Lowball specialists Atalanta and Celtic are two of a kind

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·11 August 2024

Lowball specialists Atalanta and Celtic are two of a kind

We’ve finally found a club just as bad as Celtic when it comes to the art of getting a deal in their transfer negotiations…

This year Celtic have been renowned for their inability to get transfer deals over the line. Their bidding strategy is also questionable, the Adam Idah debacle is testament to that, but I think we’ve found a club just as culpable or even worse than us when it comes to the art of transfer negotiations.

Step forward Atalanta BC.

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The Serie A side just put in their latest bid for Matt O’Riley, believed to around €23 million which was quite rightly kicked into touch by Celtic last night.

Their previous bids of between €15 and €17 million were all correctly kicked out, which begs the question, why did they come back in with another low ball offer when they very well know the asking price?

€23 million is around £19.5 million, and Celtic value Matt around £25 – £28 million. So the offer is seriously short of our valuation, it’s madness on part of the Italians.

Brighton had reportedly put in a bid believed to be around £25 million but that has now been clarified and while there are ongoing negotiations there has been no formal offer from the Premier League side for Matt O’Riley.

Celtic might be incapable when it comes to our own recruitment dealings, but at least we now know we’re not the only club out there who do it so badly.

Hopefully no club meets Celtic’s valuation and that results in Matt O’Riley staying at Celtic and proving himself as a top quality footballer in the Champions League this season. What a massive boost that would be if it’s the way things turn out.

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UPDATE: Celtic have knocked back a fourth bid of £20m from Atalanta for midfielder Matt O’Riley. The Serie A club have been trying to land the Denmark international for over a month. Brighton are also in talks with Celtic for O’Riley, but are yet to make an official offer.
– Saturday, 10 August 2024

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