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Kristoffer Ajer; Signs new 4 year contract.
Topic Started: 15 Feb 2016, 05:48 PM (243,434 Views)
mick82
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Zurawski 7
22 Apr 2017, 02:14 PM
hibs fan in pub earlier said there was rumours of him joing hibs on loan for next season. anyone heard anything?
Wouldn't be surprised if Lenny had enquiries. Already moved for that st Johnstone winger (forget his name)
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22 Apr 2017, 02:18 PM
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22 Apr 2017, 02:14 PM
hibs fan in pub earlier said there was rumours of him joing hibs on loan for next season. anyone heard anything?
Wouldn't be surprised if Lenny had enquiries. Already moved for that st Johnstone winger (forget his name)
I'd be amazed if we don't loan someone to Hibs next year. Ajer would probably be as likely as any.
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trying to think if theres any other obvious ones they would be in for, lot of our fringe players maybe too young for that move just now or some we would rather get completely off the wage bill rather than hibs paying a percentage. maybe henderson again

looks to be more attacking/creative players they need
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I'd rather give him games with us

By every account he's been excellent at killie

Sell sviatchenko, bring in a starter to play with jozo or boyata, with ajer as the 4th guy
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22 Apr 2017, 02:21 PM
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22 Apr 2017, 02:14 PM
hibs fan in pub earlier said there was rumours of him joing hibs on loan for next season. anyone heard anything?
Wouldn't be surprised if Lenny had enquiries. Already moved for that st Johnstone winger (forget his name)
I'd be amazed if we don't loan someone to Hibs next year. Ajer would probably be as likely as any.
I'm thinking GMS, they are desperate for wide players.
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22 Apr 2017, 02:29 PM
I'd rather give him games with us

By every account he's been excellent at killie

Sell sviatchenko, bring in a starter to play with jozo or boyata, with ajer as the 4th guy
A 4th placed CB is unlikely to see much gamete, I'd rather get him in with a good football playing top flight team like Hibs.
Get him back to us after a full season with them, it'll do him more.good long term.
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22 Apr 2017, 02:29 PM
I'd rather give him games with us

By every account he's been excellent at killie

Sell sviatchenko, bring in a starter to play with jozo or boyata, with ajer as the 4th guy
A 4th placed CB is unlikely to see much gamete, I'd rather get him in with a good football playing top flight team like Hibs.
Get him back to us after a full season with them, it'll do him more.good long term.
Hibs aren't a good footballing team.
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It's great to read such good reports about his loan spell but starring for Kilmarnock is a lot different to playing for Celtic. Another season on loan in the SPL could be the best option for the kid, though I'll trust BR's decision on what happens next.
Edited by Gallowgate, 22 Apr 2017, 02:50 PM.
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22 Apr 2017, 02:18 PM
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22 Apr 2017, 02:14 PM
hibs fan in pub earlier said there was rumours of him joing hibs on loan for next season. anyone heard anything?
Wouldn't be surprised if Lenny had enquiries. Already moved for that st Johnstone winger (forget his name)
Danny Swanson.
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22 Apr 2017, 02:18 PM

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I'd be amazed if we don't loan someone to Hibs next year. Ajer would probably be as likely as any.
I'm thinking GMS, they are desperate for wide players.
Thought that myself, although I'm sure we'd rather someone took him on a permanent deal.
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O'Connell might go to Hibs.
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22 Apr 2017, 02:14 PM
hibs fan in pub earlier said there was rumours of him joing hibs on loan for next season. anyone heard anything?
Wouldn't be surprised if Lenny had enquiries. Already moved for that st Johnstone winger (forget his name)
Danny Swanson.
That's yer man. Good signing actually
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22 Apr 2017, 02:29 PM
I'd rather give him games with us

By every account he's been excellent at killie

Sell sviatchenko, bring in a starter to play with jozo or boyata, with ajer as the 4th guy
A 4th placed CB is unlikely to see much gamete, I'd rather get him in with a good football playing top flight team like Hibs.
Get him back to us after a full season with them, it'll do him more.good long term.
I don't know, he's a pretty attractive guy. :ph43r:
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I think he'll be in or around the first team next season. He's definitely good enough for domestic football and giving him a chance shows our other young players that they'll be rewarded if they go out on loan and do well. Over the course of a 60 game season there will be plenty of chances for him to play, especially if BR continues to tinker with 3 at the back.
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22 Apr 2017, 02:18 PM

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Danny Swanson.
That's yer man. Good signing actually
Decent player :thumbsup:
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22 Apr 2017, 04:46 PM
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22 Apr 2017, 02:29 PM
I'd rather give him games with us

By every account he's been excellent at killie

Sell sviatchenko, bring in a starter to play with jozo or boyata, with ajer as the 4th guy
A 4th placed CB is unlikely to see much gamete, I'd rather get him in with a good football playing top flight team like Hibs.
Get him back to us after a full season with them, it'll do him more.good long term.
I don't know, he's a pretty attractive guy. :ph43r:
He does lack a bit of penetration.
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I don't know, he's a pretty attractive guy. :ph43r:
He does lack a bit of penetration.
Christ he is only young as well.
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22 Apr 2017, 04:36 PM
O'Connell might go to Hibs.
Good news for SPFL strikers.
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mick82
22 Apr 2017, 04:37 PM
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That's yer man. Good signing actually
Decent player :thumbsup:
Even better fighter!

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KRISTOFFER AJER reckons taking a step back into defence will see him make giant strides forward at Celtic.

When the Hoops snapped up one of Norwegian football’s hottest prospects, Ajer had made his name as a midfielder.

The talented teenager had already captained his club IK Start as a 16-year-old – the youngest ever to do so in the Tippeligaen – when he agreed a four-year deal with Ronny Deila at Celtic in February 2016.

Now though, under the guidance of Deila’s Celtic successor Brendan Rodgers, 6ft 5in Ajer is flourishing in the heart of defence and impressed in the first-half of the Hoops’ friendly defeat to Lyon at Parkhead on Saturday.

Ajer admits learning from Kolo Toure and Erik Sviatchenko followed by a loan spell at Kilmarnock in the second half of last season brought his game on leaps and bounds and the 19-year-old is comfortable in his new role.

Ajer said: “I had a really good chat with the gaffer when I came here about my position.

“I am now a centre-half. I always knew that would happen one day, but in Norway I was a midfielder as that was the best place for me to develop at that stage of my career.

“But now it’s better for me to focus on that defensive role and work on developing there.

“I have learned a lot in the last year.

“For the first six months, it was great working with the gaffer and learning from the top players here, then I had six months at Kilmarnock and that went well so I feel like I have improved as a player.

“I have worked on my positioning and how the gaffer wanted to play out from the back and my timing in the tackle is better.

“I feel much more in control of where I need to be when we don’t have the ball and are defending. I feel a lot more comfortable as a central defender.

“I learned a lot over six months at Celtic and the other centre halves were really good with me – Kolo Toure was a massive help as was Erik Sviatchenko.”

Ajer played in the heart of a makeshift Celtic defence that managed to keep Lyon at bay before the break – new £4.5 million signing Olivier Ntcham also made an impressive start.

Rodgers had rested the entire starting 11 that beat Linfield 2-0 at Windsor Park on Friday and in the second half Lyon ruthlessly exposed a young Hoops side with Maxwel Cornet, Myziane Maolida, Nabil Fekir and Amine Gouiri completing a 4-0 win.

Celtic will be back at full-strength when Linfield come calling on Wednesday night and Celtic should progress to the Champions League third qualifying round to face either Rosenborg or Dundalk – who drew 1-1 in midweek.

Ajer knows if favourites Rosenborg prevail then the Hoops will have a tough test against his countrymen.

He said: “First, we have an important game against Linfield on Wednesday, we did well over there and now must make sure we go through. Rosenborg also have to get through but they are a good team who have done well in Norway.

“They will be a good opponent. They have strong attacking players who are good on the ball.

“The league is quite strong but it’s not that physical compared to here.

“I learned a lot on that side when I came here from guys like Broony, in terms of how to go into duels and win them.

“Celtic are a huge club with brilliant fans and a great history, while Rosenborg are in the biggest club in my country so it would really get a lot of attention.”
http://www.express.co.uk/Kristoffer-Ajer
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