Celtic Need Quality
We have lost two of our best players this summer, and we have yet to replace them. Both Gary Hooper and Victor Wanyama left us for the English Premiership and we have made huge profits on both talents. Now we must spend the money we received over the course of last season and over this […]
The Celtic Support vs. The Celtic Support
With the season just about underway, we find ourselves in perhaps the strangest, yet not uncommon, match up. By this of course I am not referring to being drawn against a club currently being aided in goal scoring terms by one of our own, albeit that does seem like something of a major oversight by […]
Hooper Joins Norwich City
Gary Hooper today signed for Norwich for an undisclosed fee. CeltsAreHere.com wish him all the best in the Premiership. He took to twitter to say thank you to Celtic – “I would like to thank Celtic FC and everyone associated with the club, especially the fans, for 3 amazing years that I will never forget.” The […]
Hail Hail to St Johnstone
CELTSAREHERE.com would like to congratulate St Johnstone on progressing to the next round of the Europa League. They dumped Rosenborg out of the competition tonight in what has to be one of the greatest nights in the clubs long history. This is a fantastic result not just for the club but for Scottish Football. It […]
Norwich Perspective on Hooper Deal
After hearing Norwich were in pole position to sign Gary Hooper I wanted to pick the brains of some Norwich fans and get their perspective on one of the longest and tedious transfer sagas we have ever had the misfortune of witnessing. Celtic fans had long resigned themselves to the fact that Hooper would leave […]
Scottish Premiership….Eh?
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. On this showing the English Premier League should be extremely flattered! With a combined body and much need for change the suits at Hampden racked their brains in an attempt to re-vamp and re-brand the Scottish game. What they came up with however is so unoriginal […]
UPDATE: Norwich Back In For Hooper
QPR agreed a fee yesterday for Gary Hooper and Harry Redknapp spoke last night saying they had nearly got their man. But QPR will now miss out on the striker as Norwich have came back into the frame. Norwich have been a long time admirer of Gary Hooper and tried to get him […]
Redknapp: Deal Almost Done for Hooper
Harry Redknapp tonight has told the media that the deal for Hooper has all been agreed and the player should be a QPR player within the next 24 hours. A fee in the region of £5million has been agreed with Celtic and the players representatives have thrashed out a deal with the London club. Gary […]
Pirlo Takes Aim at Uefa on Celtic’s Behalf
Italian superstar Andrea Pirlo was asked recently what he thought of the Scottish champions having to go through so many qualifiers to get to the group stages of the competition. The midfielder did not mince his words. “It’s an insult Celtic have to enter the qualifiers this early on – It’s an insult to the […]
Planes, Trains & Trophies Ahead?
With the artist formally known as Rangers gone. The newly named SPFL (silly name) is pretty much Celtics for the taking every year. However with this new found simplicity to the title race comes even more pressure. That pressure being us fans demanding to win “The Celtic way.” This belief had so many Celtic fans […]
McCourt Set for League One Side
It looks like former fans favourite Paddy McCourt is set to sign for League one side Peterborough. The Northern Irish winger has been on trial with the club for a few days and has impressed manager Darren Ferguson who is delighted that McCourt is coming on board. Ferguson explained “We took the chance to get […]
Sergio Buenacasa Trials with Celtic
Stevie Frail took a very inexperienced side to play a friendly against Cork City at the weekend. A game in which the Celtic XI won 2-0 against the Irish club BUT it was the squad rather than the result that was more interesting. Among some more familiar youth names there was a young man by […]
Bhoys to Men – Celtic’s Signing Policy
Victor Wanyama left Celtic Park for a reported fee of £12.5 million. He was bought by Celtic from Belgian side Beerschot AC as a 20 year old for just £900,000 in July 2011. It’s the latest fine example of Celtic’s policy of buying cheap and selling high. Celtic Manager, Neil Lennon stated “The policy […]
Three Football Superstars Who Almost Wore The Hoops
Olivier Giroud Yes, another French striker who would go to do his part in the English Premier League. in 2009 it was Gordon Strachan who tried to lure the big Frenchman to Celtic Park. At one point the club was favourites to land Giroud for only £2.5million. Speaking at the time the striker knew he […]
Could Bangura do a Morientes?
Neil Lennon seems to have sparked a reaction from Elfsborg after yesterdays draw pinned Celtic against the Swedish outfit who have Mo Bangura on loan. The Celtic Boss insisted he would tell Bangura to sit out this tie as it is a conflict of interests for the striker. However there is no Uefa rule that […]
From Moussaka to Masterclass
It’s fair to say that Georgios Samaras time at Celtic has been a mixed bag. When first joining the hoops every Celtic rejoiced “Finally a number 9 who is an aerial threat & good on the ball.” After his initial loan spell from Manchester City. The Greek god made the move permanent with his SPL […]
Nottingham Forest £1.5million Bid For Wilson
Kelvin Wilson is the subject of a £1.5million bid from his old club Nottingham Forest. Forest boss Billy Davies wants the big defender back at the club even though he froze him out of the team last time around because he had signed a pre-contract agreement with Celtic. Wilson who did not enjoy the best […]
Champions League Draw – Elfsborg Likely Opponents
Celtic will likely be facing Elfsborg in the next round of Champions league qualifiers as the Swedish outfit are 7-1 up on their opponents Duagava in the first leg. Celtic should see Cliftonville off on Tuesday to set up this tie. Elfsborg play in the Allsvenskan and have spent most of their history in […]
What Celtic Means to Me
As I get set to interact with a whole new section of the Celtic family I started thinking, ‘Why do I love Celtic Football Club?’ That is a question which I’m sure would bring out a host of different answers from all Celtic supporters across the world, with not one answer being any more […]