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Sisto? Or is this a long running message board joke that I haven't kept up with? Looked lively in the games I saw.

Man City paid a massive chunk of Adeybayor's wages when he signed permanently for Spurs.

if he actually departs, I think it is pretty safe to say that this will happen.

me too. What season was that again (memory shot). Like to try and find that on youtube. Anyone got a link?

Good news. He looked very assured last season. How good he really is I am not sure. I just know that he is better than Forster. I wonder whether Forster will now actually look for a move or simply bide his tide waiting for another chance or indeed just sit on the bench collecting the vast sums we are paying him?

Mooy certainly looked very good in the first couple of world cup games. Is it economically viable for a mid level prem side such as us to buy a `wanted' player from another mid level premiership side? A £20m buy back clause for Man City suggests that they'd expect top dollar before allowing him to leave.

the squad needs reshaping. players need to leave. Hughes can only do so much with this lot. That may mean paying some of these outgoing players wages. I am not sure where the money will come from to do that, perhaps some of the VVD transfer fee.

that would make more sense. I recall he scored against Man City in the CL and for some reason thought he was playing up front. If that signing goes through I would suggest the Tadic deal will follow shortly after.

Does everyone thing that with Hughes we will suddenly become a half decent side? Our failings last season were not completely down to the manager. We have some very average players at the club. We need to somehow find a way of replacing them with better. Extremely tough thing to do...

which of our current strikers is genuinely leaving?

Can't see him leaving this summer. He clearly has great potential and it would take a huge offer for us allow him to go. I am not sure he has done quite enough in that first season for anyone to make such a bid. I guess if scouts watched certain games...

I agree. It's no certain he will depart, but when the noise is this loud it usually means a deal is done or close to being completed (perhaps waiting for Saints to complete the signing of his replacement). Some press stories are obvious agent plants. This doesn't feel like that.

maybe, but perhaps not in the transfer market where the likes of Krcic, Imbula, Jese, Berahino and Wimmer have been utter failures. How much input and say he had in each is always difficult to know as an outsider, but the Stoke chairman was quite ruthless when sacking him and that might point ot he fact that Hughes had got his men and they hadnt been money well spent. I assume Hughes will have a major say in transfers at Saints?

Can we replace the only player we have with a world class first touch (and feint) with someone with attributes that are equally or indeed more beneficial to the side as a whole? Tadic has his limitations, but we have several players that don't have any assets at all that I'd like to see depart before him. That said, we can become far too attached to players already at the club. The question therefore is, and always is, how will he be replaced? I don't think we can suffer yet more erosion of quality. We only just survived last season. It wasn't all down to the manager. We must strengthen, somehow, otherwise expect more of the same.

if he is on say, £60k a week here, then it will have to be one hell of a cut for a completely skint Rangers to be a factor. I cant see him going anywhere, which is a problem.

fair point. Massive blind spot in the Prem.

Better still, use it as a down payment for Matthijs de Ligt.

are either really top draw? Considering the wealth of Premiership sides, shouldn't the quality of squad players be much much higher?

If he is the replacement for Davis as many on this thread are suggesting, does that mean Davis is actually leaving? He has been terrific for us, all be it a poor last season, but if he legs hve gone then I can't see anyone interested that can actually afford his wages, thus he will see his contract out.

if that is a true reflection of the majority of Celtic fans then it is deeply depressing.

weren't their richer clubs than us when we signed VVD?

If we let Targett go, it means Bertrand isn't departing. Happy days. Whether McQueen is good enough to be his alternative I'm not sure. Perhaps we will let both go and sign Tierney or some one else and achieve an upgrade. Not all young players coming through are actually top draw. Would hate to see Targett turn out to be a gem. The football people at the club hopefully know what they are doing.

I seem to recall a similar comment after I suggested Pulis was ****e (before he'd kicked a ball). It is possible to make an assessment on a player based on seeing them for another team. I haven't seen Armstrong much, so I am not going to venture an opinion, but I was always under the impression than Tierney was THE guy we should be signing from Celtic. What has happened to us creaming off the talent from the second tier European leagues? Hope he proves to be a decent replacement for Davies, who has been a terrific signing for us.

what the **** is EPL 1 and 2?

Look forward to watching donny tonk them as usual at **** park