Is it all over for Aiden McGeady and Celtic?
There are no quotes to the article but there never are in these type of stories, a journalist has their contacts and reputation to go on.
No journalist has a 100% track record but on these sort of stories I’m pretty certain that Mark Guidi knows what is going on.
The story claims that after thinking over his options for the last few months McGeady has come to the conclusion that his career is best served away from Celtic.
Birmingham City have constantly been linked with a move for the Irish internationalist with Spartak Moscow reported to be interested, if his availability becomes public knowledge there are bound to be other clubs in contact.
With a contract running until 2013 Celtic won’t be rushed into accepting the first offer put in front of them but equally they will want any departure completed quickly in order to give Neil Lennon as much time as possible to rebuild the team for the new season.
The departure of McGeady has always been inevitable, the SPL was never going to be the place for his talent to fully develop.
A regular diet of Champions League football would be an interesting contrast to the domestic dish with McGeady showing that he can be just as influential against the continentals as he is at home.
In the successful 2006 and 2007 Champions League campaigns he was one of the main forces taking Celtic into the knock out stages.
Hand on heart every Celtic supporter knows that level of achievement is highly unlikely in the season ahead. That includes McGeady.
Two or three years ago he would have imagined himself moving on to a top six English club to develop his game- today a move to almost any Premiership side would give him a chance to perform at a higher level than Celtic are likely to offer him.
Moving to a club that perhaps loses as many matches as it will win will be a culture shock to the 24-year-old but he has shown that he can adapt.
Gordon Strachan insisted that he tracked back to help the team, a change that many probably thought that they would never see.
Without becoming a fantastic defender McGeady became effective simply by making up the numbers, following the ball back rather than waiting, hands on hips, for the ball to come his way to create another attack.
Although he has been very influential at times for Celtic you don’t have to look too far at Celtic for supporters to demand ‘Where’s the end product?’
His shooting leaves lots to be desired and his delivery can be frustrating at times but 90% plus of fans would rather watch Celtic with McGeady rather than without.
If every penny of any transfer fee is given to Lennon, alongwith his existing budget, Celtic could be ready to hit the ground running, to go to war as someone might say.
With complete confidence I don’t anticipate McGeady taking the high road to Middlesbrough but perhaps a move to White Hart Lane could be part of a deal to really get Celtic Park bouncing when the new season begins…
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