Reports are gathering pace today that Celtic have made an enquiry about the availability of Hibs star John McGinn – with the club ready to use Scott Allan as a bargaining chip.
It has been documented for some time now that Brendan Rodgers is an admirer of the midfielder. However, when asked back last year about a possible deal, the Celtic manager believed the player had more improving to do at Hibs.
John now has a top flight season under his belt, helping Neil Lennon’s side to a fourth place finish after winning promotion the season prior.
Neil Lennon has spoken about some crazy numbers with regards to his top star, quoting as much as £5million – if Hibs stick to their guns then there might be very little to talk about.
Celtic will be hoping that Scott Allan going the other way as part of any deal will soften the price significantly do below the £3million mark.
Peter Lawwell spoke last week that work was already underway to go and secure his manager’s top targets – has he finally shown his hand to the Easter road outfit?
Do you believe John McGinn would be a good acquisition for Celtic?
Without a doubt, get this Celtic daft bhoy in ,will only get better working with Rodgers
Yes absolutely, he’s a fantastic player.
Seeing as he’s now entering the final year of his contract Hibs have a big dilemma : hold out for an unrealistic fee & possibly lose him for nothing later or accept a realistic offer from Celtic.
Go & get him Peter!
Who’s he going to replace, cos he’s not as good as brown, ntcham or Rogic??????
He doesn’t have to replace any of them , he will fit in alongside them, has loads of quality, too good to miss out on his best years developing
OK, where will he fit in? If that’s the case he’ll need to play as a winger?
Also I may add imo he wasn’t even Best player in Hibs midfield, that was acknowledged by me, my mates, lenny, hibs players and fans as Mcgeough. So again I say who’s place in team is he going to take???
I think the bhoy is decent but overrated, he is as inconsistent as they come and that is from watching him and info from hibs supporting pals, he would improve us domestically as a squad but would make no difference to us whatsoever in Europe imo.
no place for him as he is not any better than we have unless we are going to lose a midfielder.
Players get injured, suspended, rotated and rested. Like all players it’s a squad game and when you get in you need to own the jersey, just like young Kieran, Ajer, McGregor who was far from first choice
Get him signed now , this is exactly the type of player Brendan loves bags of talent and attitude just needs a little tweak here and there and bingo HH
Good strong player and would give Broony a rest if need be. HH
McGinn is a Bag of Energy.We need more of that in our game,His workrate is relentless.Brendan will have him playing to his strengths,im sure!!!Get this Bhoy signed up Another Warrior for the Nitty Gritty games we will endure as the seasons kick on.Mon The Tic.HH
Family steeped in Celtic will be captain one day. He is Celtic daft and would be a great servant to the club.
Get him signed up now and loan him back to Hibs for the last year of his contract. They are more likely to do business and make sense for us. We don’t necessarily need him right now but don’t want to lose him for good.