The move of American midfielder and BP supporter Sacha Kljestan to Celtic will either be finalized or scrapped by Friday according to a report in the Evening Times Online. Sacha has returned from training with Glasgow Celtic and is likely to start tomorrow verses Sweden (courtesy SoccerInsider).
CELTIC will battle it out with a host of European rivals to land American star Sacha Kljestan. SK is supposedly being tracked by Celtic, Monaco, Heerenveen, FC Twente, Leverkusen, Schalke and Wolfsburg, Greek Olympiakos and Russian giants Zenit St Petersburg.
Belgian referee Frank de Bleeckere, the man in the middle of last weeks Champions League “Battle of Britain” between Manchester United and Celtic has come out publicly and admitted that he and his assistants got it wrong when watching the replay afterwards, namely the two goals scored by United’s Dimitar Berbatov.
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Assistant Alex Verstraeten said: “I admit to the mistakes, but we also ask for understanding. Offside decisions are the hardest to judge. We are only human flesh and blood. This is the first time that we have made a mistake in 52 international matches.”
“It is our bad luck that the mistakes came at goals. It is no consolation that Manchester United would have won without these decisions. Some players argue their case in front of us, but no Celtic player protested.”
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Gordon Strachan’s one liners are legendary, The Scottish Sun reports.
Reporter: “Bang, there goes your unbeaten run. Can you take it?”
Strachan: “No, I’m going to crumble like a wreck. I’ll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe jump off a bridge. Umm, I think I can take it, yeah.”
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After impressing in the Toulon tournament, and being a part of the US Olympic team that took part in Beijing, US goalkeeper Dominic Cervi has been clubless. Cervi had been drafted by the Chicago Fire in the 2008 Super Draft, but he rejected that offer. It now looks like Celtic boss Gordon Strachan will sign the US keeper IF his application for an Italian passport come through.
With Maurice Edu looking set to make his Rangers debut against Celtic in the storied Old Firm rivalry, our boy Graig wrote a nice piece about what this rivalry means. Dunny can tell you first hand about his experiences over there and how there is no other game like this in the world. Head here to check out the article.
Jan Vennegoor scored in the 72nd minute against Dundee at Parkhead to lead Glasgow Celtic to their 3rd Clydesdale Bank Premier League Title in a row as Glasgow Rangers lost 2-nil at Aberdeen.
With Rangers losing their final two matches away on the season (on top of losing the Uefa Cup Final to Zenit the previous week), Celtic was able to come raring back to win the title under Gordon Strachan after being written off just three weeks ago.
The Title will taste even better after being dedicated to the memory of Assistant Coach Tommy Burns, who had passed away from Skin Cancer on the 16th of May.
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