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[paddy1111]

yea i spied that sampdoria n psv were in for him too. i think he could have been a great player for us but i definetly think he aint coming

[Guy Fawkes]

Agent insists Tamas agreed to take wage cut at Celtic
GABRIEL Tamas's agent last night insisted the player had not priced himself out of a move to Celtic after the Auxerre defender's proposed move to Glasgow collapsed.
Talks over a £3.5 million transfer hit a standstill this week, with reports suggesting that Celtic had failed to meet the player's wage demands.

However the Romania international's agent, Florin Manea, insisted that, contrary to speculation, Tama
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s was happy to take a drop in wages to finalise a move to Parkhead and

that it was Celtic's decision to pull out of the deal and not the player or his representatives.

He claimed that a number of top European sides were tracking his client and that they are lining up to take advantage of the Parkhead club's hesitation.

Manea said: "All the talk that seems to be coming from Celtic about agents' fees and commission is nonsense. We didn't even talk about commission. All we did was agree the player's contract.

"It's true that Gabriel did ask for £20,000-per-week, but he was happy to accept Celtic's offer, even though it wasn't very good, in my opinion.

"His desire to play in the UK was so strong that he was willing to accept £16,000-per-week. But I don't know what happened after that.

"I spoke to (chief executive] Peter Lawwell and, as far as we were aware, all that had to be done was for him to speak to Auxerre. It seems Celtic pulled out of the deal, or had a problem with the French club.

"At the end of the day, they could have had a bargain and they let it slip away."

PSV Eindhoven and Sampdoria are both believed to be waiting in the wings to capitalise on the Parkhead side's indecision, but Manea revealed that Celtic have always been the player's first choice.

He added: "Gabi is only 24 and there's no doubt he will become a big star in the future. We have had lots of other offers so we are not worried about the situation in the slightest.

"But it's a shame for him, he really wanted it to happen. It would have been a very good piece of business for Celtic. Is the deal dead? That's up to them."

Celtic have made only two signings this summer, with Georgios Samaras arriving from Manchester City for £1.2 million and Paddy McCourt from Derry City for £150,000.

Elsewhere, it has emerged Steven Pressley has failed to win a contract at Doncaster Rovers because of a lack of fitness.

The former Celtic and Hearts defender played a friendly for the newly-promoted Championship side against Scunthorpe United but the veteran is short of match practice and Rovers manager Sean O'Driscoll has told the Scotland coach he won't be offering him a deal.

He said "We are looking for someone younger and quicker. And Steven admits himself he is a bit rusty and needs to work on his fitness. But he is a player with a tremendous attitude and we agreed to keep in touch if the situation changes."

Agent insists Tamas agreed to take wage cut at Celtic - Scotsman.com Sport

[hoopymo]

load of pish, just his agent trying to make it seem likes he no a greedy bastard

[Jack.Cfc]

so is the deal still on then ?

a laughed at the bit where he says celtics offer wasn't very good.
the guy was gettin 6k and celtic offerd 14k and they say it isn't very good the greedy cunts

[Flashback]

there it says they offered 16k

so a 10k rise and its not very good according to the agent he must be on a fucking blinding salary then haha

[celticmad117]

Its gettin offered about a 150% wage increase, and they say he would taken a wage cut,..............

[Paul67]

Originally Posted by hoopymo

load of pish, just his agent trying to make it seem likes he no a greedy bastard

He won't want the reputation of being difficult to deal with if he's on the lookout for a club.

[hoopymo]

exactamundo paul

[McNaka]

yay more posturing

Looks like it's officially gone sour then. =/

[ChristianH]

"His desire to play in the UK was so strong that he was willing to accept £16,000-per-week"

And Celtic only want to pay £14,000? Bullshit! Celtic wouldn't step out of the deal because of this.

Eiter the agent is a liar, or else Celtic has pulled for another reason than the wages.

[Big B]

Easy one to clear up. Celtic can make a statement and put us all out of our misery.

I smell a rat on this deal.

[cat123]

I think that he tried to hiold the club to ransom and they told him to fuck off simple as that, we don't need anymore players like that we've already had Juninho, Gravesen and Balde.

Tamas needed us more than we needed him, I don't see any premiership clubs sniffing about him and his past club record is concerning.

[Tamster]

Originally Posted by Big B

Easy one to clear up. Celtic can make a statement and put us all out of our misery.

I smell a rat on this deal.

Spot on mate


Let's hear you Mr Lawell.

Celtic's dealings here have been totally amateur.

Why so long pissing about with these arseholes.



At least the Huns said to Shittu, "here is the offer, Shittu wanted more, answer DEAL OFF.

It;s not complicated honestly

[Rosario FC]

Originally Posted by Ferris Bueller

Agent insists Tamas agreed to take wage cut at Celtic - Scotsman.com Sport

FFS Ferris, get some consistency in your posts.

On another thread you were saying the Scottish press were " the laughing stock of the football world", on this thread you are quoting them !

[Deano-JVOH]

Tamas is a decent player, hed be a brilliant signing