Doumbe left Parkhead

Doumbe has reportedly left Celtic Park after they failed to offer him a financial package he was expecting, more to follow.

 

Argggg i hope hes not just being greedy and therefore offer him a good contract we could really use him

 

What goes around, comes around. may be?

 

boooooooooo

 

I think the rumours are that he is being a greedy we b*stard and asking for a contract that is way above what his talent deserves. He seems to think that after playing 2 1/2 games he can command the same salary as players like Nakka and TG!! This aint the premiership, we can't afford 30 odd grand a week to some sqaud player!

 

What's the source?

 

Won't believe it until I see it

 

http://www.celtic-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=339998

They've not been wrong about too much in the past.

 

Looks more like a link to another forum than a source. sherlock

 

Hmmm, don't believe i said it came from a source! I said it was a rumour.

 

Calm down, you got yer link posted.

 

aye i heard that one yesterday, apparently hes went awol back to france without talking to PL, but bolton are looking at him, but they are hardly gonna offer more than celtic. and anyways his agent his * hibee mckay( skoosh browns and bartons agent) so it doesnt surprise me that celtic might be gettingheld at ransom here, remember his agent is the same guy that got scott brown a rise of 20'000 a week from his hibs days, so i think that tells its own story

 

I heard at the start of the week that he decided to go back to France and consider his options, doesn't mean he won't sign.

 

this is the best i could find


It would now appear that Scottish Cup hero Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe will not be signing for Celtic

The full-back, who had been on loan from French side Rennes, has reportedly not been offered the sort of financial package he had hoped for by the club and has now returned to France for the duration of the summer holidays - or until he gets a better offer from an English Premiership side.

Celtic, who would have had to pay Rennes £450k as part of any permanent deal, are believed to have offered Doumbe a contract which would have kept him at the club until 2009.

Willie McKay, Doumbe's agent, spoke of his client's situation yesterday. He said: "Jean-Joel has flown back to Paris for a summer break and hasn't signed anything with Celtic yet. However, there is still plenty of time for him to sign a contract."

Ah, but with which club Willie...?

Call me an old fashioned cynic here, but a journeyman back-up utility defender like Doumbe - who has looked decidedly dodgy at the defending bit - should get one chance, and one chance only to sign for Celtic!

Despite his winning goal in the cup final, which let's face it said more about the deficiencies of our team on the day than it did about Doumbe's merits, when a player like Mark Burchill can make him look so poor and positionally naive in the right-back berth, then surely its time to quit while we're ahead on this one.

We badly need quality cover for both full-back positions, but surely we can get better quality in than Doumbe, even if it costs a bit more?

Mark Wilson although promising, has still to prove himself worthy of playing the right-back role on a permanent basis. He also seems injury prone which is another concern.

Lee Naylor on the other hand is as hard as nails, and is a prime example of a full-back who can first and foremost defend his position. We need more in like Naylsy...and less in like Doumbe!

The right-back berth is still a problem position for us, and one which I think requires money spent on it during the summer.