Dembele wants out of Celtic, newspapers reporting we're interested

[perseus]

Looks better than (Jamie Murphy) on TV so far.
Sinclair looks better though. So does Armstrong and McGregor.

 

[Ozymandias86]

They both look pretty bang average IMHO. Really is like a poor quality championship game so far

 

[maffew]

Hmmm interesting he is not on the bench today, all sorts of reasons that could be

 

[symyjym]

Don't see any way that Dembele will move before the last few days of the window as he will wait to see if better offers come in for him.
Hopefully we will have signed someone long before that if we are not to risk repeating the mistakes of the summer.

There can't be too many places to go after an offer of £18.5m. At the clubs that are interested none of the managers have established themselves yet so we can hope that Dembele wants to work for Hughton.

 

[Mackenzie]

You’d suspect the Championship was about his level. Hopefully just a made up agent story angling for a move to a proper league.

 

[Blackadder]

Of the 48 Prem goals Celtic have scored this season, Dembele has got 4. Is he really better than what we already have?

 

[perseus]

Dembele looks no better than he did for Fulham. Anonymous except when he loses the ball.

 

[Seasider78]

Chris Sutton isn't keen. via: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/moussa-dembeles-last-game-celtic-11769442

"Unless Dembele is kicking down the doors of Peter Lawwell and Brendan Rodgers and demanding to go, he should not be sold unless Celtic get absolute top dollar from a major club.
And he most certainly should not be getting sold to a Brighton for around £20million.
Why on earth would Dembele fancy Brighton? It’s hardly bright lights and the chances are he would be heading down to the Championship at the end of the season where he started his UK career at Fulham."

I think the trouble with pundits is they view Celtic as some sort of football powerhouse when in reality their squad is probably on par with a Leeds or at best Swansea. Most of their players could not even make a go of it in bottom half premier league teams so have moved to Celtic to play in a dressed up Ryman league.

So when pundits proclaim they are ‘only joining a brighton’ it is more of a reality check of how woeful the Scottish league is these days

 

[GT49er]

You’d suspect the Championship was about his level. Hopefully just a made up agent story angling for a move to a proper league.

Of the 48 Prem goals Celtic have scored this season, Dembele has got 4. Is he really better than what we already have?

Dembele looks no better than he did for Fulham. Anonymous except when he loses the ball.

Hmmm ... ... ... I'm beginning to hope the rumours aren't true. Shame, I was quite excited about it when it first appeared.

 

[Questions]

Definetly seemed to look around the place as he applauded the crowd when coming off. I think he’s going somewhere that’s for sure.

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Would be a bad signing if you ask me....looked distinctly average in a team who are being easily held by a mediocre Rangers side.


Look to Europe I think, for our new striker...


TNBA

TTF

 

[fosters headband]

Not impressed with his work rate

 

[Brownstuff]

Definetly seemed to look around the place as he applauded the crowd when coming off. I think he’s going somewhere that’s for sure.

Yes, storing his final memories

 

[Da Man Clay]

I’m pretty comfortable our scouting network know quite a bit more than some of the ‘experts’ on here. Particularly based on 55 minutes in what looks like a team he’s already mentally checked out from. See Shane Duffy for the last time the experts on here went mad about a players attitude when we signed up.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Sounds like he mailed in his performance today which suggests he is on his way somewhere. The point was made above that Duffy had a shocker at the end of his stint at Blackburn and debut for us but soon got into the swing of things here, so no cause for concern.

I think he's one of those players that could catch fire with the right manager guiding him, someone who will push him.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I wonder who our actual striker targets are ?

 

[Hastings gull]

Would be a bad signing if you ask me....looked distinctly average in a team who are being easily held by a mediocre Rangers side.


Look to Europe I think, for our new striker...


TNBA

TTF

yes, I too watched the match, mainly to see what he did and apart from a few lay-offs, not a great deal. His work-rate didn't seem to be that good, but that could of course be that "his head was turned" as the saying goes. I suppose we should be consistent and bemoan this, if there was indeed a lack of effort, as we were furious with a certain midfielder a few years ago, who would not play.

 

[Surrey Phil]

Irrespective, the need for new strikers is becoming more desperate each game passes!

 

[LamieRobertson]

From the Celtic v Rangers BBC match report


''Moussa Dembele had the first chance, but was weak with his finish at the near post. The Frenchman, once again, looked a pale imitation of this multi-million pound striker we keep hearing about.''

 

[Trigger]

I wonder who our actual striker targets are ?

Ones for the future from Scandinavia.