I'm glad about that. There is nothing worse than a returning legend making a berk of himself and tainting people's memory of him.

I agree with that. And I am also glad he is not coming back as he always treated my side really badly indeed! Still, it was a pleasure to see such a great player play in the SPL, even if he did plunder about 154 of his goals v United.

That has nothing to do with it, the speculation was after he signed his new contract and the deal would be to similar to the one which took him to Man United.

Can tell Celtic are panicing by attempting to sign Larsson, could be even more worrying if we pay £5.5 for McFadden.

Keep clutching at those straws.

Gretna v Rangers on setanta at 7, should be an easy 3 points.

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Far better game at Cumbernauld tonight, the mighty Clyde FC v Dundee Utd, live on Sky too.

Gritty win for the Gers, Naismith continues to get better.

Cousin on his way to Fulham, Buffell and Hutton could depart as well. We have got 3 lined up to come in as apparently...one rumoured to be Luke Moore?

Vital win for Celtic today, to be any further behind us would be disastrous. It could be back down to a 1 point lead if they beat Motherwell on Wednesday. Marcus Bent been linked to Rangers, although Smith has denied it.

A vital win for us today and we were very lucky to pick up the win Scott McDonalds goal was dubious and Falkirk had two good shouts for penalties turned down. Apparently we have pulled off some what of a big coup by signing Middlesbrough striker Ben Hutchinson on a pre-contract deal and Strachan has stated he is keen to buy players who are investments for the future.

We are also closing in on a deal to sign Polish international left-back Seweryn Gancarczyk from Metalist Kharkiv, Gancarczyk will train at Lennoxtown this week with a view to proving he can win a £750,000 switch to the SPL with speculation Lee Naylor could be on his way to Portsmoth for around £3 million. Maciej Zurawski looks set to be on his way out in January with Columbus Crew now showing an interest aswell as LA Galaxy.
Celtic have also offered American goalkeeper Brad Guzan who plays for Chivas in the MLS a contract but Gordon Strachan has dismissed speculation that the move increases the chances of Artur Boruc leaving.

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7214941.stmCeltic have signed Japanese midfielder Koki Mizuno on a three-and-a-half year contract with Georgios Samaras agreeing a loan deal from Manchester City.[/url

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7216124.stmCeltic manager Gordon Strachan has been given a four-match touchline ban following a heated exchange with a steward against Aberdeen in August.[/url

Hutton looking like he's going to Spurs for £9 million, we will try and sign a striker in the next 2 days.

Selling one of your best players on the home straight in a Championship race begins to show how desperate Rangers must be for the cash.

Very true the loss of Alan Hutton IMO will have a big effect on Rangers, personally i'm very happy with the signing of Georgios Samaras i think he is just what we are missing upfront because we can't keep relaying on Scott McDonald to get the goals.
Celtic have reportedly offered Burnley £2.5million plus Derek Riordan in exchange for Kyle Lafferty.

You wouldn't be saying that if you had seen Girl George play as often as I had!

One crunching tackle and you won't see him again.

No it doesn't. It merely shows that, like most people, Smith and Murray realise that £9 million is massively over the top for Hutton and they were delighted to get the money for it as it can be better spent elsewhere. Rangers were more than keen to push the deal through as they are aware that Tottingham have been well stung.

I would have thought that hawking your overpaid diddies (Gravesen, Balde etc) to anyone stupid enough to pay their wages and having to pick up free transfers from a fifth rate Asian league and rely on loan deals for Man City flops was more indicative of skintness.

What is going on with the Jam Tarts ?

I think Smith wants to sign players but has been told he needs to sell first. £9 million for Hutton, Murray must have been laughing his tits off.

We're pish, simple as.

So you sell your best players 24 hours before the deadline when there is no time to spend it? Never mind, perhaps they can spend it for next summer after they have thrown away the title.

Very intelligent stuff that!

Maybe they are trying to recoup some of the Champions League money they won't be getting?



Hail,Hail!

Never mind they have gone with tradition and replaced him with the ageing Christian Dailly