly I don't know a tremendous amount about but over the past few years there has been plenty of EPL interest in him - getting such a player on a free when our competitors down south would have had to pay £3 million is definitely a route we should look to go down again. Boruc, McManus and probably McGeady were all likely to have gone and as long as we reinvest the McGeady money in a goalscorer, then he and the other players in our squad should compensate for the loss of admittedly a top player.
Given McCourt seemingly buoyed by his involvement in pre-season so far, Maloney and McGinn are returning to fitness, we have signed Ledley who views himself as a wide midfielder, and have bid for Liam Laurence (who indeed can count McGeady as an understudy at International level) would suggest that although I wouldn't say any of those mentioned are quite on Aiden's level, we are certainly well covered for wide creative midfielders.
McGeady's million's may well be the key to helping our under performing, unproven, or inconsistent 3 only real first team strikers. If the money is invested in the right way, not only may the new purchase score goals that are key to winning and adding balance to our team - but may improve the chances of Messers Fortune, Rasmussen, and Samaras having a successful season in 2010/11 themselves.
Having watched the three pre-season games so far I would still like to see us purchase an experienced centre half too, as regardless of the huge number of players we have capable of playing there and I am sure some of whom are very capable, they need direction and someone alongside them to lead them.
Not only have we acquired quite an array of centre halves (Hooiveld, O'Dea, Loovens, Rogne, Thompson, Misun, and any new recruits added there), we seem to adding right backs at a similar rate of knots. Involved in some of this overspill must be some dead wood who aren’t likely to feature that we have to let drift away before the end of the summer hopefully.
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