The six foot four defender from the Netherlands, van Dijk has received plenty of plaudits during his short time in the English Premier League. As the only defender to win the prestigious UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award, we take a look at some of the contemporary greatest quotes on Virgil van Dijk. Playing for Celtic and Southampton earlier ...
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They went to a match and never came back (Part Five)
Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here.) The Ibrox Stadium Disaster 1971 They saw that lightening never strikes twice. Unfortunately, the Ibrox ground, home of Glasgow Rangers, ...
Read More »The Dirtiest Matches of All Time (Part Five)
Continuing the series looking back at some of the dirtiest football matches in the history of football. For Part One please click here; Part Two please click here; Part Three please click here; and Part Four here). Celtic’s place on the roll call of football infamy had already been assured by their part in the Battle of Montevideo against Racing ...
Read More »The Dirtiest Matches of All Time (Part Three)
Continuing the series looking at some of the dirtiest matches in football history. For Part One click here, and Part Two here. In 1967 it was the tun of Celtic from Scotland to represent Europe and Racing Club of Argentina to meet in this annual fixture. The forerunner of the Club World Cup was the Intercontinental Cup which saw the ...
Read More »Arsenal tracking Southampton winger
Arsenal are among the clubs interested in Southampton winger Mohamed Elyounoussi after his impressive start to the season. The 27-year old joined the Saints from FC Basel in 2018, but after struggling to adapt initially to life in the Premier League, he was loaned out ot Celtic. That proved to be the making of him, and his seven goals and ...
Read More »Under New Management (Part One)
All across Europe, clubs have been busy changing managers this summer. In some cases, it was because the previous incumbent was fired, or moved on, whilst in other instances there was a vacancy to be filled. Here are some of the change sin the major European leagues. England Crystal Palace: Previous Manager: Roy Hodgson What happened to him: Hodson, the ...
Read More »They Impressed at the Euros (Part Two)
Continuing the series looking at players who earned big money moves on the strength of what they achieved playing For Part One for their national sides at the European Championship. For Part One, please click here. Henrik Larsson Swedish striker Larsson had already enjoyed a glittering career in Scotland with Celtic, with whom he won four league titles, and the ...
Read More »City get windfall from Celtic transfer
Manchester City have been given an unexpected transfer windfall, following the sale of Celtic full-back Jeremie Frimpong. The Dutch under-20 international signed for Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen for £11.5 million, and City are entitled to 30% of that. Although he was born in Amsterdam, Frimpong, who is of Ghanaian descent, moved with his family to England when he was seven ...
Read More »Jesse Lingard linked with Old Firm duo
Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard is being linked with a surprise move to Scotland, with the Auld Firm duo of Celtic and rangers both reported to be interested in him. He is now way down the pecking order at United since the arrival of both Bruno Fernandes and Donny van de Beek at the club and has not even been ...
Read More »Celtic want Dean Henderson on loan
Celtic are considering a loan move for Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson. The 23-year old who made his England debut against the Republic of Ireland last week sent the past two seasons on loan with Sheffield United, and was linked with a move away from Old Trafford in the summer. He was eventually persuaded to stay and signed a new ...
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