Nagbe to Celtic?

He is too good for that Sunday league. Bleh.

 

But he's just lazy enough to make it work.

 

he won't mind winning the next 4 or 5 titles while getting to play against Munich, Arsenal, Napoli two times a year

 

Can't believe you guys didn't just bump the original Nagbe YA thread:

http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/thompson-nagbe-europe.431902/#post-9941989

 

Apparently Jordan Mutch is also a potential transfer? But is valued at £3.5 million... Pretty much because he is British, as Jordan Mutch is terrible.

 

Now that Klinsmann is gone and not using him as an example not to go through MLS, he really should wait a year to move to Europe. By that time he could be a full international with a lot more appeal, and maybe could get a WP in England for example. Certainly would do better than the Scottish League, even though this is Celtic. Champions' League is about to be over for them. Arena's hire should motivate him as a footballer and in MLS b4 an ultimate move. Cameron was 27 when he moved to Stoke. McBride was even 30. It's not too late if he's the real deal.

 

Nagbe wasn't even good for Portland this year. If Celtic's going to pay him more than the $500,000 he gets in Portland, he should jump at the chance.

Or maybe he's just using this as a chance to watch Barcelona play on someone else's dime. Who knows?

 

"The Scottish Sun indicated that Celtic would be looking to acquire Nagbe for a just over $1.5 million transfer fee, which seems too low to likely interest the Timbers."

http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2016/11/portland_timbers_midfielder_da_13.html

I think the Oregonlive author meant pounds...so that'd be ~1.86 M USD

 

does Celtic have the cash to drop 3 or 4 million US on him?

 

That's very, very low and won't even come close to getting the deal done.

Nagbe has a real chance at being back with the USMNT. He didn't have the best season but there was a lot wrong with Portland this year.

 

Good points, however, club situations are different for every player, see Bobby Wood and Jordan Morris. If Nagbe wants to test the waters in Europe, now is probably the time. I would also think that Celtic could go higher if they truly wanted. I do think it's interesting that he's at Celtic Park for tonights match...

 

Nagbe signed an extension with Portland earlier this year. The fact he is on a longer-term deal only means that the offer really has to be big to make sense for Portland - unless Portland just doesn't want him anymore.

On the other hand, if Caleb Porter takes the Galaxy job, I could see Portland and Nagbe wanting a split.

 

I agree it would definitely require a higher transfer fee - just saying Celtic do have cash. In 2015 it was reported that the average player salary was ~ 900,000 pounds annually. It will be interesting to see if any advances are made on either side.

 

that's a really good salary for Celtic (i imagine a lot of that is from playing in the CL). i recall average PL player gets 2.2 million pounds a year so I'd reckon Celtic's average is close to say on level with Championship clubs

 

I can see it getting done at 2 mill.

 

He's too comfortable in Portland. Plus he already won the league, why not try somewhere else. Play at Celtic and see if you can move up in a few years.

 

Oh, plz let this happen.

 

Well, it looks like there's legs to this.

I'm guessing Celtic are offering him nice wages (higher than their average).

I guess CL group stage match day threads will be fun.

 

Yup, he's definitely there.

Wow!!!! pic.twitter.com/Cg2VqeLyij

— Darlington Nagbe (@darlingtonnagbe) November 23, 2016

 

He may be asking whether those guys in red and blue could use any players. Celtic played well and the atmosphere sounded spectacular, but that Neymar to Messi goal -- unreal for any team except Barça.

 

http://www.stumptownfooty.com/2016/11/23/13722664/jumping-into-hoops-nagbe-linked-to-celtic-fc

The first thing to remember in this circumstance is that the Timbers hold the cards. As a result of the contract extension inked this spring, Nagbe is under club control for another three years through 2019. If Nagbe leaves this winter, therefore, it will be on the Timbers’ terms as there is little forcing their hand.

And, longstanding frustration with his lack of production notwithstanding, Nagbe is still immensely valuable to the Timbers.

 

The SPL is dire. Here in Canada several of its games are on TV. I use them as background noise on occasion.

Celtic's competition is clearly below MLS grade, for the most part.

 

I do find it funny the mutual detestation between MLS and the SPL on forums. Both sets of fans seem to be the type that try to big up their league at the cost of another.

Regardless of the league, there's not really any rational reason to be against this move. Celtic have shown, time and again, that they can develop talent. Fraser Forster, van Dijk, Wanyama, Ki Seung-Yeung, and Joe Ledley have thrived in the Premier League. They've polished Tom Rogic to the point where he will likely go for more than 10 million GBP. Moussa Dembélé signed for Celtic over numerous Premier League and Ligue 1 sides because he identified it as the perfect place to develop. I've always thought that it was great practice for the US as well - oscillating between expected wins against local opponents to having to play savvy to beat better opponents on bigger stages.