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| Nakamura's transfer; "Signed today to Espanyol," piebochan | |
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| Topic Started: 11 Jun 2009, 08:32 AM (38,036 Views) | |
| mikeybhoy67 | 11 Jun 2009, 10:17 AM Post #21 |
Jog on Declan
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Questions. Is he still contracted to us? If so, when does that contract run out? This 1 yr extension he supposedly has in his Celtic contract, do we invoke that or the player? |
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| kewlcelt | 11 Jun 2009, 10:47 AM Post #22 |
Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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Hes out of contract as far as I know. But I'm pretty sure we still hold his media rights and that is worth a few bob. |
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| Willie Wonka | 11 Jun 2009, 11:19 AM Post #23 |
All the ladies love Chocolate
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The one year extension kicked in last summer. It's over now. Whoever buys him will still need to get the media rights off us. |
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| suttonscores | 11 Jun 2009, 11:19 AM Post #24 |
Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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is he not under contract until end of this month? |
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| Quinzobhoy | 11 Jun 2009, 12:37 PM Post #25 |
Occasional Substitute
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2nd'd |
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| Bobby Peru | 11 Jun 2009, 12:50 PM Post #26 |
The Maestro
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Me too. End of an era and all that. |
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| DanBhoy | 11 Jun 2009, 12:51 PM Post #27 |
Perfection
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Would like to see Naka for one more season, especially under Mowbray.
Edited by DanBhoy, 11 Jun 2009, 12:51 PM.
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| joe the baker | 11 Jun 2009, 01:18 PM Post #28 |
Celtics first superstar.
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I would like to see Naka stay for another year. If only to see how he responds under a different manager. What age is he 30? 31 maybe. In no way is he past it. Last season wasn`t his best but that does not mean to say a new manager could not get the best out of him. |
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| djr | 11 Jun 2009, 01:21 PM Post #29 |
Getting on a bit
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I would like him to play for us under a manager that can actually play him where he is best suited |
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| Gonga | 11 Jun 2009, 01:24 PM Post #30 |
You're funny, thats why I'm gonna kill you last.
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4 MORE YEARS GEORGE.W.BUSH CSC Edited by Gonga, 11 Jun 2009, 01:24 PM.
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| Howlin' Wolf | 11 Jun 2009, 01:59 PM Post #31 |
Unavoiding Celtic Forum.
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He's a cracking wee player but he has been carrying injuries for a long, long time and his dedication to the Japanese national team means he never gets the chance to rest up. If he stays here for another season I think he could do himself some serious damage. |
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| dom-the-bomb | 11 Jun 2009, 01:59 PM Post #32 |
Occasional Substitute
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I think he's probably got another one or two seasons in him if we play him in behind the strikers with less defensive duties. He's obviously a more than capable playmaker who still has an eye for a pass and is probably still fitter than most at the club. What he does need though, is a rest and a holiday! His poor set piece taking from last season can probably be attributed to tiredness I'd say...Would be sad to see him go tbh. |
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| piebochan | 11 Jun 2009, 03:00 PM Post #33 |
Lost in translation
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As shunghirl says, it's only a couple of papers reporting this... but as I said before, I find it really curious that after Japan's games recently, and he was interviewed afterwards (having played really really well), no-one asked him about the situation, neither did the commentators mention it throughout the game or talk about it afterwards ! Given that the Japanese football season is already a couple of months underway, and Nakamura is the prodigal son... I find it astonishing that no-one was talking about it!. Now with the medical at Yokohama being cancelled, it really does look like the talks have broken down ('ruptured' - direct translation - makes me laugh  !). He is being offered a 2 year deal at Espanyol - not sure how much it's worth though! Media aren't saying anything about Celtic (between the lines you might read into that, that they fully expect him to leave), but in general we are held in very high esteem here in Japan and most people have us as a foreign team which they like - but that doesn't mean much really as they also like Chelsea, Liverpool and Manure, Barca, Real and Bayern!!! Regarding his image rights... now I have no direct knowledge of the deal we have with him... but... just before he signed for us, we (Tokyo CSC) were contacted by people at Celtic to give an opinion on marketing out here. I was told that in buying his image rights - a totally seperate deal to his playing contract - Celtic were looking to capitalise on this because Reggina hadn't managed to do this at all because Shunsuke retained his own image rights with them. I don't know if there is/was a time limit set ie concurrent with his playing contract, but I do know we paid a hell of a lot and were quite pleased with the deal we got at the time. Shunsuke's profile has risen quite substantially since he's been with us and as has been speculated, we have probably made a good deal of money out of it. It's only my opinion, but I don't believe there is a time limit on the deal, I believe (through what I heard at the time), that we retain his image rights until he or another club buy them back from us, regardless of whether he plays for us! If this is the case we'll certainly be looking for a great deal more than we paid for them. Apparently Shunsuke played hardball with us over buying them, so I hope we will be equally hard of selling them back! He has had a poor season by his own standards and particularly since the beginning of the year he has looked like he was already on his way out, but I believe he would still be a great asset to us next season. In my humble opinion, he would be crazy to go off to Spain where the football is very different, he doesn't know the language (don't start with the 'can't speak English - he can get by fine but chooses not to), or the club, manager and players, have to strike up a good rapport with another interpreter and will most probably not start a lot of games... compared to - stay at Celtic where he is happy and comfortable on and off the park, great relationship with the club, manager (ooops strike that!), and players, his interpreter has become his best friend and trusts him implicitly and he has been a first pick every time he's been fit! But... he's a bit weird - my own personal experience of him - so he'll probably go to Spain! 
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| joebloggscity | 11 Jun 2009, 05:09 PM Post #34 |
For the Glory and the Green
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| shunghirl | 11 Jun 2009, 05:13 PM Post #35 |
First team training
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few hours ago, rest of major japanese papers reported that Yokohama marinos is waiting to hear from nakas side now. president of Marinos, Saito said that there was wee problem that they didnt expect but they have made a offer and offer some good terms so they are just waiting to hear from him(his side) now. we will see.... but after ive seen his tv interview couple of days ago, i think that he will sign to the club in japan.... Edit: oops joebloggscity was quicker Edited by shunghirl, 11 Jun 2009, 05:15 PM.
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| TC67 | 11 Jun 2009, 05:36 PM Post #36 |
Don't take no guff from those swine
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So, you gonna stick with the Celtic Shungirl, or, as a read at the time, do Naka's fans follow him wherever he goes? We've still got the Okay Koki. 
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| remy mcswain | 11 Jun 2009, 05:40 PM Post #37 |
Gott in Himmel
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Shun now posts the word "pish"  . Of course she'll stay with us 
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| piebochan | 11 Jun 2009, 06:07 PM Post #38 |
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The Nakamura fan club, who, en masse, joined the CSC when Shunsuke appeared are all staying Celtic fans... of course, they'll follow Shun to Yokohama (or Espanyol  ), but they've all signed up with us for next season already!!!
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| shunghirl | 11 Jun 2009, 10:55 PM Post #39 |
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ill try to follow as much as i can.... not sure if i can afford paying to use channel67+ to watch all the game,tho...like i have been for this past 3.4years but passion for celtic grow up on me so ill still like the club ofcourse there are LOADS of japanese football fans or naka fans who got to know about celtic since he signed and played for celtic. and most of them became to like celtic alot include myself ill follow nakas career even he goes to Espanyol (ill have to learn some spanish eh..) negotiation with yokohama marinos has broken off according to the japanese papers that just came up a hour ago(newest info) hopefully koki will stay and new manager will play him often Edited by shunghirl, 11 Jun 2009, 10:57 PM.
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| shunghirl | 11 Jun 2009, 11:01 PM Post #40 |
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First team training
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ive got to learn some words reading and posting on the forums  |
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