Gunner4Eva
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It'd be good for him because he'd be able to get some European experience also. Its definately a move in the right direction for him.
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Aliadiere in deal talks
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kevin earley
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going to celtic ( if he gets lots of games ) will make him or break him
AFCG7
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Good for Ali .. if Cletic manage to make the group stages he should see some CL action. I wonder if he will ever play with us again..lately a lot of our loaned players are eventually permanent transfers.
quattro
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^ the difference being aliadiere having (apparently) just signed a new contract. i think wenger genuinely believes in him. this move should be good for all parties involved.
RocktheCasbah
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Well, DB37 and Justin Hoyte have both signed contracts in the last year or so, and the Standard has them being used as makeweights added to a £10m bid for SWP... So, maybe the new contract doesn't guarantee as much as we might think.
AFCG7
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In any case .. the new contracts will also enhance our bargaining power should we decide to use them as makeweights in any deals.
patrick42uk
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i'm shocked that he actually passed a medical. fingers crossed he stays fit.
jeremiesgirl
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Yes good luck to Ali, he deserves some good fortune and hope he gets to play regularly! Then he can come back to Arsenal hopefully and be one of our main stars 
Surprised nobody has mentioned Ali being in the sunday papers recently with his new page 3 girlfriend...Leilani!!!
Surprised nobody has mentioned Ali being in the sunday papers recently with his new page 3 girlfriend...Leilani!!!
Three articles on the registration site celticfc.net
Ali will wear the no. 14 shirt.
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New Bhoy Aliadiere signs
THE CELTIC squad today returned from their summer break to report for the first day of preseason training and were joined by Jeremie Aliadiere, Gordon Strachan’s second new signing as Celtic manager.
After weeks of transfer speculation the highly-rated, French U21 international joined on a year-long loan deal from Arsenal after passing a stringent medical yesterday at Celtic Park.
Having recently signed a new three year deal at Highbury, Aliadiere is regarded as one of the London club’s most highly rated prospects and is among the crop of young French players who are seen as the future of the national side.
It was in fact his international aspirations and his hunger for first team football after a season marked by injury that convinced Aliadiere that his immediate future lay away from Highbury and he comes to Celtic Park determined to make an impact at both domestic and European level.
Blessed with exceptional pace and control, the 22 year-old striker has been known to operate not as an out and out goalscorer, but as a foil who can create space for his team mates and unlock defences with his passing and vision.
Aliadiere has had the opportunity to learn from some of Europe’s finest strikers at Highbury including Dennis Bergkamp, Jose Antonio Reyes, former Arsenal winger Sylvain Wiltord and Thierry Henry. Jeremie will actually take his compatriot Henry’s shirt number at Celtic Park, running out as 14 in the Hoops
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Pace key to Aliadiere Capture
It was a delighted and evidently excited Gordon Strachan who this afternoon introduced Jeremie Aliadiere as his second signing of the summer.
The 22-year-old Frenchman, who arrives on a season-long loan from Arsenal, has been a favourite of Strachan’s ever since the then Southampton manager watched the youngster deliver, while still just 18, something of a striking masterclass against the Saints' reserves.
As such, the Celtic boss was predictably pleased to have beaten off a host of Premiership-based rivals to secure Aliadiere’s services for the entirety of season 2005/06, during which time he expects the highly-rated youngster to display the full range of his impressive array of attributes.
“What’s he going to bring?" said Strachan. “Well, he’s going to bring pace, enthusiasm, ability - and ambition, because he’s already got a long-term contract at Arsenal and, when I spoke to Arsène Wenger, he made it clear that Jeremie has a future there.
“He (Wenger) just wants him to prepare for that future. He’s been kept out of the team by probably the world’s top striker, and Bergkamp, who’s been a genius for the last 10 years. Plus he’s had his injury, so it’s been hard for him.
“I’ve known Jeremie for four years now, from when I saw him playing in the reserves – Kolo Toure played the same night – and the two of them were absolutely magnificent.
“Since then, we’ve obviously kept an eye on him just in case Southampton could have got him, but we weren’t that fortunate. But it’s great that Arsène has now trusted Celtic and myself to bring him to the fore.
“There’s no doubt he needs first team games. Reserve team football’s no good to him and he needs to find out how good he can be. We’re just delighted to get him in for a year because to pick up a player like Jeremie in the transfer market would be near impossible for us.
“We’re hoping to have a unit of strikers that’s capable of doing everything: that’s pace, ability in the air, ability on the ground, change of pace and workrate, and he (Aliadiere) covers most of that already.”
Aliadiere may have a few strings to his bow, but Strachan’s emphasis on pace was clear, and not only, it seems, with the Frenchman.
Certainly, of all the areas in which Celtic's new manager considers his team require strengthening, it’s evident that among the most pressing is the need for speed.
“We wanted to bring a certain type of player to the club because we felt that we needed a change of pace in the team,” he confirmed.
“At any club, pace is huge - especially a change of pace. Mo Camara has that pace as well, so our first two signings have added pace to the club, that’s for sure.
“We’re looking everywhere to find that pace, but obviously there’s no point in having pace and no ability, so we have to try and merge that. We also need fitness and we need competitors, and the boys who’ve been here over the last few years deserve congratulations in that respect.
“But they need help now; they need people to take up the mantle, to come in and be equal with them and be competitors with them.”
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Aliadiere hungry for success
JEREMIE Aliadiere has today spoken of the hunger for first team football that he believes will drive him on to success at Celtic Park.
The French U21 international this afternoon met the press for the first time at Parkhead, shortly after his training debut with the first team and spoke about how the need to prove his value and fitness forced him to move from London to Glasgow.
The 22 year-old has suffered a difficult past two seasons after serious injury halted his breakthrough into the first team at Highbury, but Aliadiere is still highly regarded by Gunners boss Arsène Wenger and last season signed a contract extension that will tie him to the club until 2009.
Celtic’s loan agreement with Arsenal will see the player commit himself to the club for the coming year and give him the chance to prove his fitness and also start to fulfil his boundless potential.
In return Celtic will be able to call upon the services of a player who has long been valued as one of France’s most exciting prospects.
“I am very, very happy to be here” said Aliadiere at the press conference. “I am very impressed with the stadium, all of the fans - everything.
“My ambition is to score a lot of goals, to play in the Champions League and do well all of the season.
“The past season has been quite hard, but Arsenal is a big club with a lot of big players, it’s hard to start or even play in every game for them.
“That’s why I came here, to get more opportunities to play and prove that I am ready to play at Arsenal, to play anywhere.”
Aliadiere added: “I came here to show not only Arsenal but everybody, that I am ready to play, because I have had injuries and last season nobody saw me play regularly.”
There was no shortage of options for the Rambouillet-born youngster when it was announced that he would be allowed to go out on a season-long loan deal and Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers were listed among the Premiership suitors while several clubs from the Spanish La Liga also made enquiries.
But as Aliadiere explained when Celtic made known their interest, the lure of Champions League football, the opportunity to work with manager Gordon Strachan, not to the mention the chance to play in front of 60,000 people, proved to strong a lure to ignore.
Revealed Aliadiere: “I knew straight away that this would be the better opportunity, to be with Gordon and to be with Celtic.
“It is a very big club, with big ambitions and I knew straight away it was the best opportunity for me.
“To play in front of 60,000 people is really exciting and that’s a big part of it for me, because the stadium is always full. 60,000 people is quite exciting.
“And also, to be able to play with quality players, big players, is really important for me.”
As the young player prepared to leave the press conference, he was asked one final question on the Old Firm derby and specifically, what he knew about this most famous of fixtures.
“Not very much” was the reply from Aliadiere, but it was one that was accompanied by a smile which perhaps implied that he knew a little bit more about this game than he was letting on.
But by the end of this season he will perhaps be able to describe himself as an expert on that particular subject. The Celtic supporters meanwhile will only be hoping that will be able to count him among their heroes.
Ali will wear the no. 14 shirt.
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New Bhoy Aliadiere signs
THE CELTIC squad today returned from their summer break to report for the first day of preseason training and were joined by Jeremie Aliadiere, Gordon Strachan’s second new signing as Celtic manager.
After weeks of transfer speculation the highly-rated, French U21 international joined on a year-long loan deal from Arsenal after passing a stringent medical yesterday at Celtic Park.
Having recently signed a new three year deal at Highbury, Aliadiere is regarded as one of the London club’s most highly rated prospects and is among the crop of young French players who are seen as the future of the national side.
It was in fact his international aspirations and his hunger for first team football after a season marked by injury that convinced Aliadiere that his immediate future lay away from Highbury and he comes to Celtic Park determined to make an impact at both domestic and European level.
Blessed with exceptional pace and control, the 22 year-old striker has been known to operate not as an out and out goalscorer, but as a foil who can create space for his team mates and unlock defences with his passing and vision.
Aliadiere has had the opportunity to learn from some of Europe’s finest strikers at Highbury including Dennis Bergkamp, Jose Antonio Reyes, former Arsenal winger Sylvain Wiltord and Thierry Henry. Jeremie will actually take his compatriot Henry’s shirt number at Celtic Park, running out as 14 in the Hoops
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Pace key to Aliadiere Capture
It was a delighted and evidently excited Gordon Strachan who this afternoon introduced Jeremie Aliadiere as his second signing of the summer.
The 22-year-old Frenchman, who arrives on a season-long loan from Arsenal, has been a favourite of Strachan’s ever since the then Southampton manager watched the youngster deliver, while still just 18, something of a striking masterclass against the Saints' reserves.
As such, the Celtic boss was predictably pleased to have beaten off a host of Premiership-based rivals to secure Aliadiere’s services for the entirety of season 2005/06, during which time he expects the highly-rated youngster to display the full range of his impressive array of attributes.
“What’s he going to bring?" said Strachan. “Well, he’s going to bring pace, enthusiasm, ability - and ambition, because he’s already got a long-term contract at Arsenal and, when I spoke to Arsène Wenger, he made it clear that Jeremie has a future there.
“He (Wenger) just wants him to prepare for that future. He’s been kept out of the team by probably the world’s top striker, and Bergkamp, who’s been a genius for the last 10 years. Plus he’s had his injury, so it’s been hard for him.
“I’ve known Jeremie for four years now, from when I saw him playing in the reserves – Kolo Toure played the same night – and the two of them were absolutely magnificent.
“Since then, we’ve obviously kept an eye on him just in case Southampton could have got him, but we weren’t that fortunate. But it’s great that Arsène has now trusted Celtic and myself to bring him to the fore.
“There’s no doubt he needs first team games. Reserve team football’s no good to him and he needs to find out how good he can be. We’re just delighted to get him in for a year because to pick up a player like Jeremie in the transfer market would be near impossible for us.
“We’re hoping to have a unit of strikers that’s capable of doing everything: that’s pace, ability in the air, ability on the ground, change of pace and workrate, and he (Aliadiere) covers most of that already.”
Aliadiere may have a few strings to his bow, but Strachan’s emphasis on pace was clear, and not only, it seems, with the Frenchman.
Certainly, of all the areas in which Celtic's new manager considers his team require strengthening, it’s evident that among the most pressing is the need for speed.
“We wanted to bring a certain type of player to the club because we felt that we needed a change of pace in the team,” he confirmed.
“At any club, pace is huge - especially a change of pace. Mo Camara has that pace as well, so our first two signings have added pace to the club, that’s for sure.
“We’re looking everywhere to find that pace, but obviously there’s no point in having pace and no ability, so we have to try and merge that. We also need fitness and we need competitors, and the boys who’ve been here over the last few years deserve congratulations in that respect.
“But they need help now; they need people to take up the mantle, to come in and be equal with them and be competitors with them.”
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Aliadiere hungry for success
JEREMIE Aliadiere has today spoken of the hunger for first team football that he believes will drive him on to success at Celtic Park.
The French U21 international this afternoon met the press for the first time at Parkhead, shortly after his training debut with the first team and spoke about how the need to prove his value and fitness forced him to move from London to Glasgow.
The 22 year-old has suffered a difficult past two seasons after serious injury halted his breakthrough into the first team at Highbury, but Aliadiere is still highly regarded by Gunners boss Arsène Wenger and last season signed a contract extension that will tie him to the club until 2009.
Celtic’s loan agreement with Arsenal will see the player commit himself to the club for the coming year and give him the chance to prove his fitness and also start to fulfil his boundless potential.
In return Celtic will be able to call upon the services of a player who has long been valued as one of France’s most exciting prospects.
“I am very, very happy to be here” said Aliadiere at the press conference. “I am very impressed with the stadium, all of the fans - everything.
“My ambition is to score a lot of goals, to play in the Champions League and do well all of the season.
“The past season has been quite hard, but Arsenal is a big club with a lot of big players, it’s hard to start or even play in every game for them.
“That’s why I came here, to get more opportunities to play and prove that I am ready to play at Arsenal, to play anywhere.”
Aliadiere added: “I came here to show not only Arsenal but everybody, that I am ready to play, because I have had injuries and last season nobody saw me play regularly.”
There was no shortage of options for the Rambouillet-born youngster when it was announced that he would be allowed to go out on a season-long loan deal and Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers were listed among the Premiership suitors while several clubs from the Spanish La Liga also made enquiries.
But as Aliadiere explained when Celtic made known their interest, the lure of Champions League football, the opportunity to work with manager Gordon Strachan, not to the mention the chance to play in front of 60,000 people, proved to strong a lure to ignore.
Revealed Aliadiere: “I knew straight away that this would be the better opportunity, to be with Gordon and to be with Celtic.
“It is a very big club, with big ambitions and I knew straight away it was the best opportunity for me.
“To play in front of 60,000 people is really exciting and that’s a big part of it for me, because the stadium is always full. 60,000 people is quite exciting.
“And also, to be able to play with quality players, big players, is really important for me.”
As the young player prepared to leave the press conference, he was asked one final question on the Old Firm derby and specifically, what he knew about this most famous of fixtures.
“Not very much” was the reply from Aliadiere, but it was one that was accompanied by a smile which perhaps implied that he knew a little bit more about this game than he was letting on.
But by the end of this season he will perhaps be able to describe himself as an expert on that particular subject. The Celtic supporters meanwhile will only be hoping that will be able to count him among their heroes.
KingReyes
Established Member
Looks like Arsène really does see Ali in his future plans, hopefully he can stay fully fit for the whole season and produce wha he;s capable of.
the dawn raids
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yeah this definitely looks like a win win for both parties involved. heres to hoping he can avoid another injury disaster.
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Anonymous
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It's A Great Loan Move to Celtic Where he can gained some great experiences ..
