“Perhaps our club isn’t being run as well as the board would like to believe?”…
Copenhagen showing it can be done, not just in a financial sense, but they also had belief…
Congratulations to F.C. Copenhagen who qualified for the last 16 of the champions league despite being in a tough group that contained Bayern Munich, Galatasaray and Manchester United.
Not only are the trio much bigger sides in comparison, but their financial muscle also dwarfed that of the Danes. Indeed their wage bill for players is also much lower than Celtic’s. That led to much debate on social media amongst the Celtic supporters regarding our own sides inability to compete at the same level.
It’s a viable debate and one that should be an eye opener to not only those in charge at our club, but to the coaching staff and the players. The Danish side after all spent less on transfer fees while also operating on a much lower wage bill than Celtic. So it shows it can be done.
Of course the right tactical approach and luck played a massive part, but more importantly they had the belief that they could compete at this level. That’s what’s missing from our club, the belief we can compete at this level. We seem happy just to qualify and make up the numbers.
Copenhagen are proof it can be accomplished. The manager and players might say they’ve learned from facing such sides as Atletico, Lazio and Feyenoord, but the lesson they should be learning was taught by a side that wasn’t even in our group.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy
Well would you look at that.
Celtic est wage bill – £425K PW
Copenhagen est wage bill – £284K PWCeltic est spend 23/24 – £19M
Copenhagen est spend 23/24 – £7MPerhaps our club isn’t being run as well as the board would like to believe. https://t.co/hi7zZGFJI3
— Everything Celtic (@aboutceltic) December 12, 2023
Copenhagen are through to the Champions League knockouts!
A team with a lower income, lower wage bill and a lower net spend than Celtic… It can be done. https://t.co/7k4Xhs4V0r
— Adam Lynch (@AdamLynch27) December 12, 2023
Fc Copenhagen but 🤷🏼♂️
That’s it , that’s it right there , shoe string budget, just invested well and not on project buys!
— Davie 🤓🏴 (@Davie_1967) December 12, 2023
FC Copenhagen’s revenue in their most recent report is £48m less than Celtic.
Their wage bill roughly £24m less.
Stop buying into this bullshit narrative that our consistent European failure is acceptable because of “financial gulf”. We don’t make the most of our resources. https://t.co/NH4c5wZwwj
— PJ 🏴🇮🇪 (@PJ_1888) December 12, 2023
🇩🇰 An amazing achievement as Copenhagen, who have the second-smallest squad market value in the Champions League group stages (€66.35m), beat Galatasaray & Man Utd to a place in the knockouts.
It is only the second time the Danish club have reached the last 16, after 2010/11. pic.twitter.com/aN76JdSmes
— The Sweeper (@SweeperPod) December 12, 2023
This was Peter Lawwell after going 15 games without a win in Europe and 10 years without a CL home win. pic.twitter.com/BGXMRXOgwh
— Spudz Up (@Choose_Life_0) December 12, 2023
Can’t disagree with the achievement of Copenhagen but lets balance it out with the failure of Man United. Massive budget, massive wage bill, drawn as a pot 2 team and still finished bottom of their group, same as we did/will.
Money helps but its not the be all and end all.