Bellamy could re-join on loan

[Hunbasher]

this is nuts.yea cannae expect a cockey feck like Bellers to except a measly deal like the board offerd every other true tri-colour(jackie comes tae mind)now it's up tae the board tae put "OUR"bob where the're mooth is

[Lennons_Ghirl]

Someday Was Telliing Me That They Heard On Radio 5, That Bellamy Had Agreed To Come On Loan For One Year And Was Gonna Sign When He Got Back From Holiday!

[Lennons_Ghirl]

NEWCASTLE chairman Freddie Shepherd last night ruled out allowing Craig Bellamy to return to Celtic on loan next season Shepherd spoke exclusively to Record Sport after reports from England claimed the Parkhead club were on the verge of a breakthrough in the £6million race for the Welshman's signature.We can reveal the St James' Park chief met in person with Celtic's majority shareholder Dermot

Desmond earlier this month and has promised the Irishman he'll 'bend over backwards' to help push a deal through.

But Shepherd last night made it clear he will stop short of sanctioning another short-term deal - which means Celtic will have to find a way of paying the full £6million fee if Gordon Strachan is to get his man.

Strachan and chief executive Peter Lawwell had hoped they might be able to land Bellamy on a year-long loan if the 25-year-old did not accept alternative moves to the likes of Everton or Aston Villa.

But Shepherd said: 'We won't let him go on loan again.We played fair with everyone by letting him go to Celtic on loan since the start of the year. But we wouldn't and couldn't do that again.

'But if Celtic come in with an offer everyone knows we will help them in any way can.When they took him on loan I promised them first option and I'll honour my word.'

It's believed Celtic have reached agreement in principle with Bellamy and his adviser on the terms and length of a contract worth around £2m a year.

But if they are to find a way to meet Newcastle's price Desmond may have to help fund the deal with cash out of his own pocket.

Meanwhile, Polish strike ace Maciej Zurawski was urged to sign for Celtic and NOT Turkish side Trabzonspor - by his own club president.

The Wisla Krakow star is still waiting to see if Celtic up their offer to match the Turks' but Wisla chief Janusz Basalaj reckons a move to Glasgow wouldbe best.

Basalaj said: 'I spoke with Maciej on Monday and he said, 'Boss, I'm still thinking'.

'My feeling is he still wants to go to Celtic. Trabzonspor have spoken with him but if it was my choice, I would sign for Celtic.The prospect of playing in Britain is an exciting one for Zurawski.

'Wisla would gladly sell Maciej to a club such as Celtic.'

Talks continue with Arsenal about French striker Jeremie Aliadiere,who's wanted on loan by Celtic, and Southampton have invited boss Gordon Strachan to make a £700,000 bid for defender Claus Lundekvam

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Originally Posted by BombJack

Rather than spending 6 mill on Bellamy and another 5 i wages for the term of his contract, I would rather see us go out and spend 2 million each on 3 teenagers of European quality potential. At least if things don't work out for them we have something to sell on, further down the line...



BombJack

If it was that easy to identify european quality for £2 million pound each everyone would be doing it...and then...the prices go up....
Any decent teenagers are going for a lot more than £2 million....you get what you pay for...

[BombJack]

Yeah, just like decent older players eh??? It's not a question of identifying them - it's more a question of how much we are prepared to pay, and whether our scouts are acuurate in spotting the talent. We have far more chance of competing with the big financial clubs when we are fighting over 17/18/19 year olds, because the big clubs aren't prepared to make the gamble. However, if Man U, Chelsea whoever are all looking closely at a particular youngseter, there's a fair chance they are going to be useful in the future. The fact is we picked up Stan Petrov for a few mill, and look how that signing has turned out. The key to doing this kind of business is a good scouting system (which we apparently don't have, or is it focussed on a different kind of player.) The fact is teams like Porto who don't have huge finanical resources can unearth inexpensive young talent is because of the links they have in Brazil.
We on the other hand don't have these natural links, therefore we need to do something about it - we need to unearth our own talent. It is the only really cost effective way of making the club grow. Thing is, nationally, we are producing very few talented youngsters (imho) that are capable of making the grade at the highest level, therefore we need to look further afield...

How can we possibly justify ourselves with some of our signings/contracts when you have clubs like PSV, Porto etc, who all have smaller wage outgoings than us but are still competing at a higher level in Europe??? We need to look at things differently..

BombJack

[mirek s.]

Sorry Craig, as we saw the match Wales vs. Poland we saw who´s the better striker. Don´t panic celtic fans u´ll see an polish cruise missile on the top of his career. He will gives u a lot of fun and proud & he only cost 2 mill. pounds its for celtic only a win!!!!

[derryduck]

Zurawski, Bellamy and Alladiere on Friday in the hoops! What a beautiful weekend that would make.

[owencrow]

come on desey lossen those purse strings you tight wad we love & need bellamy dont mess about you have made to many mistakes hail hail

[greenirishbhoy]

dontthink newcastle aregonnalet himgo outonloan asthey wantcash4himonly celticshould offerabout 6.5millon4him andseeifthey takeit hopeweget him he is aclass striker thetype weneed

[glasgowsellick]

is your space bar broken mate?

[Hunbasher]

just read this second on the official site thatGS is still in pursuit of bellamy,i think this is awsome

[Dubsbhoy]

we still need defenders and midfeilders not to mention a keeper.

I don't see the board giving bellers 50k a week even if they did get him for 4mill

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dont need Bellamy....

As Dubs said..need defenders and a keeper...

Bellamy would be a waste of dosh now...

[greenirishbhoy]

looks like he could be going2 everton and we may miss out on zurawski2 if this happens its down2 our spinelesss board 4refusing to open the checkbook

[greenirishbhoy]

well yet ahain this useless board we have klets us bhoys fans down by not getting bellers