Peterborough United have accused Celtic of unsettling striker Lee Tomlin on the day Posh lost their first game of the season. The 24-year-old was substituted at half-time during the 2-0 home defeat by Crawley Town in League One. Posh manager Darren Ferguson said: "I can confirm that Celtic have made a bid on the day of a game - three times. "In fact, they made one bid during the game. It completely unsettled my player, but he's going nowhere." Celtic were looking to add another forward player despite securing the transfer of Finland striker Teemu Pukki from Schalke 04 earlier in the morning. They were hoping to bolster their attacking options having progressed to the Champions League group stage with their midweek victory over Shakhter Karagandy. But, with the Scottish transfer window closing at midnight , two days before their counterparts in England, Celtic's interest is now dead. "If that's how they do their business, a big club like Celtic, then so be it," Ferguson told the BBC. "It's completely unsettled him clearly in his performance, but he's not for sale, so they can bid as much as they want." Ferguson was not laying any blame at the door of the player, who joined Peterborough from Rushden & Diamonds in 2010. "I'm not being critical of Lee at all," he said. "We want to get out of this league, Lee's a very good player, but he's been clearly ill-advised about this again. "Any player who has left this club, it's never been the first bid." Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony waded in with more criticism of Celtic on Twitter. "I used to be a Celtic fan. Not after today! What a day," he said. ==================================================================== Well i'm not normally one to question people's statements but i'm afraid this sounds like complete ****e. How did the player hear about a bid in the middle of a game? Mobile phone down the sock? Pager? Semaphore? Carrier pigeon? His Agent dressed as a ball boy? If Tomlin did hear a bid had been made - in the middle of a game = then that news must have come from somone on the bench, surely to god Ferguson knows that? If he does then his words are highly inflamatory, a disgrace actually, it sounds like deflection, something his Father is rather good at.
Yeah, I read all that. If the Scottish window closes at five pm, what the hell do they expect Celtic to do? It's just a bit of posturing from a nonentity of a club, saying they won't be bullied - but they have made themsleves look like a right bunch of dicks in the process.
ferguson might be beeling, not as beeling as me if we " were hoping to bolster ( our ) attacking options having progressed to the Champions League group stage with their midweek victory over Shakhter Karagandy." We are going into a competition with Barcelona, Milan and Ajax yet we are looking at a Peterborough United player, playing for Rushton and Diamonds two or three years ago. What the **** is that about ?
This^ Embarrassing we've even been linked with this fat **** Wasnt the line the other day that Lennon was being swamped with call from agents of quality players because the "carrot" of the Champions League?
This will cheers up your Monday morn no end Pud. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/celtic-transfer-news-lee-tomlin-2261024 £4.5m for some mid-20's average player in the Championship. English football is a ****ing joke.
FFS, then Celtic are as big a joke as English football. Failed bids for League 1 players in the closing hours of the transfer window. Totally ****ing embarrassing.
