Celtic’s winger Aiden McGeady has finally signed a new 5 year deal at the Glasgow club, so he will not be signing for Newcastle anytime soon, another player to drop from the list.
Aiden McGeady – signs 5 year deal at Celtic
If Kevin Keegan has any plans of trying to get the player to Tyneside, this will certainly change those plans.
Celtic’s chief executive Peter Lawwell said about the signing today:
“Aiden’s performances in recent seasons have made him the outstanding player in Scottish football.”
“Clearly we are delighted that he has committed his long-term future to the club.â€
Obviously an excellent long term deal for both the player and his club.
The 22-year-old had a great season last year, and could have fitted in well at Newcastle, since he seems a Kevin Keegan type attacking winger.
McGeady has won Celtic’s Young Player of the Year award for the past 4 seasons as well as winning the club’s Player of the Year award, and the SPFA Player’s Player and Player of the Year awards for 2007/2008.
He certainly doesn’t seem short of winning personal honors, but we’re not going to dwell on this, because he’s not available to Newcastle.
We’ll need to move on.
Comments welcome.
83 comments so far
DC Magpie
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Comment #41and this better be more press trash RE Chimbonda…
Ciaran
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Comment #42Faustino, keep telling yourself that when your watching Newcastle toil against Wigan next season, while we’re beating the likes of AC Milan again. The EPL is horribly overhyped, overpraised and over-populated with mercenaries, quite a lot of them at St James’s.
yer man
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Comment #43NUFCAL-
Believe me the kid McGeady is good, excellent in fact, not only did he win the scottish players of the year awards he was Celtics main man in europe too. Only better things are going to come from him, maybe he never will play in another league to prove this to the arrogant fans some english clubs have. Take Larsson and what he showed he could do after celtic after he had passed his peak. Some players fair better in different clubs and different leagues so i think its unfair to rate someones potoential in a league he hasnt played in. Forlan too for example dud at man u, top scorer in europe the following year at villareal.
harrier
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Comment #44Don’t worry DC – Chimbonda hardly fits our transfer policy in the slightest. 29 year old injury prone fullback? I doubt that we would do that – it would be pointless with Beye and Geremi already there.
Ciaran
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Comment #45NUFCAl – that youtube vid was a selection from the first few months of last season. He’s been with Celtic for quite a few years. As I said, the players of Milan, Barca etc rightly praise him. That’s the level he’s at. You, though, accuse him of a lack of ambition for not being interested in midtable mediocrity at SJP. Laughable.
paul
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Comment #46agnetha .. whether celtic play in a lower standard of league is irrelevant .. my opinion on football is still the same .. we can all recognise a good player when we see one..
wtf have your mob ever done that should make us think you know about football?
your hanging onto the coat tails of good teams like manu, arsenal .. being in the same geographical location as these teams doesnt make yours a good team.
your inter-toto-the-dog standard!
and youve got some cheek into the bargain slating one of europes best young prospects as a mere one trick pony playing in a sub standard league.
ask people who work in football .. and they know talent whenthey see it.
your ar$e cheeks are obvioulsy affecting your eyesight. as i said unplumb your cranium from your epl rear end and you might actually see that players outside your bling league are actually good players.
hope you dont fall too hard when youre getting off your high horse.
tonygreenthetannerballmagician
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Comment #47Disappointing to see some negative comments about McGeady from some of my fellow Mags. The fact that he has decided to stay at “Paradise” and enjoy Champion League football and actually compete for silverware should be applauded.He could probably have enhanced his bank account quite considerably by moving south of the border, but decided not to take that option.Football has entered an era where it seems to be all about MONEY, and not about loyalty.What a refreshing change-TOP MAN!!.I hope he has a great season for the Celts, as he is indeed,a Class Act!!.
HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Comment #48what do you think lads!!
egyptian “SHIKABALA”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPAU-icWsK8&feature=related
or Matias Fernandez?
agnetha
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Comment #49first fernando now a load of miserable scots. Is nothing sacred anymore?
yer man
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Comment #50one trick pony cant cross and no end product:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgDpZ4c0vk
agnetha
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Comment #51Dc mag. how do i post a link. I tried to do it with the arda story but it just pasted the whole thing?
Tom_Toon
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Comment #52HPS – Stop comparing Shikabala to Matias Fernandez, gave Shikabala as a suggestion because we have basically no pace or skill in our team and we could get him for about £2mil.
gorskino10
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Comment #53Matias is defently going to be a big player and having Jose Enrique would help as he was from Villareal, and he is if i am not wrong a player who can play LW or LF which is great.
Davies
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Comment #54I can’t believe everybody keeps missing out on the Abba references here.
Fernando-Abba-Queen (as in dancing)-Agnetha are all abba references. Hello again Fernando. Nice to see you chipping in on our side.
I didn’t think we were still in for McGready. Might have been a good buy, but this whole “adapting to the premier league” thing may have caused a problem. It hasn’t worked with Scottish players that much in recent yearrs, not the way it used to anyway.
I wouldn’t have been disappointed if he’d come our way, Keegan rates him after all, but I would have been sceptical.
For those of you saying we won’t break the top four, please try to remember, we’ve been there five times already.
Faustino
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Comment #55Yes Ciaran. Well let’s hope you figure out how to win an away game or a knockout fixture this year. Look no one’s saying we’re better than you here, but given the chance every year for god knows how long, even WE’d be able to figure that out at least once.
And it pains me to use those tw*ts at the top of the table as an example, but 75% of the clubs in the semis of the tournament you base your success on his hardly over rated is it? Do one to the pub mate – Blatter and Platini are in there with a half of Tennants and delusion for you.
And for the record, I’d have money on Wigan against you lot on a normal day in the North West.
Faustino
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Comment #56Davies – post 6 mate. Nice of you to read 😉
dontoon
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Comment #57Ill have hope till aug 16 that we do get players to both improve and fill the squad if we dont then we all have a right to oust ashley, no chance he will be sitting with the fans when teams like wigan hammer us because they had the ambition to go out and spend big money to bring in players.
harrier
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Comment #58Sorry davies – was never a huge ABBA fan 🙂
harrier
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Comment #59Tom Toon – Marek Suchy claiming that we are after him – any thoughts?
yer man
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Comment #60Faustino-
Exectly how have celtic done against the epl teams in competitive fixtures recently? check the stats and get back.
HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Comment #61TT – I wasn’t comparing him with Fernandez !
shikabala you showed he has pace and skill and a cheap buy!! fernandez quality!
yer man
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Comment #62Faustino-
Exactly how have celtic done against the epl teams in competitive fixtures recently? check the stats and get back.
DC Magpie
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Comment #63agnetha it’s this nifty little function known as copy and paste 😉
First: Copy the URL of the article you wish to link by clicking in the browser’s address bar and copying it (Ctrl – C)
Second: Paste that URL into the comment box along with your comment (Ctrl – V)
Voila!
e.g. http://nufcblog.com/2008/07/17/transfer-news/mcgeady-signs-5-year-deal-at-glasgow-celtic/#comment-130509
This is assuming you were asking in all seriousness and that you aren’t a Spud’s fan in disguise plaguing our site…
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Ciaran
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Comment #64Faustino, We don’t do too badly against English sides..
(over 2 legs)
1997 Uefa Cup Liverpool 2 Celtic 2
2002 Uefa Cup Blackburn 0 Celtic 3
2003 Uefa Cup Liverpool 1 Celtic 3
2006 Champions League Man U 3 Celtic 2
All over 2 legs. Fear Wigan? Hah! And you’re accusing me of being delusional
Faustino
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Comment #65I suggest you check out how predominately diffuclt Wigan are to beat at home and you’ll get what I was trying to say.
Davies
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Comment #66Perhaps I’m just showing my age in spotting the Abba references. I’d be grateful if Agnetha confirmed that I was correct in my suspicions though. At least then I won’t have made myself look like a tw@ for nothing.
murf67
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Comment #67Faustino, Classic mate!! You’d have money on Wigan to beat us?. Well for the record, I had money on Wigan to beat YOU lot in your last EPL game against them and you dutifully lost!! Round you!.
Ps I don’t ever recall Celtic getting beat 6-0 or 5-1 by Man Utd.
You must be really happy in your little delusional world where Newcastle reign supreme. Stay on yer Meds!!
agnetha
Jul 17, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Comment #68HAHA- my name was a subtle piss take of fernando.
back to the scots. if Accrington stanley played in a mickey mouse league and got to play in the champs league every season i dare say they would have a couple of wins against decent sides. You teams are full of average journeymen and if we played you `10 times we would win 8.
DC Magpie
Jul 17, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Comment #69my club is better than yours…na,na,na,na
can we raise the standard of today’s conversation please…?
Faustino
Jul 17, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Comment #70Ha ha …look lads they’re a tough team to beat whether you like it or not; both Arsenal and Liverpool [who are better sides than you, I might add] would atest to this 😉
I didnt say that they were an over all BETTER side but I did say I’d bet money they’d nick you at their place and I still would.
And finally, maybe not a loss, but I dont recall you beating Man Untd 5-0 either.
Ex-pat MAG
Jul 17, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Comment #71C’mon guys, there seems to be a lot of flip-flopping going on here. I remember when he was first posted as a possible signing on this site, everyone thought it would be a great signing.
Just because we don’t get someone doesn’t mean he is any less capable, it maybe that we lost interest and signed someone else or it maybe that we did not value him as high as his club.
Regardless, there is no sense in aggrevating other teams supporters (lest we become like Spurs fans GOD FORBID!!!!)
Good luck to the lad, I hope he turns into a world-beater (then signs for us!!!).
celtic fan in peace
Jul 17, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Comment #72agnetha, you sound like the sort of guy who gets a regular beating. This is a waste of time because we all know that through-out europe Celtic are well known where as newcastle have never been heard of. You can’t beat EPL dross let alone milan’s or barcelona’s. In fact we beat your league winners only last year, the same team who spank you every season by about 4 goals. Go dream of a FA cup qtr final as we again reach for CL qtr final. fandan. Byker, byker byker grove 🙂
Ciaran
Jul 17, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Comment #73“You teams are full of average journeymen and if we played you `10 times we would win 8.”
Agnetha, your delusional. Keep it up, love the banter.
Dan13
Jul 17, 2008 at 5:06 PM
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reillers
Jul 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Comment #75Pity, the wee lad was playing some really good football. He would have been a good signing. We probably would have lost him to Sunderland if he was wanting to leave but he would have been a really good signing. He’s a really hard worker, the improvement in his game over just one season is amazing. He went from being a selfish wee lad who never looked up, passed too late, did too many tricks..etc to a very smart hard working player, who looks up, doesn’t showboat, looks for the best option, stays on his feet for as long as he can, he wouldn’t try and go it alone like he would have the season before and the amount of goals he scored this season and set up is unbelievable.
The dramatic massive difference we’ve seen in just one season is staggering and he hasn’t even got anywhere near his peak. He didn’t get Scottish player of the year award, Players Player of the Year award and Celtic player of the year award a long with 2 other small player of the year awards for nothing. I don’t see why people are relieved we didn’t sign him. He would have been a great signing and definitely better then anything we have. He would have really sparked the team. When he gets the ball there’s usually only one way of stopping him and that’s by fouling him.
I’d suppose you’d have to be watching him play for Celtic and Ireland to see what a transformed players he’s become in just one season. He was amazing and when teams finally coped how good he had become he was double marked, which played to Celtics advantage as well because it opened up space. Some might and have said oh it’s only the SPL, not great players in there, of course they’d stick two guys on him and such but
the fact that he had 2 Barca players marking him in the CL says it all. His mentally and physically strong, the amount of grief he gets from some of the Scottish sides and he doesn’t even flinch. He was in scintillating form last season and he was no where near his peak and he’s 22 years old.
Why wouldn’t we want him?? He was a realistic buy, and not some washed up overrated has been, or some big name demanding big wages. How could we possibly get any better then him??
Toon 85
Jul 17, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Comment #76Thank god for that! He wouldn’t last 5 mins in the english prem
micepie
Jul 17, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Comment #77He looks about 14! If we’d signed him we would have lost him whenever he needed to take the weekend off to study for exams or gone off on school trips!
micepie
Jul 17, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Comment #78p.s – oh great, another long argument on here from rival fans!
I personally believe that if Celtic and Rangers were in the Prem they would probably be finishing between 8th to midtable (certainly well out of the top 4) but anyway….nothing so ugly and pointless as rival fans bickering!
I think we would have been very pleased to have signed McGeady – as Celtic fans are pleased he’s extended his contract with them – though having said that I don’t think we need a wide player so much as a central mf or two. Maybe if Zog goes, but there will be other winger options if so.
Michael
Jul 17, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Comment #79Got a bit ridiculous hasn’t it lads? My dad’s bigger than your dad… knew it would. Celtic play in Scotland, Newcastle play in England, that’s the way it is. If Celtic got access to the English money they’d be a top side in the EPL. They don’t. Instead they win the league every year and play in the Champions League. Aiden’s playing in a good team who he happens to support and is happy. Now he’s apparently rubbish because it’s the SPL. What a load of nonsense.
Celtic are a very good team in a poor league. Newcastle are an at best average side (sorry lads but it’s true) in a very good league.
Get over it.
Well done Aiden and good luck for next year.
Faustino
Jul 17, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Comment #80Thanks for that Hamas.
Come on lads it was just a bit of banter. Don’t be ashamed. TBH if Man U fans turned up here I’d argue they were a poor side too!