SENTINELCELTS

If James Bond or The Milk-Tray man is reading I will pay handsomely for a bug to be planted in the Celtic boardroom, because the suspense of what’s next is killing me. How I would like to know their positions on many issues!

For starters, lay out the plan, or should I say how’s updating the plan going.
Okay, our transfer policy switched at the same time the Champions League format changed to prolong clubs involvement and become more lucrative, alongside this we not only break the transfer record but went an alleged 48k a week on said player, whilst having amassed the guts of 100 million in the bank.
Feed those facts to a football expert and it’s my utmost belief he/she would say something along the following,,,the club is aiming for European football and have hedged their bets on involvement via the bank balance.

Access to Europe’s top table more than covers a top talent like Engels or two throwing in Idah. Infact the win bonuses alone would go a long way in that regard.
In Arnes case we are looking at a triple return on investment,,extra points thus income on the pitch domestically and Europe, and profit upon departure. It’s hard to see any downside for continuing to target high caliber players when qualifying for the CL even once more than covers the fee and wages, a good run in its sister competition would just about cover the fee.

So now footballing ambitions and business sense have found the perfect marriage, will we fully embrace the concept of constantly adding high quality players until we are of sufficient strength to almost guarantee being favourites in any qualifiers, or capture enough coefficient points to automatically qualify again?
When its making sense on the pitch and on the glorious balance sheet, you don’t change course.
Making Arne Engel types the normal, not the exception, is the path to overall progression.
I just hope our suits are smart enough to realize that.

By Mahe sentinelcelts@gmail.com