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Signing Sagas

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by Blochairnbhoy, Jun 26, 2019.

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  1. Blochairnbhoy

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    in you lifetime what signing sagas have had you shaking you head in disbelief like this turnbull one?

    Cadete for obvious reasons stands out for me with the paperwork being sent over and stashed in Jim Farrys drawer so he couldn’t be registered in time to play in a match against the huns.

    There must be a few more with twists and turns and * moments!
     
  2. Seán Mac D Gold Member Gold Member

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    Scepovic.

    Agreed a deal in principle with us, he then backed out of it to go for a medical with Getafe which then fell apart and we left the deal in the table for him to come crawling back.

    Worse still is we had Kramaric outside with his agent desperate to sign for us and left them standing there, leading to his agent saying he would never deal with us again.

    Kramaric went onto score 28 goals that season before moving to the EPL and then becoming a top striker in the Bundesliga and starter for World Cup Finalists Croatia. Scepovic is now skulking about the Polish league after failing in Spain and Hungary.

    If there was a book on 'how not to do transfers' this would be the best example.
     
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  3. James Gold Member Gold Member

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    Rivaldo... A trial
     
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  4. Venomspawn82

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    Yeah. This was hard to read. *...
     
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  5. themouth1888

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    Did we not have De La Pena and the boy Amoroso on trial also??
     
  6. bhoy81

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    Judas, the * worst of them all.
     
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    Portuguese Dani aswell... Fair enough Dani turns out had fitness problems and career fell away but de la pena.... * strategy by the board if we strengthened after seville we could have had a squad that could have won it in 2004 or even done something spectacular season after

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    Mark Viduka going awol just after signing was a weird one, always remember that.
     
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  9. Blochairnbhoy

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    Aye night before we played hearts a tynecastle went on teletext page 302 headline “viduka walks out on Celtic”
     
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    Musonda
     
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    Christ, I didn't know all that; but that's up there with the Rivaldo incident.
     
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    Just reminded me of that period, we used to take loads of players on trial!, sure we had that brazilian striker too Amoroso or something, I remember getting hyped about all these trials and then nobody ever signing! :56:
     
  13. Liam Scales Gold Member Gold Member

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    Viduka has to be the ultimate one
     
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    Maurice * Johnstone