After becoming the first ever Kenyan to score in a UEFA Champions League match, Victor Wanyama’s stock value in the world market has risen to higher grounds.
Two years into a four year deal with Celtic, it’s no secret that Wanyama has caught the attention of many Premier League and European sides. His amazing skill set in the holding midfield position, along with his aggressive box-to-box game, would offer a huge boost to any club’s campaign.
But in an interview last month, Wanyama stated that he was happy as a Celtic, and that he will stay there next season. It is uncommon for an athlete to show this kind of compassion towards his mother club, particularly in football, where clubs from all over the world are continuously scouting for talents to import and develop in their program.
Like Wanyama, a then highly recruited 21-year-old Sam Nasri surprised a lot of his French fans by officially transferring to Premier League club, Arsenal, a couple of months after signing a contract extension with his French club Marseille FC. The deal caught many people by surprise, but it was later disclosed that the extension Nasri signed was a procedure to give Marseille a higher transfer fee for Nasri.
Victor Wanyama and French superstar Sam Nasri are both midfielders, but have different facets in their game. Wanyama is more of a forceful defensive midfielder, while Nasri is a finesse winger and attacking midfielder. The common denominator of both players is their impact at their respective positions that makes them highly-recruited players.
The persistent arrival of foreign-born talents in the grandest stage of football stadiums and leagues is a testament to the globalization of the sport and the money being poured into the English game. It reaches previously undiscovered football talents and gives them the chance to progress and play the sport they love in front of an international crowd.
Without a shadow of a doubt, the talent of Wanyama in football is exceptional and there are still a ton of hidden treasures waiting to be discovered from this 21-year-old. For obvious reasons, Wanyama is a favourite among Celtic fans and is considered by many to be the club’s most valuable player. At the pace he is developing, it is not impossible that he may reach his full potential soon.
The question that still lingers in people’s minds though is whether or not he remains loyal to Celtic, or pull-off another Sam Nasri and transfer to a bigger market league. With his growing list of accolades and interest from other European league clubs, Celtic has to step up their bid in keeping Wanyama in Celtic Park for a long time.
As much as I hate to see Big Stroller go If In fact He does,I realise you cant hold people back when they want to further their career Professionally and Financially. All clubs these days will sell if It Is To their Advantage ,not Withstanding the Players desire to leave.
We signed him in janurary 2011 for 4 years. I believe he has 1 year & 7 months left on his contract so if we have numorus teams interested in him, their might be a bidding war which should get us either 10 million with re-sale fee clause or maybe even 15 mill. He’s a very much needed type of player, the modern game is starting to want this type of player and a lot of english teams need that, especially arsenal. If we don’t get an extension and we don’t sell him this summer, were gonna get a lot less money transfer wise or even on a bossman. BUT if we can keep him as a star player in our europen campaign next season and progress like we did this year, we could pull in 25 mill just from playing the CL. Its an odd situation. I think he should just sign an extension, stay another couple of seasons, help us become a major force to be wreckend with in europe. Which could put his transfer up even more. He’s got some of the most high profile attention I’ve ever seen a celtic player get and like thi article said. The guys gonna keep getting better. I wish him a great career regardless. Very humble man for such a beast on the pitch.
Your comment is very well documented. Wanyama is a great player,I was talking to him recently after a game at Celtic Park. hail hail
Sorry, but poker just isn’t a sport, it’s a game.
I’m sure many people enjoy the game, and good luck to them, literally, but to compare it to a contact sport like football, imo, is nonsense.
Are card players now to be called ‘sportsmen’? ‘Athletes’? Calls for Olympic recognition?
I’m getting poker on my box in the evening for hours at a time some evenings and to be honest, I would rather go down the boozer and watch a few old boys playing dominos with a pint, at least you get some decent craic.
I’ll be keeping my eyes open for the Commonwealth Games Whist Arena on my next visit to CP!
On subject, we have had such loyalty, if you’ll excuse the language, at CP in the past.
We could show no better example of what can be achieved in football and at CP, than Henke Larsson, although in saying that, in todays financial climate the future of and good of the club must come first.
Being realistic, a seven figure profit on any player at a club like Celtic cannot be sniffed at.
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