Celtic Transfers and Windfalls – Will Brendan see any of the money? 

One of Alonso’s most important players is the former Celtic wing-backhttp://www.sportupdates.co.uk, and he proved it last night by capping off an outstanding performance with a fantastic goal to put the finishing touches on a fantastic team effort. That comes to about £9 million, which is a significant amount by any measure. Anyone can see that it’s smart business, and it will only help the club’s finances grow even more. The crucial query is whether the Celtic manager will use any of it to bolster his roster in the summer and make the “quality” additions that both he and the fans so much want.

That is, of course, assuming he is still there. Regardless of who is in charge, they need to get the money needed to upgrade the team.

For the sake of argument, let’s pretend for a moment that Brendan Rodgers wins the Scottish Premiership this season. However, as we all know, there is now a tie in the standings. Then, it stands to reason that Matt O’Riley will be sold this summer for at least the same price that Jota was last year. When you combine the two, we arrive at £50 million; before any more players are sold and before the anticipated windfall for Frimpong, we get close to £60 million. There might be one or two more on top, and maybe Liel Abada will wish to relocate.

The team already has £70 million in the bank, and the Champions League money is sure to follow.

Even with a large investment, the squad would not have been close to being competitive in the Champions League at that point. We would be in a far worse situation than we were in the previous season, even though we were not good enough, and we were worse this season even though we received more points.

The team gets worse as the bank balance improves. In the January window, Brendan Rodgers requested four quality additions, but they were never brought in. We can reduce that to a minimum of five if O’Riley is sold. The Rangers, the new bookmakers’ favorite, play Ross County this week, so this whole thing might just be academic anyhow.

Hopefully, Brendan can keep his preseason vow to win the league and that won’t come to pass. If he does, he will require support, therefore perhaps as a group we should find out what our CEO Michael Nicolson—who rarely speaks to the support—has to say about the club’s intentions to invest in the squad before we all sign up for the upcoming season.