http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11700/7433741/Lennon-Hooper-worth-35m Lennon - Hooper worth £35m Celtic boss won't sell star striker By Graeme Bailey - Tweet me: @skygraemebailey. Last Updated: January 15, 2012 11:02am Gary Hooper: Valued highly by his manager Celtic boss Neil Lennon claims it would take £35million to land his star striker Gary Hooper. Championship side Southampton have had two bids rejected for the Bhoys striker, who has already scored 16 goals this season. And Lennon is refusing to budge on his insistence that Hooper is staying in Glasgow, saying he is worth more than £30million. "Gary is happy here. He has good feet and is a good finisher. I'm delighted he got his goal today. "Southampton have been in for him but I don't want to sell any of my top players. It would have to be top dollar for guys such as Gary, Ki Sung-Yeung, Beram Kayal, Emilio Izaguirre and James Forrest. "But if I had to put a price on Gary's head then it would be £35million. Even if we did receive a knock-out price for Gary, would we be able to replace him. Trust me, goalscorers of his calibre are not easy to find. "We're top of the league and that brings its own pressure. But I hope we can keep all our good players. "I don't want to see Gary, Kris Commons or Joe Ledley leave the club." Hooper is a good player but 35m. I would ****in love a pint of what Lennon has been drinkin. (This coming from a man who gave us money for Murphy)
The whole Celtic team is not worth 35 million, Lennon just wants to up the price and get every penny he can when he is sold, cant blame him for that. Redknapp is a master of this, "oh this player hasnt played for 2 years and cant get on the bench but (**** out cheeks) he is world class and i couldnt let him leave for less than 6 times what i paid for him".......or some dribble like this lol
If Celtic and Rangers squads were in the Premier League they would be relegated more embaressingly than Derby, take Chris Commons, average midfielder in the championship, arguably the best in the SPL, In the name of Allah if Hooper is worth £35 million then Andy Carrol should have gone for £140 million
At last - someone gets it! Of course he doesn't want to sell Hooper! PS He's better than Carroll the big long haired dog worrier!
. I think Hooper is coming to Southampton. I'm sure I seen a quote lying around saying he wouldn't leave Celtic for a small club like Sunderland.
What's with the invasion from other fans? Who most seem to only be here looking for trouble. This was only posted on the Sunderland board, don't come on here wumming.
Yip only man love to offer here too, never meant to offend, Celtic have their hands tied playing in the league with the lack of money, doesnt stop them being a great club with great fans, peace out
I did not post it to cause any **** just because Hooper has been linked with us recently. Celtic do have some good players like Izaguirre who i would not mind us signing. But 35m for Hooper is just a ****in stupid i know he said it to drive the price up but FFS. Lennon could have said 15m (which is still ****in stupid) but he would not have looked like a twat for saying it.
