KRISTOFFER AJER left Celtic back in the summer of 2021 when he made it clear to the board he wanted to leave. Brentford handed Celtic a decent fee for the defender despite Kris’ contract running down. The Daily Mail reported Ajer’s price at around £17.5m with £13.5m up-front. The player’s former side AIK grabbing 10% of that deal.
The Norwegian has taken to the EPL very well with Brentford this year and has helped his new side to a 13th place finish – nowhere near the drop zone in the end.
When the big man left Glasgow last summer, CeltsAreHere understands the bhoys managed to negotiate a sell-on clause into the contract with Brentford –– as they do with many of their top players on the way out the door.
The Athletic is now reporting Everton are looking int signing the former quadruple treble star and know it will take big money to see Brentford part with one of their star men.
Everton had a horrible season that started off with former Liverpool manager and legend signing on as their manager. Rafa Benitez’ appointment was an unmitigated disaster — the Spaniard eventually relieved of his duties. Frank Lampard managed to stave off relegation with a game to spare and is now looking at strengthening his squad ahead of next season.
The English club has been known to hand out large transfer fees in the past and to rebuild their squad, it’s going to take some big investments.
Celtic could again reap the rewards of their transfer system. We also believe some of the extra £4m from Ajer’s deal was payable for the player helping Brentford remain in the EPL this season — we’re uncertain how much.
All these fees and clauses add up to help the club move forward. Ryan Christie gaining promotion to the EPL with Bournemouth has also meant Celtic’s coffers have received another financial boost.
Automatic inclusion in the Champions League next season also brings in a lot of cash for the club — even before gate receipts and potential win and draw bonuses.
Ultimately, Celtic fans want to see the money used wisely and see the hoops progress, get stronger and make a fist of things in Europe. We’re on good footing and for the first time in a long time, we don’t look like losing any of our top players this summer unless crazy money deals happen.
We’re an extremely well run club; the money-men/board do a great job in that respect, but they need to give the manager full autonomy of the playing staff!
They’ve done really well to appoint Ange, and if ever the board were ever to trust a manager to run every aspect of the team, he’s proven he’s that man!
Let the board run the finances, let the manager run the team!