Every transfer window feels like déjà vu.
Celtic have already brought in around £5 million from the sales of Luis Palma and Hayato Inamura, on top of the reported £80 million already sitting in the bank. Yet the squad still waits for the quality additions needed to improve it.
Money in the bank doesn’t win football matches. It doesn’t help us qualify for the Champions League. It doesn’t excite supporters. Players do.
For almost twenty years we’ve watched the same transfer strategy unfold. Celtic delay, wait for the market to develop, then often end up paying inflated prices because every selling club knows we have money and need replacements. It’s a cycle that never seems to change.
The biggest concern is that we continue to sell before we buy. That weakens our negotiating position and leaves the manager preparing for crucial Champions League fixtures without a settled squad.
Europe rewards clubs that prepare early. Celtic too often prepare late. By the time new signings arrive, pre-season is over and key European ties have already been played. We have seen this film far too many times.
This is my opinion as a supporter, but the evidence has been there for years. Celtic have the money. They have the resources. What they continue to lack is urgency when it matters most.
Will this finally be the transfer window where Celtic break the cycle and show the ambition supporters deserve, or will we once again be left asking why the club never seems to learn from its own mistakes?
Yer 100% correct mate, they like to brag about the squillions they have in the bank and are surprised when clubs hold them to ransom, not forgetting having such cash also guarantees Hector a major cut, money that could’ve gone on players and not a tax bill.
I have a hunch Desmond is withholding cash as he wants to kill the club to spite the fans, I hope im wrong but he fckn hates the fans.
The board are incompetent imbeciles, they are not Celtic fans and they will never change.