faraway saint Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, Sonny said: AEK Athens and Ghent among a lot of interest .... https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/keanu-baccus-gent-aek-athens-28698788 And as I have previously mentioned Celtic have just signed a 24 yo Canadian for £3.5M who has only ever played in Canadian football and a lot of that was College football. I think Baccus has proven himself to be of very decent quality and should command a decent fee. To be fair while the player Celtic have signed has only played in Canada he has 33 full caps. Baccus has only played in Australia before joining us and I'd suggest that isn't exactly equivalent to the EPL. Also I don't think you can compare him at this stage to Baccus with barely 2 hours of international football. Anyhow, let's sit back and see, I personally doubt, if anybody is serious about signing him, we'd get anything close to the fee Celtic paid for Johnston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted December 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 To be fair while the player Celtic have signed has only played in Canada he has 33 full caps. Baccus has only played in Australia before joining us and I'd suggest that isn't exactly equivalent to the EPL. Also I don't think you can compare him at this stage to Baccus with barely 2 hours of international football. Anyhow, let's sit back and see, I personally doubt, if anybody is serious about signing him, we'd get anything close to the fee Celtic paid for Johnston. Johnstone got his first cap last year. Most of his 33 caps have been against the likes of Bermuda, Caymen Islands etc. in the CONCACEF Gold Cup (41 teams). It remains to be seen how much anyone is willing to pay for Baccus but I would not think Johnstone's pedigree is any better than Baccus. But Celtic are daft with money when buying players from non-Scottish teams. I wait with fingers crossed that his good performances against the best players on the planet will provide us with a decent fee. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 6:50 AM, Callum Gilhooley said: The sell on clause idea is great when you’re talking about a 20-21 year old who may have 2-3 moves in him …..IF he makes the grade down south. Much as Keanu is a smashing player , he will be 25 next year and unless he turns out to be a superstar is unlikely to be making many if any further multi million moves. I’d say we need to see some money now, perhaps with add ons for appearances and future international caps would be our best bet. A move to a decent ( & well off!) mid table championship side might be best outcome for us and the player. At this stage in his career progression I can’t see many EPL teams coming in for him and paying big money until he’s proved his worth at Championship level, and even then as I said, he will need to turn out to be a superstar to command a big fee. From what you are saying, it looks like £1-1.5m would be the biggest bid we can expect, Which is good. Given what is being discused on other threads & forums I'd say that is somewhat less then the club had hoped as he still needs to be replaced with similar quality and the alleged overspend has to be addressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albanian Buddy Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 hour ago, beyond our ken said: From what you are saying, it looks like £1-1.5m would be the biggest bid we can expect, Which is good. Given what is being discused on other threads & forums I'd say that is somewhat less then the club had hoped as he still needs to be replaced with similar quality and the alleged overspend has to be addressed We picked this guy up for nothing. Anything we receive over £250,000 is surely a massive bonus. I don’t see how the club would have hoped for millions. This is after all the club that allowed Mooy and Mharez to leave for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 23 minutes ago, Albanian Buddy said: We picked this guy up for nothing. Anything we receive over £250,000 is surely a massive bonus. I don’t see how the club would have hoped for millions. This is after all the club that allowed Mooy and Mharez to leave for nothing. Mahrez wasn't a signed player when he left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, FTOF said: Mahrez wasn't a signed player when he left. Not to mention we didn't "let him go". He ran, sorry, cycled away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Albanian Buddy said: We picked this guy up for nothing. Anything we receive over £250,000 is surely a massive bonus. I don’t see how the club would have hoped for millions. This is after all the club that allowed Mooy and Mharez to leave for nothing. How many millions did the club hope for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) No. I correct my correction. Edited December 12, 2022 by stlucifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northendsaint Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 2 hours ago, FTOF said: Mahrez wasn't a signed player when he left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albanian Buddy Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 2 hours ago, FTOF said: Mahrez wasn't a signed player when he left. I know. It was a dig at the stupidity of our club management at the time. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 12/9/2022 at 9:29 PM, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said: £2m 🤣🤣🤣 We’ll bend over and take £250k right up the jacksy like we always do. Decent sell on clause is the very best we’ll do. Ordinarily I would agree however he still has 18 months left on his contract which puts the club in a much stronger position compared to the likes of Kenny McLean and Jamie McGrath who had only 6 months remaining, were able to sign PCAs and left for buttons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: Ordinarily I would agree however he still has 18 months left on his contract which puts the club in a much stronger position compared to the likes of Kenny McLean and Jamie McGrath who had only 6 months remaining, were able to sign PCAs and left for buttons. Hope you’re right mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabuddies Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 The bonus is at least 6 clubs have been named as showing an interest in him, some from Europe. He has played in a World Cup and I think that is where the interest has been generated. Prior to this only Huddersfield had shown any interest I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledfan Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Rangers being heavily linked to Baccus now. They are probably sniffing about to get a deal done on the cheap. Looking more and more likely we will see him off in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Middlesbrough monitoring Australian international ahead of January - The72 Middlesbrough joining the party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munoz Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 3 hours ago, FTOF said: Middlesbrough monitoring Australian international ahead of January - The72 Middlesbrough joining the party. The more speculation/interest the better if the likely is going to happen. Really hope he gets a good club down South, and we get a massive wedge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted June 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 Sent from my SM-G980F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munoz Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 On 12/30/2022 at 4:54 PM, munoz said: The more speculation/interest the better if the likely is going to happen. Really hope he gets a good club down South, and we get a massive wedge. Ah well, not so massive wedge then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, munoz said: Ah well, not so massive wedge then. Typical Saints. Others get gold. We get the fool's kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 2 hours ago, stlucifer said: Typical Saints. Others get gold. We get the fool's kind. WTF goes on down at St Mirren Park when it comes to transfers? It seems that they'd accept a pouch of magic beans for our saleable players. Get a f**king grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 He is a midfield player who don't score many goals, so we were never going to get the kind of money that Well got for Van Veen. Given the amount of time he got subs after the world cup, i don't think we will miss him to much although i would have like him to stay with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albanian Buddy Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 14 minutes ago, Tommy said: He is a midfield player who don't score many goals, so we were never going to get the kind of money that Well got for Van Veen. No doubt that Motherwell came up trumps with Van Veen. His goal to games record previously was exceedingly poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgo Posted June 25, 2023 Report Share Posted June 25, 2023 We got more from hibs for mcginn if the quotes are to be believed. First offer and we take it. Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norrie82 Posted June 25, 2023 Report Share Posted June 25, 2023 Terrible deal desperate for money mate - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted June 25, 2023 Report Share Posted June 25, 2023 36 minutes ago, gorgo said: We got more from hibs for mcginn if the quotes are to be believed. First offer and we take it. Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk There was a development fee with McGinn…..it really is pretty obvious and straightforward 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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