Olivier Ntcham

Hopefully he'll get a game on Friday even if it's as a sub.

Like most, I've not seen him play out with youtube videos but the club must be confident in his ability if we're dropping £4m+ on him

 

Hi mate, He said in his interview that he isnt fit yet, so wouldnt expect to see him for a few weeks.

 

Jozo: "I kicked Miller high in the air!"

Ntcham: "Hold my * beer"

 

No idea about the guy but he seems to tick most of the boxes on paper as regards the sort of player celtic will be targeting - young, bit of experience, under 21 for a strong nation, and huge sell on potential if he does well.

 

Alright cheers, not seen his interview yet

 

Can someone post his full interview plz can only find the short one?? Do we not have one with Brendan n tht talking about him

 

3 minute interview posted above.

 

Know nothing about him so I'm looking forward to see what he can do on the pitch.

Welcome, big man.

 

STV and Sky Sports story on him

 

Playing in season 2021 for Cardiff at 25yrs old!..hopefully he's still here then or at least somewhere bigger than Cardiff.

 

really looking forward to see this guy play.

 

I've just signed him on Fifa for Bristol City. My team is absolute full of players from Celtic past and present or who have been linked.

De Vries GK
Adam Matthews RB
Jozo CB
Izaguirre LB
Ntcham CM
Kayal CM
Pasalic CM
Musonda Jr LW
Roberts RW
Griffiths ST

Only player that isn't is that Flint at CB who plays with them the now

 

TITLES, trophies and medals are a part of it. The adulation from the supporters and a sizeable wage also help. Celtic have a raft of incentives they can wave under the nose of potential signings these days but the possibility of playing in the Champions League remains the biggest carrot of the lot.

Olivier Ntcham admits as much, too. The 21 year-old, who completed his transfer from Manchester City yesterday for a fee in the region of £4.5m, signing a four-year deal, is enthused about the prospect of playing for a side competing for silverware after spending the last two seasons on loan at relegation-threatened Genoa.

His friend and long-time French team-mate Moussa Dembele has also told him about the Celtic fans and the warm reception he can expect. But it is the notion of playing in Europe’s premier club competition that has proved the biggest lure for the midfielder as he looks to kick-start his career after two largely frustrating seasons in Italy.

Granted, it is not guaranteed. Celtic will need to scrap their way through three increasingly difficult qualifying ties just to reach the group stage. Should they manage it, however, then in a few months’ time Ntcham could find himself lining up against sides of the calibre of Barcelona, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. For a young player hoping to make a name for himself in the game, it serves as a colossal incentive.

“What persuaded me to come here? The Champions League,” he revealed. “Not every player can play in this competition and that is why I came here. I never had the chance to play Champions League football in my career before. I have heard that it is unbelievable to play in and that is what I want to do with Celtic.”

Ntcham does not expect to feature against Linfield in the first of those qualifying rounds but feels it will not be be long before he starts to make an impact. Describing himself as a “box to box” midfielder, the France under-21 player believes he has a versatility that allows him to perform either just behind the centre forward or in a deeper-lying role. “I like to play more [forward] on the pitch but I can play all of the central midfield positions as a number 8, 6, or 10. I am a strong, physical player.”

One of Brendan Rodgers’ main attributes last season was drawing more out of players with untapped potential. Ntcham is confident the Celtic manager can do the same for him. If Italian football, and Genoa in particular, did not play to this strengths, then Rodgers has convinced him he will be enjoy greater success in the Scottish game.

“The manager spoke to me and told me that the Italian league did not suit my style of football,” revealed the one-time Le Havre prospect. “He felt that it was not the right fit for me because it was more tactical and everything was different.

“The manager believes that I would be best suited to the Scottish game and the way Celtic play. I learned a lot of tactical stuff in Italy. It has made me a better tactical player because in terms of tactics Italy is the best football place in the world. And we did running...a lot!”

Ntcham did not struggle for role models as a young lad growing up on the outskirts of Paris. Zinedine Zidane was the most obvious midfield influence, while more recently he has followed closely the journey taken by Paul Pogba.

“When you see French players being successful you want to be like them,” he added. “Zidane was my hero and my example to follow growing up. I played against Juventus three or four times when I was in Italy. I enjoyed playing against Pogba when he was there because he is also French and we had good battles in the midfield.

“I like the way he plays and he is someone that I try to copy in my style on the pitch. When I arrived at Le Havre, he had left to go to Manchester United for the first time. But we came through the same youth system.”

Dembele, of course, is another familiar face, the pair having played together in the youth teams of the France national side since they were teenagers.

“I have known Moussa and played with him since we were 14 years old in the national teams,” he revealed. “He has told me about the atmosphere at Celtic Park and that the fans are unbelievable. He also told me about the Rangers games here in Glasgow and how unbelievable they are as a player.”

The reported £4.5m fee is one of the biggest outlays by Celtic in recent times but Ntcham is not fazed by the level of expectation that may bring.

“No, the money does not put pressure on me,” he said. “For me, it makes me happy because the club is showing a lot of faith in me.

“When you buy a player, you buy him because he can do big things on the pitch. I hope this is what I can show for Celtic. The money is not a problem. It is a challenge and I am looking forward to it.”

 

He is going to be a cracker, i just know it, there is a menacing calmness about him, a quiet confidence and he looks totally solid..... he is going to be a hun executioner first class, this lad will be SOLID AS A ROCK, and he will score a few screamers also, cant wait, its what ive wanted in our team for years,

 

That's impressive stats for him and also the price,if Football managers rating is even close to how he will turn out then we will be laughing.

 

Reading this and what immediately stood out to me was the part in bold. Kept staring at it and a word started to form from some of the letters in those two words.

Spoiler

AIDS

 

Is this a box-to-box MF, or something else? Might mean Armstrong is off, sadly.

 

he can play cm