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[baselbear]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1385226976659660807

£3.5m he cost.

Celtic complete £3.5m signing of highly-rated Polish striker Patryk Klimala

CELTIC have completed the £3.5million signing of Polish striker Patryk Klimala. Klimala jetted into Glasgow on Sunday night after Hoops chiefs agreed to meet Jagiellonia Bialystok’s asking price. A…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Main Stand]

What a bizarre transfer, his record for his clubs in Poland were pish too.

They have signed at least, 20 strikers for decent money in the past 10 years who have been utter pish.

 

[OohAhHuistra]

If they could recoup even £1 million it’d be excellent business for them but I doubt they will.

 

[Wilkinsvolley]

“Sold for a deal worth”?

 

[DoubleWhopper]

You won't hear of him again, till he scores a few goals over there, someone else becomes interested and then Celtic will be due a "bumper windfall".

 

[Liviger1984]

Prolific.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

“Sold for a deal worth”?

...'up to'. Don't forget that bit. Or 'could be worth'.

 

[brain]

According to the newspapers they have recouped the £3.5m fee. They must have a miracle-worker on getting players out the door.

 

[Angus Og]

“Sold for a deal worth”?

A transfer window war chest.

 

[Macdonsj]

What a bizarre transfer, his record for his clubs in Poland were pish too.

They have signed at least, 20 strikers for decent money in the past 10 years who have been utter pish.

Pish for them

Signed Pukki for 2m iirc - let him go for nowt - scores for fun since

 

[Bill the Butcher]

“Sold for a deal worth”?

Undisclosed but believed to be £20m.

 

[giogaddi]

Guess they've made a profit on his "book value"?

 

[JD1872]

Over £1m per goal, great signing

 

[kenikinif]

I doubt they paid what they claim for him
Maybe on another planet in another universe

 

[Chris01]

I can’t imagine they got £3.5m for him. No chance

 

[subversive_bear]

I don't see the MLS paying multi millions for him. The figures will likely be disclosed at their end.

 

[Souness86]

According to the newspapers they have recouped the £3.5m fee. They must have a miracle-worker on getting players out the door.

They just have liars in the media doing their PR for them.

It will be the same numbers getting banded about when Ajeti and Barkas are inevitably freed next year as well.

 

[SuperGers07]

According to the newspapers they have recouped the £3.5m fee. They must have a miracle-worker on getting players out the door.

A nonsense. It’ll be a minor fee.

 

[luckywhitefeather]

According to the newspapers they have recouped the £3.5m fee. They must have a miracle-worker on getting players out the door.

Very strange

Why would his new club offer that amount of money when they must know the tims are desperate to sell him and in all likelihood have no serious competition for his signature? Crazy

tims have got out of jail with that player deal it would seem

 

[I believe in Eli]

I doubt they paid what they claim for him
Maybe on another planet in another universe

Liewell's not laughing now.

 

[prenzlauerbear]

Even funnier was when they started calling him "Paddy the Tank" after lockdown.

Pound for pound one of the worst strikers I've seen in Scotland.

 

[bud_light]

Patryk Chlamydia

 

[Ped78]

According to the newspapers they have recouped the £3.5m fee. They must have a miracle-worker on getting players out the door.

Not a chance

 

[Northampton_Loyalist]

There is not a single chance at all they got back what they paid for him.

 

[Bluebear72]

According to the newspapers they have recouped the £3.5m fee. They must have a miracle-worker on getting players out the door.

About as likely as Boris telling a major party supporter to F off and sort his own tax problems out

 

[Northampton_Loyalist]

New CEO in the door and his first task is a roaring success, getting their money back for a flop bought by the previous regime.


So fucking laughably transparent Hopefully the semi-human scum lap it up.

 

[Plissken]

What a relief, he was clinical.

 

[Biggordie1953]

“Sold for a deal worth”?

A dozen cans.

 

[Macdonsj]

reply from a RB fan on twitter:

Yea he's not a project. Professional minutes against grown men doesn't make you a project. Celtic not only suck but play completely different than we do.

 

[GourockBlue50]

If they could recoup even £1 million it’d be excellent business for them but I doubt they will.

Had a rabid telling me yesterday it was a great deal for Celtic. Got a bit vague when it came to nailing down how much he was going for. Seems to be in the 3 -4 million range but no proof or even bullshit from the press on the matter so I reckon they gave him a free to get him off the wage bill.

He then went on to tell me what he expected Celtic to get for French Eddy and some other player. I won't bore you with the details bar saying it was pure fantasy.

 

[Arkanoid]

No mention of a fee from ESPN.
Maybe US bears will know if there are any salary/transfer caps on young designated players (whatever the %^*& that means)

Klimala, 22, signed with Celtic in January 2020 but has managed only three goals in 27 games. The Poland's Under-21 international will fill a Young Designated Player and International spot on New York's roster.

"I'm very happy with Patryk's decision to join us," said Red Bulls Head Coach Gerhard Struber. "At both the club and youth international level he has shown that he has high potential (you'll be in for a sharp surprise soon). He demonstrates a strong work ethic against the ball, which is very important to our style of play, and has very good instincts around the goal. His movement and ability in the final third give the team another weapon."

 

[Tino_Col]

The media are a laugh the way they make not only every single signing the poets make a superb piece of business but do the exact same for the sales. Even when it is the same player involved within a matter of months.

 

[Clicker]

They only signed him because of his first name.

 

[Paisley_Panther]

How was his amortisation?

 

[Arkanoid]

Had a rabid telling me yesterday it was a great deal for Celtic. Got a bit vague when it came to nailing down how much he was going for. Seems to be in the 3 -4 million range but no proof or even bullshit from the press on the matter so I reckon they gave him a free to get him off the wage bill.

He then went on to tell me what he expected Celtic to get for French Eddy and some other player. I won't bore you with the details bar saying it was pure fantasy.

That's the thing they are more fixated on being supposedly 'cash rich' than worried that any replacement will be just as brutal, they can earn their fantasy money for Edouard or recoup £5m on Ajetti (they won't on either) but they'll spunk it on diddies any road

 

[a_weir]

Says a lot when I don’t even know who he is.

 

[Roadrunner]

What a relief, he was clinical.

you mean comical?

 

[Craigie]

"Red Bulls boss Gerhard Struber rates the forward highly though, and it's understood Celtic have recouped most of their original outlay."


I'm taking that as they have pretty much covered the first installment paid by Celtc.



From The Sun

 

[jones65]

Timmy does love a polish player, 100% down to the pope being from there. over 16 year ago

So 3.5x the cost of Alfie aye?

 

[GourockBlue50]

"Red Bulls boss Gerhard Struber rates the forward highly though, and it's understood Celtic have recouped most of their original outlay."


I'm taking that as they have pretty much covered the first installment paid by Celtc.



From The Sun

Plane fair out I would think.

 

[Frank Burnside]

They probably only paid about a million for him and did their usual trick of including agents fee, his wages over the length of his contract, signing on fee, etc. I'm going to say Red Bull paid 500 grand for him. At most.

 

[archimedes]

I suspect they probably bought him for £1m and he was on 12 grand a week for a 4 year deal, hence the deal being bummed up by their Scottish press bum boys as a "£3.5m deal" to make it sound like they were spending big.

They will have got £700,000 for him, which will be "close to their initial outlay".

 

[archimedes]

They probably only paid about a million for him and did their usual trick of including agents fee, his wages over the length of his contract, signing on fee, etc. I'm going to say Red Bull paid 500 grand for him. At most.

Just beat me to it

 

[StuGers]

Transfermarkt is stating they actually made a profit on him. Anyone know where they get their figures from?

I find it impossible to believe they got a profit.

 

[Russ H]

"Red Bulls boss Gerhard Struber rates the forward highly though, and it's understood Celtic have recouped most of their original outlay."


I'm taking that as they have pretty much covered the first installment paid by Celtc.



From The Sun

They probably did but they only paid about £750k for him the rest would have been wages and bonus if Celtic had won everything over the next 4 yrs giving a total of £3.75m

They inflate it to keep their spunky monkies happy

 

[The Crimson King]

According to the newspapers they have recouped the £3.5m fee. They must have a miracle-worker on getting players out the door.

When it comes to them never believe the figures you actually read, there's always some bizarre, convuluted caveat built in.

For example I'm sure a few times they've done mad things like counted the cost of wages they won't be paying over the term of the contract into the total figure.

So if they sign someone on a 4 year deal at 20k a week, and they sell them 2 years in for £1m in the bank, they'll say it was actually a £3m deal as they're saving £2m in wages over the piece.

Basically the sort of sneaky shite no other club does but they absolutely love.

 

[Wilkinsvolley]

New CEO in the door and his first task is a roaring success, getting their money back for a flop bought by the previous regime.


So fucking laughably transparent Hopefully the semi-human scum lap it up.

Seems they were waiting for that great bit of PR. Klimalas thread on KDS has said he’s going to NY for £3.5m for at least 2 weeks.

 

[Recoba]

It really pisses me off how easily they seem to sell pish players.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if they got their money back on him.

 

[brain]

It really pisses me off how easily they seem to sell pish players.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if they got their money back on him.

It is very annoying. Remember they got £8m for Armstrong when he only had 6 months left on his contract, and £20m for Dembele when he was a few months away from being available on a bosman.

 

[JD1872]

reply from a RB fan on twitter:

Yea he's not a project. Professional minutes against grown men doesn't make you a project. Celtic not only suck but play completely different than we do.

I listened to a podcast a few months ago that was analysing some of the signings and they could not believe celtic signed him. It said he is very good when there is space in behind that he can run into but in Scotland they are up against packed defences. Basically said it was a very poor piece of scouting that was never going to work