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“Give the rest of us a chance”, “Mate ma Mrs is on here” – Celtic fans, Jota and Juranovic’s hilarious replies to Hoops star’s latest Instagram post

The Celtic players are all on a well-earned summer break. After winning a historic treble and with some participating in the latest international break, now is the time for them to take a couple of weeks R&R before pre-season starts in July.

Celtic’s Matt O’Riley was in training with Denmark just after the season ended and despite not representing the country in this international break, it’s fair to say his debut for the senior squad will not be that far away.

However, holiday beckons. So do photo’s of players in their moments of relaxation and Matt O’Riley posted a photo on Instagram that instantly made the male population of the Celtic support tell him to give it a by.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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I mean, come on ffs! What chance does anyone have when O’Riley looks like something that has been chiselled out of stone?

The 21-year-old clearly looks after himself and it’s fair to say the Celtic fans, although they appreciate Matt looking after his fitness, were feeling a little insecure about the pic.

So was former Celtic, Josip Juranovic and current Hoops hero, Jota.

Matt O'Riley Celtic   It’s fair to say our Matt looks after himself so I’m going to end this blog here as I already feel unhandsome at the time of writing!  

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The Europa League tweet that shows Celtic were short changed in January transfer deal

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Now look, before we get started, I’m not saying Josip Juranovic was a World class defender by any manner of means.

The Croatian had a great World Cup and helped his country to third spot in the tournament. Add that to a stunning performance against Brazil, Juranovic really put himself in the shop window with his performances.

Many said he only really performed in the Brazil game and the £10m Celtic will eventually receive is about right for the player.

OK, but since his arrival at Union Berlin, he has helped keep the club on the coat tails of Bayern Munich in the race for the title and also helped Union Berlin keep in with a chance of reaching the Europa Leage last 16.

Still not convinced we should have got more than £10m for him?

Then take a look at this tweet from UEFA which reminds us that he is also a dead ball expert:

I wouldn’t go as far as saying we were robbed by selling him for £10m but we should have pushed for, and got, more than the original fee.

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Ange’s breaks silence with outstanding comments on departed Celtic star

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Ange is well documented as being a manager that doesn’t get too close to the players.

He himself admitted that it’s not that important to him and that he likes to maintain professional boundaries so that when the time comes to let them go, he is not influenced in matters of the head by his heart.

But that doesn’t mean he will not appreciate the contributions they give when they serve under him.

Speaking on Celtic TV, Ange said of Josip Juranovic, “HE WAS CERTAINLY A POPULAR MEMBER OF THE GROUP AND HE WILL BE MISSED.

“BUT AS I SAID ON THE WEEKEND, WITH ALL OF US, WHAT THE ULTIMATE MEASURE IS OUR CONTRIBUTION WHILE WE’RE HERE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TIME SPAN.

“HE CAME TO US IN A VERY IMPORTANT YEAR FOR THIS FOOTBALL CLUB, I THOUGHT AND HE WAS A MASSIVE CONTRIBUTOR ON AND OFF THE PARK, TO OUR SUCCESS.

“HE CONTINUED THAT THIS YEAR, AND MOVES ON NOW TO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY.

Josip was, clearly, a good guy to have in the dressing room but as the Celtic manager has shown, there is no sentimentality when it comes to letting players go in order to strengthen the team.

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Football Scotland’s latest Juranovic story is lazy journalism at it’s best

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If we are all really honest with ourselves, we can all concede that it looks ever likely that Josip Juranovic is heading out the door this winter. Or the summer at the very latest.

So when Football Scotland came out with this headline:

You think, ‘Yes! It looks like he could be staying!’ Right?

Well, kind of……not.

Because the source of the story is not the player, or the agent, or even someone at the club.

Hell, at this point, I’d take a quote from Jura’s granny above the personal that this article decided to go with.

It was none other than Frank McAvennie.

Yep. You read that right.

From a guy that claimed Celtic would probably need to sell Jota to keep Kyogo and O’Riley and absolutely slated Ralston last season when the right back was in a rich vein of form, we are supposed to listen to him on this.

McAvennie is a footballing dinosaur. His opinion is not taken seriously by any Celtic fan so for a qualified journalist to do a straight copy and paste from the click-bait site of Football Insider is just ludicrous.

Not a single bit of analysis was offered on what McAvennie said, “It is not just Celtic. I think every club is a selling club now. It does not make any difference what contract he is on. If someone comes in and the right money is offered, he will be gone.

“If they are offering him a new contract now he should take it. Then Celtic are going to get more money out of it. It is a win-win for the player. If he has got respect for Celtic, and I think he does, then he will sign the contract.”

Absolute nonsense from Frank. Football isn’t like what it was in his day. Money is long. Not loyalty or respect.

The modern day footballer looks after themselves, and so they should, but to claim Juranovic is ‘tipped’to sign a contract based on that flimsy quote is, for me, rank rotten ‘churnalism’ and is best ignored by all Celtic fans.