Naka to Italy? Baloney!

Sky Sports last week reported that free kick and tin opening with his left foot specialist Shunsuke Nakamura would be heading back to Italy with recently promoted Serie A team Bologna. With only one year left in his contract and Naka not getting any younger, no one would be really shocked if Celtic tried to make a tidy profit for their Japanese star. Sky even had quotes from Bologna’s chairman courtesy of the Scottish Newspaper The Daily Record saying “We want to build a great team at Bologna and the first new face I want on board is Nakamura. We have already formalised our offer to Celtic, so they know the conditions of the proposed transfer. We are waiting to hear back from Celtic about the offer once they’ve discussed it with the player. We hope they’ll give us permission to speak to Nakamura. If they do we’ll contact him to discuss the move.” It seemed like Naka would be saying “Arrivederci!” to Celtic and Glasgow. There was only one problem…
Sky Sports made a fatal flaw in trusting the journalistic integrity of The Daily Record. After reading these reports, Celtic were quick to say “Baloney!” and have said not only have they not received a offer from Bologna or anyone for that matter, that Naka is a big part of their plans next year. In fact a Celtic spokesman said: “We’ve never heard of the representative who has claimed Bologna has made an offer for Shunsuke Nakamura.” The Daily Record making up stories and Bologna representatives? Is there a game against Rangers this weekend that I was unaware of?

If there is any weight to the story that Gordon Strachan will be using a 4-5-1/4-3-3 hybrid, then it would seem Naka would be a good candidate for this type of system. Yet, this blog still wonders why and Ginger would want to mess with the success that was found at the end of last season…

Naka’s Goal against Rangers last season…

Category: Celtic

Tags: Celtic, Ginger Baws, Naka, Transfer Rumors

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