Bangura Bangs Them In

T-1 Day. The last day of the transfer window looms.

What an interesting transfer window it has been. Celtic have to date brought in some real talent. First we had Kelvin Wilson who looks very much the defender we have needed for a good while and Adam Matthews was brought in and looks like a real player too and, given his age, could be a great player in the future. To bring in players such as K Wilson and Matthews on a free transfer shows a deft touch in the over inflated English market. Credit to Celtic for this.

Victor Wanyama came in a little after that for £900,000 and though his chances have been limited he looks another player for the future. Fraser Forster then made a reappearance on loan after more than three keepers were invited to Celtic to train. Today has seen Mo Bangura join for £2,200,000. Bangura was  touted as a good player by none other than king Henrik Larsson himself, so I'm willing to believe he could be a great player for Celtic.

So far Neil Lennon has been recruiting a very young, physical team. And with 30 players registered in the first team at the moment things look promising. No doubt there will be more twists and turns tomorrow. As always we shall see what happens.

We have also seen 20 players leave Celtic in this transfer window. Most noticeably Freddie Ljungberg, Andreas Hinkel, Niall McGinn, Efraín Juárez and Daryl Murphy. Out of those seven are season long loans. I would be surprised if the likes of Morten Rasmussen and Jos Hooiveld stay at the club beyond the 1 September.

There are also notable rumours that Georgios Samaras and Shaun Maloney may be leaving. Sammy has been linked with a move to either Saint-Étienne or Sunderland. It seems Wigan have definite interest in Maloney and we will see what develops on that during the course of tomorrow.

I have been very impressed with the tactics used so far by Celtic in the transfer window. Firstly with the goalkeepers being invited in and even playing in friendly matches while all along our target was Fraser Forster. This was also evident in the use of targeting Baba Diawara while going after Mo Bangura. As soon as the transfer of Bangura went through Celtic pulled out of the transfer citing ‘permit issues’ just after a meeting with the SFA.

I will be reporting live from 12 noon tomorrow on all the comings and goings on transfer deadline day. It looks to be fun packed and full of interesting rumours and other fabrications by the mainstream media. Today I even saw a BBC reporter claiming David Trezeguet had been a target for Celtic. All I can say to these license fee thieves is they are destroying their own reputation and fan run media is now leaving them far, far behind.

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