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Postecoglou and Nicholson’s outstanding summer in the transfer market

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We called Ange Postecoglou ‘The Australian Stein’ last year but that compliment was regarded as being a bit over the top at the time, judging by the reaction we received, which incidentally was fair enough, it probably was…

However, when we look back on the transfer business that’s been conducted by the club in the summer transfer window and analyse it together with what was done last summer and then in January, you really do have to marvel at the job that the manager has done in transforming Celtic from the shambles he inherited to a team playing possibly the most exciting football since Jock Stein left and with a back-up side that could possibly challenge the first pick eleven for the title.

Have we ever had a Celtic squad with two quality players for every single position on the park like we have this morning?

And not only that but Ange Postecoglou has also cleared out so many players who weren’t going to feature at the club. One of the Celtic Facebook Groups, posted a list this morning which is shown below. It highlights the business that Ange Postecoglou has done in this summer transfer window and it is well worth sharing.

Celtic chief executive Michael Nicholson (centre) Photo: Jeff Holmes

Incidentally, fair play to Celtic’s ‘Quiet Man’ Michael Nicholson, the Celtic CEO, who has worked away in the background to deliver on the manager’s wishes in terms of arrivals and players leaving the club and he’s also done exactly the same thing over at the Celtic FC Women team with Fran Alonso also having a busy summer in the transfer market. Fran has declared himself to be delighted with the transfer window and reckons that this is the strongest ever Celtic squad the women’s team has had.

So the strategy is running throughout the club and Michael Nicholson deserves some applause today.

Here’s that list of the business done by Ange Postecoglou and Michael Nicholson this summer…

Celtic Ins

Daizen Maeda (Yokohama F. Marinos, loan made permanent)
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham, loan made permanent)
Benjamin Siegrist (Dundee United)
Alexandro Bernabei (Lanus)
Jota (Benfica, loan made permanent)
Aaron Mooy (free)
Moritz Jenz (Lorient/ loan)
Sead Haksabanovic (Rubin Kazan)
Oliver Abildgaard (Rubin Kazan/ loan)

Celtic Outs:

Tom Rogic (free)
Nir Bitton (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Vasilias Barkas (Utrecht/ loan)
Liam Scales (Aberdeen/ loan)
Luca Connell (free)
Osaze Urhoghide (Oostende/ loan)
Ismaila Soro (Arouca/ loan)
Ewan Henderson (Hibs)
Kerr McInroy (Kilmarnock)
Boli Bolingoli (KV Mechelen)
Karamoko Dembele (Stade Brestois)
Jonathan Afolabi (Bohemians)
Ross Doohan (Tranmere Rovers)
Adam Montgomery (St Johnstone/ loan)
Albian Ajeti (Sturm Graz/ loan)
Brody Paterson (Hartlepool)
Christopher Jullien (Montpellier)
Owen Moffat (Blackpool)
Johnny Kenny (Queen’s Park/loan)
Liam Shaw (Morecambe)
Mikey Johnston (Vitoria Guimaraes/loan)

About Author

The Celtic Star founder and editor David Faulds has edited numerous Celtic books over the past decade or so including several from Lisbon Lions, Willie Wallace, Tommy Gemmell and Jim Craig. Earliest Celtic memories include a win over East Fife at Celtic Park and the 4-1 League Cup loss to Partick Thistle as a 6 year old. Best game? Easy 4-2, 1979 when Ten Men Won the League. Email editor@thecelticstar.co.uk

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  1. Stevie on

    Probably the strongest squad in terms of coverage (though not ability), since the days when we had the Quality Street Gang pushing to replace the Lions