John Guidetti.

At no point has he shown any interest in extending his stay at Celtic - he put off contact talks - and he's rarely shown the makings of a top striker. He had one good goal scoring run but for the most part he's been petulant, lazy and self-centered.

It's an opportunity to stick the boot into the club though, eh?

 

The deal would pay for itself many times over if we qualify for Europe. If we lack the firepower and fail to qualify then what? Paying a man 30k a week who scores goals in Europe is value for money.

 

I know, I'll be glad to see the back of him. Rotten attitude.

 

Guidetti has lacked firepower for 6 months.

 

He isn't starting ahead of Griffiths.

Again, you're rather missing the point that he, himself, has made it abundantly clear that he has and had no intention of staying here.

 

The directors of the PLC are not the club and never will be no matter how much support they get from internet hipsters. The death of a certain football club has warped some of our own. People are happy with stagnation and mediocrity as long as we never get liquidated. Sad times when who are accused of putting the boot into the club for wanting them to buy a striker who will likely be brilliant for us.

 

Uck * off.

 

Your forgetting the fact the guy clearly does not want to be here.....first it was not about the money.....then it was back to holland, and now they have seen sense he is off to the next club on his list.
What happend to his big love for feynord.....the guy only cares about one thing.......his bank balance and it would be a big mistake for celtic to break the wage structure for a none scoring self important child who would be looking for the exit every time the transfer window opened.

 

Failure to qualify for the CL is a lot more expensive than giving a proven goalscorer a decent contract.

I have no problem with any worker trying to maximize his wages.

Why do you not hold VVD with the same contempt then? He has openly stated that he will move on.

This situation was handled badly on our end but I think that John should not have taken the huff either. Irregardless I am certain that a happy John Gudetti on a long term contract would be better than what we will end up with and the point is to make our team the best it can possibly be.

 

So you want us to shell out 30k a week to a guy who can't get in the team before Griffiths, who himself is probably on about 3 times less

Second choice striker, highest earner.. sounds good

 

Kind of agree with a few points but your backing the wrong player we should show ambition to sign players who can take us to the next level and Guidetti is not that player he might well have been but he's wanting to run before he can walk lettin his ego get the better of him. But i agree there is a wee bit of a stagnation since they died we should be spending the money on the right player jordan Rhodes Shane long etc these players cost money but we do have the funds for these players if we paid top dollar but we won't . That being said I'm excited for next season ronnie seems to be taking us in the right direction and i do think his way will pay dividends in the coming years so your comment about no ambition is off the mark in the sense we are building something that will make us a force within Europe and dominate this country

 

The maximum we could offer would be 30k per week. Over 4 years that is £6.25M. Bump up the signing on fee to an even £7million.

I am deliberately high balling these figures to show how absurd the argument is that we cant afford him.

We could pay him 7m over 4 years and let him leave on a bosman and we would still get our moneys worth out of him.

The likeliest scenario though is that he would be sold for profit meaning that he wouldnt cost the club a penny in net spend

 

We need to sign quality to make sure we get better it is as simple as that. I would take Long and Rhodes in a heartbeat but I am realistic. I know we would never fork out the money required.

See my other post about how much John would cost.

I would bet on it that we will be worse off next season up top. I will gladly eat my words if I am wrong but I wont be.

 

Don't think Rhodes would be good enough for Europe with his style Long would be great for us be he wouldn't score anywhere enough goals domestic or European rather Griffiths right now ahead of them two as for Guidetti * him he's had his chance and blew it no player is bigger than the club

 

Couldn't care less TBH. Cheery bye.

 

I'm sure I read somewhere that he has agreed terms with Sporting Lisbon for around 40,000 per week and a 2.5 mil sign on fee.
Can't remember where I read it but it could be bullshit!?

 

"I don't think he knows himself what he wants to do," said Deila. "It's not like I need to know because I'm making my plans anyway. We are planning without him.

"We are very calm with the situation. If he wants to stay at Celtic, he needs to come to me and say he wants to do it. If not we have to move on and try to get somebody else.

"I said to him in February that the offer was being taken away now and he has to tell us if he's changed his mind."