Jozo Simunovic

He would just glide passed everyone and outstrengthen them. Would love to see him come up against Halliday, McCrorie and co

 

Ahahaha brilliant that's what I was thinking, he's a pure powerhouse, players just bounce off him. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital would be busy after that game

 

Bookmarked .

 

Rather than clutter up the Boyata thread, I'll ask it here. Would you sell him?

I would. Even domestically, he can't play on artificial surfaces and several SPL clubs have them now. His injury history worries me and Rodgers even alluded to it in an interview.

 

Yes I would. He has the potential to be a great player but like you said about not being able to play on 4g pitches and his dip in form plus he does get injured if we got offered good money for him if would probably take it.

 

I don't think I have ever seen anything in Simunovic, looks weak to me. At least with Boyata you could argue that despite the mistakes he is very solid in the air and can play the basics well. With Simunovic I just see a weak player who can easily get bullied off the ball. I would rather use Ajer and Hendry.

 

Think he’ll go the same way as Erik. Shame cause I really liked him in Brendan’s first season

 

Yep. Not good enough to be a first choice centre-half at the club, has rightly fallen behind Ajer and Boyata as first choice picks. I feel he gets a free pass at times as people prefer to slate Boyata for some reason.

Granted I'd rather see some one come in before he goes, Hendry isn't up to task yet and Compper is a write off. As for a fee, hard to know really. Would probably accept anything of £2.5m upwards? His international career is over for the foreseeable future too

Said it before, but wish we'd kept Eoghan O'Connell on for another season or two

 

O’Connell has barely featured for League 1’s Bury. Don’t think he’s anywhere near good enough for us.

 

I think Brendan has a problem with his lack of mobility, he's quite robotic.

 

Make or break preseason for him. Really needs to up his game, and me, his passion to play football. Seems like at times he just * out and can't be arsed.
There is a player in there which we have all seen. Just needs to man up and take control and he could have a future

 

Due to injury (two surgeries) not ability.

Thought he was excellent in UCL qualifying when Brendan first arrived, particularly Astana and was rewarded with start in Nou Camp.

 

I would, but only for £5m+. He's definitely got potential and has shown he can boss it domestically. Could be replaced though, especially for that kind of fee in return.

 

I wouldn't sell the best defender we have ,at least until we get 2more cb's in

 

Read the title, this is about Jozo

 

Lille after him for £5m.

Any deal from them should include Edgar Ie coming this way. Would even do a straight swap with both and no money.

 

French club Lille are set to launch a £5million bid for Celtic defender Jozo Simunovic.

The troubled Liga 1 side are rebuilding after the departure of coach Marcelo Bielsa and a narrow escape from relegation in the final weeks of the season.

Tipped to finish in the top five, Lille escaped the drop after scraping into 17th place. The threat of an administrative relegation imposed by the DNCG, the financial 'policemen' of the French game, was also lifted earlier this month.

And French sources have told Sportsmail that Parkhead defender Simunovic tops a list of potential reinforcements for reprieved coach Christophe Galtier.


A £2.8million signing in August 2015, the Bosnian defender signed a new four-year deal last year and remains under contract until 2021.

Close to leaving Celtic for Torino two years ago, however, the former Dynamo Zagreb central defender struggled to hold down a first-team place after sustaining a red card at Ibrox in a 3-2 win over Rangers in March.

With Belgian World Cup defender Dedryck Boyata dragging his heels over a new contract it remains to be seen if Brendan Rodgers would wish to lose another experienced central defender with Champions League experience.

 

Would accept that no bother. At his very best he was probably worth double that but still a decent amount of money for him right now. Best thing I can remember from him was probably his tackling (one in particular) and his passing was good, but he’s fallen so far from how much I used to like him after the supposed Astana incident with Rodgers and some of his performances this season.

Would pay for Schar with money to spare. No brainer

 

wots the referee doin tam