Jota to Tottenham transfer status of play; Postecoglou call might make or break the former Celtic winger’s dream reunion

Ange Postecoglou has been tipped to make a January swoop for his former Hoops winger

Former Celtic winger Jota ‘wants’ to be reunited with Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham – but any practicable deal should hinge on whether or not the Spurs boss decides if his former player is geared up to make the leap to the English Premier League.

The Portuguese famous person is currently out in the bloodless in Saudi Arabia at Al-Ittihad and looks poised to cross on when the January transfer window opens. Jota’s decision to accept a life-changing £25million offer to be part of the Saudi Pro League outfit hasn’t gone to plan.

Now, the 24-year-old is reportedly eyeing a return to the UK after being linked with Newcastle United and Spurs, the latter meaning he would be joining forces once more with Postecoglou who delivered him to Parkhead, firstly on loan from Benfica in 2021 before making the cross completely closing year.

Postecoglou remains undecided

Various reviews have suggested the North London club are ready to step up their pastime in Jota but The Sun claim that the Australian boss has “not but made his thought up over whether his former cost would suit England’s pinnacle flight.”

Jota is understood to be eager on the go however his readiness to operate at that degree is a reason for issue and his lack of recent competitive motion this term may want to be weighing closely on Postecoglou’s decision.

The Portuguese superstar burst onto the scene with the Scottish champions, netting an astounding 28 dreams in eighty three appearances during his spell in Glasgow’s East End. He also furnished a lovely 26 assists and helped the membership invulnerable a record-breaking eighth domestic treble.

That earned him the probability to cross to the Middle East but he was once bombed out of the first-team squad by way of Nuno Espirito Santo and used to be left unregistered for league video games after falling victim to the strict overseas gamers rule.

The 24-year-old’s Celtic career appears to be gone after what transpired in the Champions League last night

If the Champions League has taught the Celtic followers anything, it’s that the current crew as it stands is not top sufficient to compete at that level.

Celtic added in eight gamers over the summer time and of these eight, solely two (Paulo Bernardo and Hyunjun Yang) began towards Lazio remaining night.

By at the end of the game, each gamers were off and Celtic’s European dream ended with no summer signings on the pitch. It doesn’t print a tremendously picture.

However, there is one participant at Celtic who appears like his profession at the membership could be after he was once dropped to the bench again in a must-win sport last night.

David Turnbull was demoted and Paulo Bernardo used to be called upon as a participant that Rodgers concept may want to get Celtic the end result they so badly needed in Rome.

Let’s now not forget, Bernardo didn’t characteristic in Celtic final two domestic fixtures earlier than being pitched in towards Lazio whereas Turnbull played and scored in both.

In fact, to drop your top goalscorer in the SPFL for a participant who has barely mustered a shot on goal certainly doesn’t bode properly for Turnbull. And it’s not the first time it’s happened this season.

And what message does that send to Turnbull? You may be good sufficient to rating and win factors in Scotland but when it honestly matters, I don’t trust you.

Bernardo is solely on loan till the end of the season. His contribution to Celtic’s consequences this season have been negligible.

Turnbull on the other hand has banged in seven goals in eleven appearances and saved Celtic from shedding extra points than they already have.

The 24-year-old midfielder may additionally not have made the distinction remaining night time however when Celtic required a goal chance he was once dropped to the bench for a player who has played 143 minutes of domestic soccer however is then depended on to hold Celtic’s European dream alive.

It doesn’t bode well for Turnbull and the fact he is drawing close the last six months of his contemporary deal with no new deal on the way. Turnbull looks like his time at Celtic is coming to an end.

Postecogou’s signing at Celtic appears to be over, with Rodgers eyeing a £4 million January deal

For all the reward that Ange Postecoglou rightly obtained with regards to his recruitment at Celtic – Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi, Matt O’Riley and Liel Abada all arriving on his watch – there was once still the peculiar leave out in a sea of hits.

Take Alexandro Bernabei for instance.

A £3.75 million acquisition from Argentinian outfit Lanus, Bernabei arrived at Celtic beforehand of Postecoglou’s 2nd season at the helm amid lofty expectations and words of encouragement from the straight-talking Hoops boss.

“I spoke to the manager,” Bernabei told Sky Sports at the time. “And he said he believed in me and my pleasant and that I can adapt to the crew quickly.”

Is Alexandro Bernabei finished at Celtic?

Postecoglou’s judgement, for once, proved to be misplaced. With Greg Taylor turning into some thing of a posterboy for the Ange-era – greedy the manager’s inverted full-back approach brilliantly – Bernabei struggled, lacking the sure-footed approach to thrive in a possession-based device as nicely as Taylor’s defensive solidity.

“Alexandro Bernabei has been a disappointing signing hence far,” former Hoops hero Kris Commons told the Daily Mail in March.

“Celtic paid £3.75 million to signal him from Argentina last summer. But it’s Taylor who has ended up having an magnificent season.

“(Taylor) has rightly stored Bernabei out of the team.”

Things haven’t received any easier for the Argentina U23 worldwide underneath Postecoglou’s alternative either. Brendan Rodgers, after all, shares an awful lot of his predecessor’s tactical principles. That cameo appearance in the 6-0 hammering of Aberdeen before the November international break was only his third outing of the entire campaign. Perhaps the largest setback in his Celtic profession arrived two months earlier. Bernabei was overlooked with the aid of Rodgers from Celtic’s Champions League roster.

If that was once the first nail in Bernabei’s Celtic coffin, then reviews from The Telegraph linking the Glasgow giants with a workable £4 million move for Estoril’s Tiago Araujo can also be the second.

Celtic eye Tiago Araujo

22-year-old Araujo, a Benfica academy graduate like Jota and Paulo Bernardo, has two goals and three assists for Estoril this term. Dividing his time between left-back and similarly ahead on the wing.

Valentin Barco, every other Argentine, was also linked a couple of weeks ago. He is in all likelihood to be too high priced for Celtic in excess of £10 million. But do no longer rule out Manchester City signing the Boca Juniors flyer earlier than loaning him to Parkhead, a la John Guidetti, Jason Denayer and Patrick Roberts.

But with Araujo a true possibility, Bernabei looks destined to go down as one of those rare Postecoglou misses.

Brendan Rodgers watches Leicester dispute renew as star reveals he still doesn’t get Celtic manager’s ‘twin brother’ jab

The Danish defender used to be recruited by using Rodgers in 2021 but fell down his pecking order while at Leicester.

Leicester City defender Jannik Vestergaard nonetheless does not comprehend what Brendan Rodgers meant when he made his “twin brother” comment.

The Danish defender gave an interview in the past this year announcing his exile from a then Rodgers-led Leicester side was once “strange” and that the 30-year-old had not been given a purpose for not starting a Premier League game underneath the Irishman for over a year. Vestergaard is now flourishing under Enzo Maresca in the English Championship, but drew the ire of Rodgers at the time who told the media he was unsure if he had been speaking with the centre-half’s “twin brother” alternatively of him for the previous year and a half.

Vestergaard was signed via Rodgers in the summer time of 2021 from Southampton and was once pressed in a podcast interview about the struggles he confronted since making the switch from the Saints. He reckons he is overcome a lot of “challenges” and still would not quite apprehend what the now Celtic boss used to be getting at with his remarks in the media.

He told BBC’s When You’re Smiling podcast: “Yes, it has been up and down. Right now I am in a very desirable place, the membership is in a very good place. I’m blissful to be be where I am, I would be mendacity if I said there wasn’t a small experience of delight of overcoming a undertaking in that length to be capable to show a bit extra of myself. That is the most I prefer to go in to whatever that has happened.

“You can ask questions, that is your job. I did hear it (twin brother claim) I didn’t understand and do not know precisely what it means. I do not have something to say about whatever that befell in the previous with people no longer at the club. I have no intention of speakme about it. I can only once more reiterate how completely happy I am, the place we are as a club and what we are optimistically moving towards.”

Rodgers stated in March this year: “I’ve not talked too a great deal on it because it was once an unauthorised interview. I’ve spoken to Jannik and I had to make certain I was talking to him as I’d viewed in his quote he didn’t comprehend why (he used to be not playing).

“I’ve spoken to Jannik and I had to make positive I was once talking to him as I’d considered in his quote he did not be aware of why (he was no longer playing). I had to make sure I wasn’t speaking to his twin brother for the remaining 14-15 months. We have revered him when he has decided to stay and that conversation has usually been there. The conversation with him and the membership has usually been there, about the place he stands.

“I used to be amazed when I saw it. Anything which has occurred we will deal with internally and we’ll cross on from there. Any success we’ve ever had has been with solidarity on and off the pitch and that’s something I’ll constantly seem to be to protect.”

‘It’s poor’: Tom English discusses the ‘strange’ things he’s seen from Celtic this season

Celtic’s 1-1 draw with Motherwell has been offset via Rangers’ draw at Aberdeen after the Ibrox side had been awarded their sixth penalty in 4 weeks.

However, what the Ibrox club is greater advantageous at is converting the possibilities they get from the spot kicks that are awarded and that is something that BBC pundit and journalist, Tom English, finds ‘poor’ from the Parkhead club.

English stated [BBC Sportsound], “They’ve only obtained 62.5% conversion rate from the penalties this season. I mean, that’s weird. The satisfactory of players that they have.

“Yang must have scored. I imply they must have gained this game.

“It’s poor. I mean that’s Yang, Turnbull, and Hatate who have all ignored penalties this season in the league. So, it’s poor.”

Brendan Rodgers rues any other neglected Celtic penalty

The Celtic manager had already addressed Celtic’s negative penalty record prior to the overlooked Palma conversion yesterday.

And Rodgers wasn’t happy with yet another possibility from a spot kick squandered. Rodgers stated [Sky Sports], “We acquired two penalties and these decisive moments in the game you’ve obtained to win those and unluckily for us we neglected a penalty and conceded from a corner.”

Penalty taking is actually an location of difficulty for Celtic and Rodgers desires to tackle it earlier than it costs his greater factors or, worse, the league title ought to they proceed to fail to capitalise on an a free hit from 12 yards.

But for the Celtic manager, he will be delighted that his team haven’t misplaced any ground gained in the league after Rangers dropped points at Pittodrie in their 1-1 draw with Aberdeen this afternoon.

Next up for Rodgers is the Champions League where he will be hoping his aspect can go to Rome to pick three critical points towards Lazio to preserve their hopes of dropping into the Europa League alive.

Celtic makes an additional bid for the £7.5 million striker

Celtic are expected to bring in a striker in January. Kyogo has been performing regularly even if now not scoring at the fee that he was once remaining season. On the other hand, following a sluggish begin to the season underneath the management of Brendan Rodgers, Oh Hyeon-gyu is constructing up some momentum as properly and has scored three goals so far.

The upcoming AFC Asian Cup should show to be a curveball for Celtic though. There is a possibility that Kyogo and Oh may want to be chosen to signify their countrywide teams.

If that turned out to be the case, it would go away Rodgers besides a striker to choose in his beginning XI. So, the expectation is that the Hoops will add to their ranks going ahead in the January switch window.

The membership have been linked with Sydney van Hooijdonk of Bologna lately. But it looks like Mathias Kvistgaarden, whom the Hoops failed to signal in the summer time transfer window, is nonetheless on their radar.

Celtic readying improved offer for £7.5 million striker

As suggested by Football Scotland, Celtic have indicated to Brondby that they are planning to improve their offer for Kvistgaarden in January. But the Hoops now face opposition from the Bundesliga.

Celtic had been believed to be searching to signal the Danish striker in the summer for a switch rate round £4 million. But Brondby are believed to rate him at almost twice that figure at £7.5 million.

It remains to be considered if Celtic make an provide of that magnitude in order to sign the younger striker in January. If they do, it would without delay make him one of the most costly signings in the club’s history.

One has to surprise whether or not Kvistgaarden has put up the numbers to justify that type of a switch offer. According to stats from Transfermarkt, he has scored 5 desires and supplied five assists in 17 appearances throughout all competitions this season so far.

Celtic almost pulls off a remarkable comeback against Brighton in the Premier League International Cup on Friday

Celtic B performed their brand new fixture in the Premier League International Cup tonight, dropping 4-3 away to Brighton

The match took region at the AMEX Stadium, where Brighton’s first group play in the English Premier League, giving the younger Hoops a extraordinary experience.

Unfortunately, the opening duration didn’t go to diagram and the home facet located themselves 3-0 up thanks to Leigh Kavanagh and Mark O’Mahony, who scored a double.

Celtic did combat their way lower back into the fixture at 3-1 through the interval, with Mackenzie Carse cooly ending after a robust Bhoys press forced an possibility in the Brighton box.

Then, Rocco Vata showed off his pace, talent and finishing capability with an brilliant 2nd to make it 3-2 after fifty seven minutes.

Daniel Kelly due to this fact produced an gorgeous first-time end from a low cross into the box, banging it into the top corner for a 3-3 scoreline.

The youngsters built big pressure on Brighton at some point of the second half and created a couple of opportunities, only to be thwarted by gorgeous goalkeeping and a bit of shielding resilience.

It was once an open, exciting and lightning-quick ninety minutes. Unfortunately with what was once nearly the final kick of the game, Brighton netted a dramatic winner at 4-3.

Premier League International Cup valuable trip for Celtic B

Tonight was once Celtic’s 2nd fixture in this year’s edition of the adolescence event which pits the fine of the English academies towards choose groups from round Europe.

Celtic have been drawn in Group B and have future fits away to Chelsea and Southampton to contend with in December and January.

Finishing in the top two of their section, which additionally consists of Valencia, Dinamo Zagreb and Lyon, would see the younger Hoops growth into the quarter-finals. There is additionally a area for two of the first-class third-placed outfits throughout the three groups. Victories will be needed in the remaining two matches to have any hope of progression.

Regardless, tonight was a properly displaying from Stephen McManus’ and Darren O’Dea’s outfit and the youngsters can keep their heads high travelling back to Scotland regardless of defeat.

Nottingham’s crush calamity is avoided by Celtic, but sadly, the warning was disregarded

Forty years in the past this nighttime a large Celtic support had travelled down to Nottingham to play Brian Clough’s Forest in any other one of those Battle of Britain affairs. It used to be additionally a fighting of European Cup Winners with Celtic becoming the first British facet to win the Big Cup in 1967 and much greater these days at that time, was once the double European Cup wins for Nottingham Forest in 1979 and 1980.

The occasion was once the UEFA Cup Third Round first leg and the fit completed goalless, although Celtic had the better of matters and honestly need to have gained the match. They’d stay to remorseful about the missed opportunities at Celtic Park in the return.

It was once an actually freezing night and as we made our way to the City Ground what was once obvious was that no matter there being no signal of any bother the Police were in full rise up equipment and seemed to be spoiling for the assume aggro to get underway. Many supporters would have left it as late as viable to accommodate as a good deal time in the local pubs as possible earlier than heading to the game and as the visiting assist used to be so giant there used to be an inevitable late surge.

Supporters additionally seemed to have been delayed through buses being parked up on the bridge near the ground. As kick-off approached the Nottingham Police determined to open gates so whether you had. ticket or not, no-one stricken as the support had been ushered in throw open gates alternatively than turnstiles.

We included this match is some detail returned in 2020 but thinking it’s worth another look today.

37 years ago today.
Forest v Celtic at the City Ground.
Very nearly a major disaster that night.
Coldest I’ve ever been at a game in my life. pic.twitter.com/rAQ6FoJRYu

— JS (@FACT290) November 23, 2020

Some replies to this tweet well worth looking at:

“Forest and the police weren’t prepared for the large variety of Celtic fans. Only a few turnstiles dealing with thousands of supporters. In the panic they opened a gate into one of the pens.”

“Can’t have in mind this one at all. It’s fascinating that, regardless of some fans for sure being in distress and requiring attention, there’s nonetheless eejits stood around making an attempt to rouse the fans. Different times. Sadly, this is not Forest’s solely journey of this sort of thing.”

“Me and my mate dogged faculty for that one – 1st European away tie. Don’t assume Nottingham had ever considered an away help that dimension earlier than – completely unprepared. The crushing used to be appalling – I recall the Celtic fans chanting ‘we are no longer animals’. Very lucky there had been no fatalities.”

“My first ever European away game. Ended up in the crush and came home with one shoe and bus home had a window caved in. Absolutely freezing.”

“Twelve hours to get home following day honestly great trip can’t believe it was once 37 years ago we have been in stand not caught up in crush thankfully.”

“That cease was vastly overcrowded. Opened the gates and ticket much less followers rushed in. Terrifying with these pens and fences.”

23rd November 1983, Nottingham Forest 0:0 Celtic in the Uefa Cup.

Crush in the packed Celtic end but thankfully no serious injuries.https://t.co/UTaUgOVCgt

— Li’l Ze (@LilZe_7) November 23, 2022

“I used to be there that night, got caught in a massive crush getting into the game, buses too close to the turnstiles if I keep in mind right.”

“Buses parked on the bridge, right outdoor the ground.”

“When I got home still had full ticket that used to be Hillsbrough second no training learned!”

“I assume there have been extra close to misses than we like to assume about.”

“It was once freezing all day.”

“And there were followers climbing the floodlights in simply Celtic tops and shorts.”

“The crush trying to get in the turnstiles was once terrible.”

“And Brian Clough appearing like a prick blaming Celtic followers and setting a banner a david hays feet.”

Hampden 57 was additionally at this recreation  and writes about what took place on Celtic Wiki. Here’s a flavour of his longer article on this cold and hazardous night time in Nottingham…

We reached the metropolis ground just after 6 o’clock, properly earlier than the kick-off time of 7.30. Even at that early stage there were huge numbers of Celtic fans outside–it appeared lots more than the 6000 or so that had been estimated would travel. Our tickets had been for the cease at the back of the aim and there had been massive queues outdoor the major admission gate. It seemed to take always for people to get in, and all the while the crowd was once getting bigger. It was obvious at this stage that the police have been now not capable to deal with the situation, as crushes had been opening to enhance in the queues.

Finally, we bought in round 15 minutes or so earlier than the healthy started, however there have been various hundred nevertheless outside, perhaps more. I understand looking at the pitch and half of it used to be absolutely frozen and regarded unplayable, with the other half, which had of course obtained some sun that day, searching playable. I was amazed they let the in shape go on, however I feel by means of that stage it too late to name it off.

What was once the situation by kick-off time?

It was once very bad. Many English soccer grounds at that time had pens, which sub-divided terraces into small, self-contained sections, divided through high fences. The pens had gates, however very few people could pass from one pen to another at any given time. We had been in the corner pen, which is the one you went into after passing through the turnstyles. It used to be by using this stage jam packed, however there didn’t seem to be any cognizance amongst stewards or the police, and no strive to open up the gates across all of the pens to enable the followers to filter via greater evenly.

So, the sport kicked off–what took place next?

By kick-off time, the nook pen where I was standing was once full, as used to be the adjoining pen. You should rarely see the park, because there had been so many humans in the end. But more and more human beings kept pouring into that corner pen. I have never been in such a packed, small, contained location with so many people. After a few minutes of the game, extreme crushing had started. We had been about half-way down the terrace, however were getting pushed via this mass strain nearer and nearer to the front. You didn’t so a whole lot walk as get swept along.

The game itself kicked off and Celtic appeared a contact nervous. Forest settled and almost scored when Gary Birtles ran onto a long ball that kept away from the Celtic defence. He ought to have scored however Packie Bonner made a great save. However, right after this, there had been some big surges of human beings into the pen with the fans at the front getting trapped in opposition to the excessive perimeter fences. It used to be surely terrifying, as you had truely no control over it. You couldn’t get out of the way, or move someplace else. It was once difficult to breathe, by no means thinking move.

I had been in crush kind conditions earlier than in Scotland–normally when you were leaving huge matches– but nothing I had ever skilled before or after would come shut to this. I saw one or two humans falling and it regarded certain there would be some serious casualties. Then, all of a sudden, a lot of the followers began climbing over the excessive fence onto the pitch. Before long it seemed that lots were doing this. Some the place additionally mountaineering into the next pen. A few even shinnied up the floodlights. This had the impact of relieving the strain a bit on those left in the pen. But there used to be no question of these fans coming back into the pens, so the sport was once delayed, for about 15 minutes.

What did the stewards and police do?

Very little in a constructive way at first. They seemed to simply watch people pour onto the area and have been no longer helpful. They seemed to see it as a crowd control issue, rather than a disaster in the making. I consider Brian Clough coming onto the area with a flag, possibly to please the ‘rioting’ Celtic fans. It was ridiculous, really, as no-one had grasped the gravity of the situation. Eventually, after what appeared an age, the police ferried fans round to one-of-a-kind parts of the ground, and the sport re-started.

Here are some supporter reminiscences from that night in Nottingham…

“I was once at the recreation in Nottingham. It used to be a very cold however it didn’t have any unfavorable influence on the Celtic support’s enthusiasm. I can consider some fans in reality dancing in some water fountains in the town centre even even though the temperatures have been so low.

“We went along to the ground in lots of time for the kick off and it was once obvious that at that point many had became up without a ticket.The police had been having issue controlling the giant numbers assembled. I cannot take into account any bad behaviour or hassle of any sort from the Celtic supporters.

“The police eventually opened the exit gates and hundreds walked in with or except tickets. I did have a ticket and sensed that due to the fact of what I witnessed outside the ground. ie.The very giant crowds, that there was now the achievable for crushing within the stadium. I determined to watch the game from the top of the terracing as the crushing was once no longer as severe.

“From this point I could take a look at the place the worst of the problem was. Right down in the corner close to one of the corner flags it was once obvious that humans were being overwhelmed and there was once no way that they may want to break out from the hazard that they determined themselves in. My recollections of how the crushing was once stopped and then the subsequent wrongly described pitch invasion by means of the fans ,was that a fan or followers within the location worst effected by using the overcrowding wished help from the first aiders.

“When the first aiders opened the gate on the perimeter fence to help the supporters, many fans took the possibility to escape from the probably fatal situation they determined themselves in. This resulted in hundreds of fans being on the song and the pitch as well. The fans had to do some thing to assist themselves because no physique in authority regarded to understand what used to be going on it’s a miracle that no one died that night.

“I left the floor lengthy earlier than the sport finished and lower back to the bus, I used to be anxious of crushing leaving the floor and additionally very irritated at the incompetence of the Nottingham Police pressure and the way that they dealt with this major wearing event. Watching the highlights on television a couple days later I was once disgusted to see Brian Clough manhandling some Celtic fans who he had thinking have been inflicting trouble.” John McGoldrick

37 years ago today.
Forest v Celtic at the City Ground.
Very nearly a major disaster that night.
Coldest I’ve ever been at a game in my life. pic.twitter.com/rAQ6FoJRYu

— JS (@FACT290) November 23, 2020

“Five of us travelled down to Nottingham via car, we arrived early morning on the day of the game, obtained a right breakfast internal us, then went spherical a few pubs, we ended up in a pub referred to as The Narrow Boat, and the landlord was once brilliant with us, let us go behind the bar and took photographs of us retaining up the tricolour whilst singing the Celtic songs. We stayed there all day, got on exceptional with the locals, who where broadly speaking Notts County supporters.

“Near the time of the kick off, the landlord even drove us to The City Ground in his car, when we got there, there used to be heaps of Celtic fans backyard the floor making an attempt to get in, one of the huge gates received put in or was opened up with the aid of the police.

“We managed to get in, but couldn’t get any further than the first pen, and it was heaving, I knew it used to be going to get worse, and I was once one of the followers that climbed up the floodlights, bought a outstanding view of the game, however it was once freezing, parts of the pitch which have been shaded all day had been nonetheless frozen, however it was once never going to get called off, because of the size of the Celtic support, which crammed three quarters of the ground.

“Nottingham in no way knew what hit them, and Clough acted like a clown, when the Celtic assist had to go on the pitch to get away from the crush in the corner of the ground.

“Celtic should have won the game down there, and we paid the fee at Celtic Park when they put us out, it should have been effortlessly a catastrophe if the followers hadn’t long past onto the pitch.
The day out was once great, we acquired properly appeared after, however you put followers into pens and too many flip up, it’s a disaster ready to happen, and it did at Hillsborough.

“Got to keep the faith, hail hail.” Stephen Kane

“I used to be working in London at the time. Knowing that tickets would be like gold dust I managed to get 4 tickets from a work colleague whose husband was a Forrest season ticket holder! We travelled up on the train at 10 am (crammed with Celtic fans) and spend the day in the city centre pubs. A huge Celtic aid descended on the town and we met lots of locals who should no longer believe the quantity of supporters who were there.

“An older guy we met was reading the neighborhood sports activities paper which cited the return leg “at Celtics 67,000 capability Glasgow ground”  he requested if it used to be a misprint !! We additionally witnessed some pockets of violent behaviour more often than not from Forrest fans.

“I recall waiting for ages to get in the small quantity of turnstiles with what appeared to be lots outside, I was once nearly there when a huge surge pinned me towards the wall right away to the left of the last turnstile. I knew if I didn’t get out of there quickly I would be in trouble and a 2d later when the stress eased, I managed to struggle myself into the turnstile. I have in mind the operator announcing “ Just Go, go, go” wasn’t even involved if I had a ticket and that is what triggered the problems inside the ground.

“For about 15 minutes after that the crowd poured in, ensuing in terrible crushing and fans spilling onto the pitch. Looking again it used to be a very hazardous situation, however Thank God no one used to be seriously harm as a ways as I recall.  As for the game, my abiding reminiscence is Murdo MacLeod missing a extraordinary hazard close to the end to provide us a first leg lead however unluckily we have been knocked out in Glasgow. HH” Andy Boyle

“Nottingham Forest vs Celtic – I was once at the game, my dad took myself and my brother to the City Ground, I used to be 13 years historic and take into account the crush, we ended up in the Main Stand the place we had been okay. Went to return at Parkhead, assume Davenport scored.” Paul Kelly

“I used to be at the game , a bit worse for put on I ended up in the wrong quit of the floor , opened my coat to get my smokes out of my interior pocket , a police noticed my Hoops grabbed me and stated “Celtic is it ? “ then took me spherical to the Celtic end, opened one of the cages and threw me in. It used to be packed, but being sincere I glad of the body warmth as I’ve in no way been so cold at a recreation of football.” Alan , Montrose

“I used to be at the Forest recreation that night, loads of Celtic fans had tickets for the away end( Trent End. )I along with most of my mates had them, we had been taken round to the away quit through the turnstiles round the pitch and put into one of the pens. I never acquired to see the recreation as I spent it being pushed up and down the terrace, was relieved when the game finished, spent the whole sport squashed and struggling to breathe.” Bernard Kernan

“I used to be at Nottingham. Travelled down with  the Sons of Donegal Club who ran two buses, such was once the demand.  We arrived in properly time and bought true role on the terrace behind the goal however it just seemed to get stuffed up extremely quickly and we have been pushed to the the front and I understand a massive cop lifting us over the fence on to the track where we had been directed to the principal stand area which had lots of room. Sadly it was a game we should have won however Forest showed in the return game how correct a group they were. Hail Hail.” Jim O’Rourke

“My mate and I managed to get tickets and travelled from Fife by means of auto to Glasgow then received on one of the many buses running to Nottingham from Glasgow. If I take into account effectively the buses had been held on the motorway earlier than getting near the ground. It used to be chaos getting into the game, long queues and now not a great deal room. Once we have been in it was even worse I’ve in no way been in such a awful crush, we had to climb a fence from one section to the different to strive and get a bit greater room.

“The police were one hundred percent at fault for opening the gates and letting everyone in. Complete shambles. It was a freezing bloodless night capped off via no longer getting a end result then a bus with no heating all the way lower back to Glasgow.” Roy Finnie

“I had simply turned 18 when we went to Forest. It’s been notably tons covered the activities of that day and night. My Dad and myself spent a desirable few hours in a large pub in Nottingham earlier than the game, and I can vouch for the popular incredible environment and friendliness between the two sets of fans.

“My story is no distinct to most I’ve examine on the subject..we too climbed out of that first pen into the neighbouring, greater central one..as I said..I was 18, and full of youthful enthusiasm and bravado..but I consider my Dad was once scared..rightly so.

“There is one point the place I have to put forward an alternative view..yes,Brian Clough did appear to get preserve of the wrong quit of the stick on the night..the flag at Davie Hay’s ft etc..but in the following days when The Sun(Scum) tried to label it as hooliganism from us..(sound acquainted bringing Hillsborough into focus?) Clough came out and said the Celtic followers were great, and there was no hooliganism..just scared human beings trying to get away from danger..i sense it’s necessary that this is remembered..Clough typically obtained it right..eventually!

Brian Clough didn’t endear himself to fans of Celtic by his actions that night. It is possible he thought there was crowd trouble but it was all down to poor organisation and overcrowding. A near miss for Celtic fans in times when fans were treated like cattle. pic.twitter.com/gGPigJn9JG

— Lisbon Lion (@tirnaog_09) November 23, 2022

“I was once completely thrilled how Celtic played that night..we ought to have won easily..and I was once completely confident for the 2nd leg..so tons so, that I took bets from many at work that not only would Celtic win the game..but I refused to take bets on some thing much less than a three intention victory!..

“My Dad and myself travelled up from London for that game..and we were played off the park!..the queue of outstretched arms and very mild pay packet that week will live with me forever!” Noel McGrath

“I used to be at that game, was once the most scared I have ever been at a sport we obtained there early enough however the crowd wee crazy,I nonetheless have the whole ticket from this recreation as we acquired in a big exitgate that we had been overwhelmed in opposition to then when we did get in they had solely opened the first pen, I climbed over that one then the subsequent one however they appeared to take ages to open the pens up for what cause a don’t know as it was simply all Celtic followers at that end, if the followers at the front off the first pen hadn’t commenced mountain climbing on to the pitch God knows what would have happened.

“I’ve been going to video games considering I was a wee boy in the sixties and this was once the most scared I have ever been at a soccer match, the lead up to the game was horrible as nicely the town was shite, it used to be freezing and foggy,and it used to be a horrible sport as well,a hazy night time with the swally on the Motherwell nine in a row bus, but when I assume off it now it was just as nicely a used to be half inebriated cos if I wasn’t it would have been even extra scary.” McGarrell  via Celtic Noise

“I was there that night in 1983. I was once 15 and was a season ticket holder. I used to be in the lower government (Brian Clough) stand with my Grandad and we have been moved to the Upper tier as Celtic had our seats .Yes it used to be freezing, I take note the fence on the Bridgford stop collapsing and fans on the pitch, I have never seen so many coaches in the auto park we struggled although to find the exit it was that busy .Remember it properly . Kind regards.” Steve Cottingham

“I was additionally at that game, I was once living and working in Blackpool at the time and my father drove down from East Kilbride the night time earlier than to pick me up, I then took over the driving and we headed to Nottingham. Both of us sober due to riding and I thanked God for that many a time.

We arrived at the floor in lots of time but still got caught in the crushing both outdoor and inside, I have in mind my father announcing to one of the police officers in cost outside the floor that he had higher open the exit gates to ease congestion, after a whilst this used to be performed and we surged in to the metropolis ground, we obtained directed into the first nook pen behind the dreams and found ourselves halfway down the terrace and up in opposition to the fence.

“I pulled myself up the fence and could see that straight away behind the dreams there used to be plenty of space, so my father and I each climbed over three specific fences and settled in in the back of the goals.

“Why the stewards and Police directed us and hundreds of others into an already packed place we will by no means know. Incompetence and unprepared for what was a extraordinarily small visiting guide almost precipitated a disaster. To me it was indicative of Police attitudes to the public during the Thatcher era and it appeared as though they were geared up hoping for a rise up alternatively than being there to assist and protect.” 50 Shades of Green with the aid of Celtic Noise.

“I was once there too…the crush in that slender road going into the floor was horrendous…I will constantly consider my historical man telling me (I used to be about 11) to hold my arms up go and with the drift of the crowd. It most absolutely saved me from falling and serious injury.. thankfully I used to be nowhere near the crowd surge that brought about the wall to collapse….it really used to be a very frightening evening.” Docco by using Celtic Noise.

Nottingham Forest v Celtic – Horror video shows what happened, listen to BBC’s Archie Macpherson

Another supporter’s account of his night at the City Ground in November 1983 as Celtic travelled with a huge guide to back them to play Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest in the UEFA Cup.

It’s a fit that Celtic must have gained but the recreation is remembered extra for the dreadful crushing that happened just after kick-off as the Nottingham Police opened gates and packed heaps of extra supporters into tiny pens.  It was once a catastrophe waiting to occur and thank heavens that the Celtic assist used to be spared that night however it was a close run component and it could effortlessly have been our Hillsborough.

Sadly the lessons from this game have been disregarded through the English football authorities and the Police and it would be the Liverpool help who would face tragedy and the pointless loss of life.

“I used to be there that night but there’s a wee story in the back of it. I flew in from New Zealand the day before to shock my family as my brother used to be getting married, I had arranged to get a seat and ticket with the Shettleston Celtic Supporters Club which I had been a member earlier than I emigrated to NZ in ’82, so I landed one day, next day on the bus to Nottingham.

“When drawing near the ground after we parked the bus, you should see the troubles mounting, Celtic supporters that had tickets for other parts of the floor where refused entry and directed to the one end, when we acquired there, only three turnstiles opened… and as we obtained nearer to kick off the followers pushed to get to the turnstiles, nearing the turnstile I was once beaten in opposition to the wall, nearly blacking out before one of my mates physically picked me up ( at the turnstile entrance ) the man was once refusing to let us in unless we produced a ticket and really at that factor they opened the gates, next to the turnstiles.

“The rush was once frightening and as we bought to the terraces, the crush was a very frightening sight to see, we squeezed in but the fans saved coming and it obtained mental, you couldn’t move or put your arms in your pocket, you were just jammed subsequent to anybody round you and carried along. As it says sooner or later limitations gave way, the rebellion police deployed as they thinking the spill onto the floor was fighting and as mentioned Brian Clough threw down the banner at the Celtic dugout, whereupon Frank Connor picked it up and went after Clough.

“Davie Hay came over and after seeing what was going on and talking to fans on the pitch, he grabbed the most Senior Policeman around and demanded they move the fans into other components of the ground. A very scary night, one that lives long in the reminiscence and when I watched the Hillsborough Disaster years later from NZ and seeing the Doco’s, the symmetry of the situation created through the Police was once scary and sadly the classes had not been learned.” Stephen Deacon

Celtic have resolved the issue of Jota’s price

Celtic, all through their Annual General Meeting (AGM), cleared the air involving the inclusion of Jota’s switch rate to Al Ittihad in the monetary file for the year ending June, notwithstanding the deal being established on July 3rd.

This clarification came amidst beforehand uncertainties and speculations about the club’s monetary status and incoming funds.

In the year-end financial statements released earlier, Celtic’s robust monetary position was once evident, main many to speculate that the club used to be but to get hold of a great sum from Jota’s transfer.

The ambiguity arose due to the timing of the deal’s confirmation, which fell simply after the closing of the economic year. However, as mentioned by CeltsAreHere.com at the time, the deal used to be certainly blanketed in the June monetary report.

This confusion was addressed at the AGM, attended by means of CeltsAreHere, the place Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay, demonstrated that the proceeds from Jota’s switch have been accounted for in the June monetary statements.

The clarity furnished at the AGM reassures stakeholders of Celtic’s dedication to monetary duty and strategic planning.

The astuteness of Celtic’s economic method is in addition exemplified by way of their anticipation of the upcoming 6 percent extend in Corporation tax in the next monetary year. By making sure that as plenty income as possible, including the proceeds from Jota’s transfer, was once accounted for in the ultimate financial year, the club demonstrates shrewd economic foresight. This go is now not solely about adhering to fiscal guidelines but also about maximizing monetary efficiency. Whether the deal was formally concluded in June or July is much less enormous in contrast to the fact that the groundwork and negotiations for the deal have been finished inside the ultimate financial year. This strategic decision to capitalise on the existing tax fee before the hike is a testomony to Celtic’s proactive and prudent monetary management.

The clarification at Celtic’s AGM dispels any misconceptions related to the club’s economic report. The membership is in awesome form financially.