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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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CELTIC are putting together an ambitious loan deal for Everton midfielder James McCarthy, who they want to sign in the January transfer window.

Herald Sport understands that Brendan Rodgers, manager of the Scottish champions, wants to bring the 26-year-old to Glasgow in a deal which would initially base the Republic of Ireland internationalist at Celtic Park for the remainder of this season.

We can reveal that a permanent move could be secured next summer if Celtic, Everton and McCarthy himself can agree terms, however, the situation is also being monitored by Newcastle United, Sunderland and Stoke City who are also interested in the former Hamilton Academical player.

Everton’s owners remain reluctant to sell the Glaswegian; however, McCarthy does not figure in the plans of manager Ronald Koeman, having played just two league games this season, and is desperate to get back playing regularly.

The Merseyside club would have to pay the majority of the former Wigan star’s wages, believed to be close to £70,000 a week, which means if Celtic want to push through the move they would have to pay a loan fee, but with the £30m-plus the club will make out of their Champions League campaign they are in a strong financial position.

And there could be an added cash bonus as Liverpool are reportedly ready to make a £30m bid for former defender Virgil van Dijk as the Parkhead club are due 15 per cent of the fee Southampton would receive if such a deal was to take place.

Crystal Palace midfielder Jordan Mutch remains a target and Darlington Nagbe of MLS outfit Portland Timbers has visited the club and is expected to sign when the window opens for a fee of close to £2m.

However, a successful chase of McCarthy would be seen by supporters as another big marker set down by the club in terms of the level of player they can attract.

McCarthy established himself as a much-admired Premier League performer when he joined Wigan in 2009, and won the FA Cup before clinching his move to Everton, who beat a number of clubs to sign him for £12m.

Up until this season, after Koeman took over from Robert Martinez, McCarthy has been a first-team regular, but it is clear he doesn’t fit into the Dutchman’s system at present.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/14929722.Celtic_line_up_McCarthy_loan_move_in_January/?ref=rss
I imagine McCarthy won't be hard to deal with which rules out the other suitors.
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CELTIC are putting together an ambitious loan deal for Everton midfielder James McCarthy, who they want to sign in the January transfer window.

Herald Sport understands that Brendan Rodgers, manager of the Scottish champions, wants to bring the 26-year-old to Glasgow in a deal which would initially base the Republic of Ireland internationalist at Celtic Park for the remainder of this season.

We can reveal that a permanent move could be secured next summer if Celtic, Everton and McCarthy himself can agree terms, however, the situation is also being monitored by Newcastle United, Sunderland and Stoke City who are also interested in the former Hamilton Academical player.

Everton’s owners remain reluctant to sell the Glaswegian; however, McCarthy does not figure in the plans of manager Ronald Koeman, having played just two league games this season, and is desperate to get back playing regularly.

The Merseyside club would have to pay the majority of the former Wigan star’s wages, believed to be close to £70,000 a week, which means if Celtic want to push through the move they would have to pay a loan fee, but with the £30m-plus the club will make out of their Champions League campaign they are in a strong financial position.

And there could be an added cash bonus as Liverpool are reportedly ready to make a £30m bid for former defender Virgil van Dijk as the Parkhead club are due 15 per cent of the fee Southampton would receive if such a deal was to take place.

Crystal Palace midfielder Jordan Mutch remains a target and Darlington Nagbe of MLS outfit Portland Timbers has visited the club and is expected to sign when the window opens for a fee of close to £2m.

However, a successful chase of McCarthy would be seen by supporters as another big marker set down by the club in terms of the level of player they can attract.

McCarthy established himself as a much-admired Premier League performer when he joined Wigan in 2009, and won the FA Cup before clinching his move to Everton, who beat a number of clubs to sign him for £12m.

Up until this season, after Koeman took over from Robert Martinez, McCarthy has been a first-team regular, but it is clear he doesn’t fit into the Dutchman’s system at present.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/14929722.Celtic_line_up_McCarthy_loan_move_in_January/?ref=rss
I imagine McCarthy won't be hard to deal with which rules out the other suitors.
Exactly what we need, him and brown in the middle with all the fanny dancers out wide, would love him to sign :pray:
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26 Nov 2016, 12:34 AM
I imagine McCarthy won't be hard to deal with which rules out the other suitors.
Exactly what we need, him and brown in the middle with all the fanny dancers out wide, would love him to sign :pray:
Don't understand a loan deal till end of this season? Titles wrapped up. We signing him to win the Scottish cup?

If he's on 70k - are we realistically gonna get him permanently in the Summer either?
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Exactly what we need, him and brown in the middle with all the fanny dancers out wide, would love him to sign :pray:
Don't understand a loan deal till end of this season? Titles wrapped up. We signing him to win the Scottish cup?

If he's on 70k - are we realistically gonna get him permanently in the Summer either?
Loan deal til the end of season gets him in the door and then lets us work on keeping him here.
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Don't understand a loan deal till end of this season? Titles wrapped up. We signing him to win the Scottish cup?

If he's on 70k - are we realistically gonna get him permanently in the Summer either?
Loan deal til the end of season gets him in the door and then lets us work on keeping him here.
Yes, but at the end either someone's taking a hit, or we're paying well over the odds. I'd imagine it wouldn't be the latter.
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I would imagine if he comes in on Jan, then a permanent move is a certainity.
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Realistically if the player says; I aint goin nowhere bar the 'tic what can Everton do about it :ponder:
They can't force him to sign for another club, in this day and age, can they?

So; they're left with an unhappy (potentially squad unsettling) player on big wages, or they take a hit on the transfer fee, put it down to experience, and move on, (floating on the seemingly exponential currency of the EPL)...

#philoshopheee
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26 Nov 2016, 12:10 PM
Realistically if the player says; I aint goin nowhere bar the 'tic what can Everton do about it :ponder:
They can't force him to sign for another club, in this day and age, can they?

So; they're left with an unhappy (potentially squad unsettling) player on big wages, or they take a hit on the transfer fee, put it down to experience, and move on, (floating on the seemingly exponential currency of the EPL)...

#philoshopheee
All this romantic pish is fine until an agent tells you that your pay-packet will be at least 50% lighter in the peak-earning years of your career.
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26 Nov 2016, 12:10 PM
Realistically if the player says; I aint goin nowhere bar the 'tic what can Everton do about it :ponder:
They can't force him to sign for another club, in this day and age, can they?

So; they're left with an unhappy (potentially squad unsettling) player on big wages, or they take a hit on the transfer fee, put it down to experience, and move on, (floating on the seemingly exponential currency of the EPL)...

#philoshopheee
All this romantic pish is fine until an agent tells you that your pay-packet will be at least 50% lighter in the peak-earning years of your career.
Would Sinclair be on less up here than what he was previously on? Seems like he's put football first. If McCarthy wants to come here I'm guessing he'll be doing similar.
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Realistically if the player says; I aint goin nowhere bar the 'tic what can Everton do about it :ponder:
They can't force him to sign for another club, in this day and age, can they?

So; they're left with an unhappy (potentially squad unsettling) player on big wages, or they take a hit on the transfer fee, put it down to experience, and move on, (floating on the seemingly exponential currency of the EPL)...

#philoshopheee
All this romantic pish is fine until an agent tells you that your pay-packet will be at least 50% lighter in the peak-earning years of your career.
I would guess he is a multimillionaire already, not happy at Everton and wants to come home and play for the Celtic.
Money can't buy you happiness :thumbsup:
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26 Nov 2016, 12:10 PM
Realistically if the player says; I aint goin nowhere bar the 'tic what can Everton do about it :ponder:
They can't force him to sign for another club, in this day and age, can they?

So; they're left with an unhappy (potentially squad unsettling) player on big wages, or they take a hit on the transfer fee, put it down to experience, and move on, (floating on the seemingly exponential currency of the EPL)...

#philoshopheee
All this romantic pish is fine until an agent tells you that your pay-packet will be at least 50% lighter in the peak-earning years of your career.
I would guess he is a multimillionaire already, not happy at Everton and wants to come home and play for the Celtic.
Money can't buy you happiness :thumbsup:
Maybe Dermot's throwing in free investment advice :lol:
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Good interview; delighted with the results of delegating full autonomy to Brendan.

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Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic revolution chases first trophy against Aberdeen

Brendan Rodgers does not need the Scottish League Cup as endorsement of his early work at Celtic. Champions League qualification afforded Rodgers instant acclaim, to the point where even finishing bottom of Group C will be accepted by the masses.

Rodgers smiles when contemplating what might have been, in the event of falling at the Champions League’s playoff hurdle. “You start behind the eight ball,” he says. “You are tight behind it. If we don’t qualify and then go on to win a league and cup what is said is ‘You didn’t make the Champions League.’”

Nonetheless, tangible reward always helps. Rodgers may insist that trophies will not define him but the claiming of one for the first time in his managerial career in the immediate aftermath of Celtic’s joust with Aberdeen at Hampden Park on Sunday will further enhance a sense that the 43-year-old has returned to an upward curve.

Rodgers is clearly relishing the power he was given when succeeding Ronny Deila. That level of autonomy goes beyond new managerial office space and the desire to introduce world class analytics. Come January, Rodgers will have the chance to flex his muscles further by purchasing the level of player he believes will be needed for next season’s European test. “I was asked when I came in here to be the architect of the club,” he says. “And that was very appealing.”

The comparison here is an obvious one. The transfer committee as utilised by Liverpool when Rodgers was in charge contrasts markedly to the scenario in Glasgow. “I don’t really think it’s a conversation,” says Rodgers when asked if he prefers the Celtic scene. “That’s how it was set up at Liverpool when I went in there.

“The manager has to be a big part of the process but with players, it always boils down to availability and affordability. It’s about having the right people assessing the right type of profile for you.

“It is very different, yes. I’m not against that [committee]; the modern manager, especially if he is a coaching manager, then he can’t see every player. If you are out doing double sessions, preparing sessions and have other commitments then it is hard to then go and see players at the same time. What is vitally important is that everything is in tune with what your idea of football is, what your philosophy is.”

Rodgers swats aside the sense of legacy. “The biggest thing for me is having a team of substance, one supporters enjoy watching,” he says. “That’s the ultimate aim as a coach and a manager.

“I’m not worried so much about the periphery stuff as long as the job I do is respected by the people at the club, the supporters and that the players enjoy their work.

“If we get a wee bit of luck along the way we can win trophies and make our mark.”

It has not taken Rodgers long to assess the wider Scottish picture. Owing to financial constraints and a meagre talent pool, Celtic’s prominence is not reflective of what is going on elsewhere. Rodgers believes a switch towards a summer season worthy of consideration. “I’ve only been here a few months, but it’s getting colder. And in terms of coaching it’s tough,” he says.


“We’re blessed in terms of what we have here compared to other teams but take a developing kid for example. The best months of the year he’s off. The season has finished and the posts get taken down and the grass doesn’t get cut.

“Now – in season – it’s just about keeping kids warm. You can’t coach them. At Liverpool, we turned things around because of this. If you are outside it’s tough. It was minus eight here this morning.

“Having been here now and experienced it I would say that there is an argument to say a season which starts in February to November would work up here and there would be benefits for clubs. There would be financial benefits and benefits for coaching in the warmer months. Then, when you are midway through your season, you get the qualifiers. Astana had played 22 games by the time we faced them and that’s remarkable because we had played once.”

So to the task in hand. Aberdeen have been Celtic’s closest challengers since the demise of Rangers in 2012 but the team from the north east remain miles adrift of this Rodgers revolution. Which is not to suggest the cup final will be a formality; Ross County, Kilmarnock, St Mirren, Inverness and a then second-tier Rangers have inflicted bloody noses on Celtic at Scotland’s national stadium in recent times.
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Rodgers has a long-time knowledge of, and affinity for, the Aberdeen manager, Derek McInnes. “It is a cup final, it will be tough,” says Rodgers. “I spoke to Derek when he was at Bristol City. It was a tough job there at the time, a difficult moment for the club.

“But, in my conversations with him, he struck me as someone who was wanting to go down the right path always.

“I was delighted he came to Aberdeen, a big club, and when I was at Liverpool we spoke more. I like him, he’s conscientious with his work, his communication is open, he sets his teams up very well. They work hard, fight for a result and mix the game up well. He’s done a very good job.”


https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/nov/26/celtic-brendan-rodgers-revolution-league-cup-scottish
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Good interview; delighted with the results of delegating full autonomy to Brendan.

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Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic revolution chases first trophy against Aberdeen

Brendan Rodgers does not need the Scottish League Cup as endorsement of his early work at Celtic. Champions League qualification afforded Rodgers instant acclaim, to the point where even finishing bottom of Group C will be accepted by the masses.

Rodgers smiles when contemplating what might have been, in the event of falling at the Champions League’s playoff hurdle. “You start behind the eight ball,” he says. “You are tight behind it. If we don’t qualify and then go on to win a league and cup what is said is ‘You didn’t make the Champions League.’”

Nonetheless, tangible reward always helps. Rodgers may insist that trophies will not define him but the claiming of one for the first time in his managerial career in the immediate aftermath of Celtic’s joust with Aberdeen at Hampden Park on Sunday will further enhance a sense that the 43-year-old has returned to an upward curve.

Rodgers is clearly relishing the power he was given when succeeding Ronny Deila. That level of autonomy goes beyond new managerial office space and the desire to introduce world class analytics. Come January, Rodgers will have the chance to flex his muscles further by purchasing the level of player he believes will be needed for next season’s European test. “I was asked when I came in here to be the architect of the club,” he says. “And that was very appealing.”

The comparison here is an obvious one. The transfer committee as utilised by Liverpool when Rodgers was in charge contrasts markedly to the scenario in Glasgow. “I don’t really think it’s a conversation,” says Rodgers when asked if he prefers the Celtic scene. “That’s how it was set up at Liverpool when I went in there.

“The manager has to be a big part of the process but with players, it always boils down to availability and affordability. It’s about having the right people assessing the right type of profile for you.

“It is very different, yes. I’m not against that [committee]; the modern manager, especially if he is a coaching manager, then he can’t see every player. If you are out doing double sessions, preparing sessions and have other commitments then it is hard to then go and see players at the same time. What is vitally important is that everything is in tune with what your idea of football is, what your philosophy is.”

Rodgers swats aside the sense of legacy. “The biggest thing for me is having a team of substance, one supporters enjoy watching,” he says. “That’s the ultimate aim as a coach and a manager.

“I’m not worried so much about the periphery stuff as long as the job I do is respected by the people at the club, the supporters and that the players enjoy their work.

“If we get a wee bit of luck along the way we can win trophies and make our mark.”

It has not taken Rodgers long to assess the wider Scottish picture. Owing to financial constraints and a meagre talent pool, Celtic’s prominence is not reflective of what is going on elsewhere. Rodgers believes a switch towards a summer season worthy of consideration. “I’ve only been here a few months, but it’s getting colder. And in terms of coaching it’s tough,” he says.


“We’re blessed in terms of what we have here compared to other teams but take a developing kid for example. The best months of the year he’s off. The season has finished and the posts get taken down and the grass doesn’t get cut.

“Now – in season – it’s just about keeping kids warm. You can’t coach them. At Liverpool, we turned things around because of this. If you are outside it’s tough. It was minus eight here this morning.

“Having been here now and experienced it I would say that there is an argument to say a season which starts in February to November would work up here and there would be benefits for clubs. There would be financial benefits and benefits for coaching in the warmer months. Then, when you are midway through your season, you get the qualifiers. Astana had played 22 games by the time we faced them and that’s remarkable because we had played once.”

So to the task in hand. Aberdeen have been Celtic’s closest challengers since the demise of Rangers in 2012 but the team from the north east remain miles adrift of this Rodgers revolution. Which is not to suggest the cup final will be a formality; Ross County, Kilmarnock, St Mirren, Inverness and a then second-tier Rangers have inflicted bloody noses on Celtic at Scotland’s national stadium in recent times.
Brendan Rodgers, the beauty of 3-4-2-1 and its potency as a tactical weapon
Read more

Rodgers has a long-time knowledge of, and affinity for, the Aberdeen manager, Derek McInnes. “It is a cup final, it will be tough,” says Rodgers. “I spoke to Derek when he was at Bristol City. It was a tough job there at the time, a difficult moment for the club.

“But, in my conversations with him, he struck me as someone who was wanting to go down the right path always.

“I was delighted he came to Aberdeen, a big club, and when I was at Liverpool we spoke more. I like him, he’s conscientious with his work, his communication is open, he sets his teams up very well. They work hard, fight for a result and mix the game up well. He’s done a very good job.”


https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/nov/26/celtic-brendan-rodgers-revolution-league-cup-scottish
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