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Whelan: Celts wanted Mart

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by ScottishGhirl, Jun 17, 2009.

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  1. Jun 17, 2009 #1
    ScottishGhirl

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    WIGAN chairman Dave Whelan has told Celtic: WE got the manager YOU wanted.


    The Hoops were refused permission by Swansea to speak to Roberto Martinez before turning their attention to Tony Mowbray.


    And as Whelan unveiled the Spaniard as Latics boss he insisted: "They were really disappointed that they've not been able to get him.

    "Celtic had a big interest in Roberto.


    "He told me 'Celtic have approached me'. But he told me there was only one team he wanted to go to - Wigan."


    The Hoops turned their attention to Martinez after failing to land Burnley boss Owen Coyle.
    But the former Motherwell star insists he wasn't even close to taking the Parkhead job.


    He said: "This was the only job that could have taken me from Wales.

    "There was interest from clubs in Spain and Celtic, but I never looked into them, although their interest is very flattering."
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  2. Jun 17, 2009 #2
    Airdrie Onion

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    Always wanted to manage Wigan?

    Aye right.
     
  3. Jun 17, 2009 #3
    pHatRon67

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    He'll go to Wigan, he'll sit mid table, nobody will care or notice him and his career will go on like that for a bit.

    If he came here, he'd be in the spotlight every week, his stock would rise if we won leagues etc and then he would have secured a move to a big club in England or Spain.
     
  4. Jun 17, 2009 #4
    John Bhoy79

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    ''Wigan was the only job that could have taken me from Wales''. I'll bet Perez, Moratti+Berlusconi were devastated when he turned them down. Talk about a badge-kisser, even rat-boy wouldn't have gone that far.
     
  5. Jun 17, 2009 #5
    Just Kieran

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    Big who-cares Mr. Whelan.
     
  6. Jun 17, 2009 #6
    Lochee_Bhoy

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    Listen, iv no doubt we did show interest in him, but both Lawell and Reid said at the press conference this morning that it was a 3 week process getting Mowbray. So i dont think our interest in Martinez was that serious. Why the * is Whelan trying to wind celtic up?
     
  7. Jun 17, 2009 #7
    John Bhoy79

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    I may be totally wrong but isn't Whelan the guy from JJB sports who set up some sort of exclusive deal to sell hun replica shirts a few years back? Maybe he's been turned to the dark side by Murray and his minions.
     
  8. Jun 17, 2009 #8
    coz_1967

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    Wigan for relegation.....heres hoping.
     
  9. Jun 17, 2009 #9
    PaulM1888

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    We wanted to speak to him, he doesn't know anything else to be fact other than that.
     
  10. Jun 17, 2009 #10
    Dirk_Diggler

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    He will go to wigan and probly get them relegated any way>>> am glad he didnt get the celtic job coz he would have flopped big time considering he knows * all about scottish football and if we really wanted him we would have got him!!!
     
  11. Jun 17, 2009 #11
    alsybhoy

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    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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    that auld clown talks some * ill tell ye !

    :old::asshole2:

    :rofl::rofl: away and make yerself a cup of tea ya clown
     
  12. Jun 17, 2009 #12
    ScottishGhirl

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    hahaha how much pish does he talk.

    its clear martinez is dillusional anyway he expects wigan to get into europe in 3 years time. Eh no with Spurs, Man City, Villa, Everton all sniffing around you wont.

    IMO we got the perfect man for the job and his press conference proved that today.

    All hail tony :celt_2:

    and whelan back to sleep ya tube.
     
  13. Jun 17, 2009 #13
    Rendog

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    I hope they go down.
     
  14. Jun 17, 2009 #14
    Gercelt

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    * him!!

    Watch wigan sink like a stone
     
  15. Jun 17, 2009 #15
    Lazycame

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    Hope he can get his players to turn up on time.
     
  16. Jun 17, 2009 #16
    david_trezeguet

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    :56::56:Mr whelan you can only dream of having a club like ours and fans like ours!
     
  17. Jun 17, 2009 #17
    Ricardinho

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    Exactly, we spoke to a few managers who were never offered the job, who's to say Martinez would have been different.
     
  18. Jun 17, 2009 #18
    blackfish

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    he is trying to wind us up for two main reasons

    1. Wigan are not exactly household names in the world of football and he is using a tactic trying to make them look bigger than us, this tactic is normally reserved for the primary school playground, so he is a wee fud and i bet i can pee higher up the wall than he can !

    2. isn't mr whelan's financially struggling JJB sports chain the official merchandise supplier for Satan's All Stars from Govan? that might expain his narrowminded approach, lest he forget we dont shop there anymore and we Celtic fans have considerable clout when it comes to making a point ie the drastic reduction in circulation of the Daily Ranger and Sunday Mason
     
  19. Jun 17, 2009 #19
    The The Hand

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    Aye, and that's not his only link with Murray either.

    And he's also one of the most blatant * in English football.

    I wonder if there could be some connection between these two facts? :56:
     
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  20. Jun 17, 2009 #20
    Overkill187

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    We got the stadium, fanbase, supporters, player, glory, history etc they always wanted.
     
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