8. STAN PETROV
Stiliyan Petrov signed a new deal at Celtic before heading down to join up with his old Parkhead boss Martin O’Neill at Aston Villa. The £6.5million fee was questionable to begin with, certainly by the supporters at Villa Park. Petrov struggled when he arrived at Celtic from Bulgaria and once again took time to settle in the West Midlands. However history repeated itself as Stan found his feet and went on to be the most accomplished player at Aston Villa, captained the side and was huge fans favourite before illness cruelly intervened. VALUE FOR MONEY 8/10.
9. MARK VIDUKA
He arrived after impressing against Celtic while playing for Croatia Zagreb. The Australian international immediately went AWOL in one of the most bizarre situations ever. He practically caused Celtic’s worst home defeat in the Scottish Cup against Inverness and spat on an opponent away at Dunfermline. Martin O’Neill had a word with the striker to see if there was any possibility of him showing some commitment to the cause but there was none and he went off to Leeds Utd, where he was a real success. Celtic spent the money bringing in Chris Sutton. VALUE FOR MONEY 8/10.
10. KI SUNG-YONG
Ki Sung-Yueng arrived from FC Seoul for a fee of around £2million in January 2010 and was sold to Swansea for a fee of £6million two and a half years later after winning a Scottish Cup and league title at Celtic. Kelvin Wilson gave this little insight about playing for Celtic, talking in 2015. “Celtic Park on a European night has a special pull. Ki Sung-Yueng said that very thing to me during pre-season when we played against each other. It seems every player who leaves Celtic misses it in their own way. I totally understand where they are coming from,” the Englishman said. Ki went on to have a good career at Premier League level. VALUE FOR MONEY 8/10.
So the £115.2million spent shopping for players in the East End of Glasgow has proved to be excellent value for money. It is clear that Celtic have sold no-one a pup.
ALSO ON THE CELTIC STAR…
Gary Hooper joins Wellington Phoenix on a one year deal, the former Celtic striker, who had the chance to go to Iran, opted to sign for the Kiwi side and will wear the Number 88 jersey once again…see HERE.
One Scheidt and Six Magnificently Random Celtic Stories from David Potter. The Celtic historian has been entertaining us with this brilliant feature every day since the weekend and if you’ve missed it so far, it’s well worth grabbing a coffee, sitting down and catching up, some wonderful Celtic stories in there…see HERE.
Celtic’s Bumpy Ride from BR-Exit Disarray to today’s Head of Football Operations Appointment. This brings to an end the BR-Exit debacle at Celtic and allows us to move forward. Hopefully the new man is given the elbow room to do his job without too much interference from above…read the story HERE.
