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According to our source close to Celtic’s youth setup Feruz will make the move to Stamford Bridge, and will be paid £2,500 per week in wages. He will also share a penthouse flat near the ground, paid for by the club.
A legal loophole, means that the English side can sign Feruz for a compensation fee of no more than £300,000. Feruz could not formally sign professional terms for Celtic until his 16th birthday in September, but Chelsea have stolen a march on the Parkhead side to swoop for one of Scotland’s up and coming talents. Under English FA rules, Feruz cannot sign professional terms until he is 17 years old, therefore he will stay on youth terms.
It is a massive blow to Celtic, who helped the player and his family stay in Glasgow after fleeing war-torn Somalia in 2001. They were saved from deportation by the late Tommy Burns, who lobbied government officials.
The youngster made his first ever senior outing for Celtic in the Tommy Burns’ memorial game in 2009, where he lit up the event with his raw talent. And due to the five-year school rule, now represents Scotland despite having no Scottish bloodline.
Celtic declined to comment on the matter, while a Chelsea spokesperson said: “Until an official press release is made by Chelsea FC, we cannot make any comments regarding signing speculations.”
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Asshole lookout – written by Jason above, your not a Celtic fan you dobber , ridiculous attitude and you are speaking for yourself. It’s idiotic shite like that what ends up getting picked up by the Scottish media to show Celtic fans in a bad light, and I’m surprised that comment got by the moderation stage. Maybe the Ed should reconsider ? asshole lookout , Hmmmm ? I’d expect to read that sort of shite over in FF . Not what is expected of a Celtic fan ? Some of the other comments over the top also, I understand the anger if this story turns out to be correct, but at present it has yet to be confirmed by both the clubs . And don’t think Celtic are innocents from this stroke Chelsea appear to have pulled, we have plenty of form for doing exactly the same sort of thing, someone mentions above Paul Slane, Well this is how Motherwell where feeling when we took their Feruz and left them with the same £300 k compensation. Motherwell rated the lad, stood by him through numerous injuries etc then Celtic come calling and the lad is offski from Motherwells books, they warned him to stay at motherwell, he was in and around their 1st team, if you go to Celtic you will not get any where near the 1st team, well that was nearly 3 years ago and he still no where near 1st team football, so if this lad stayed at Well he would no doubt be mentioned regularly in the media alongside their other youngster Murphy who is attracting much interest from numerous clubs, but no hardly anyone knows a thing about Slane cos at Celtic he isn’t getting the opportunity of 1st team football that he would have got at Well, so let’s not be to hypocritical here, and Jason you go and extract your bounce from yir Erchie pal, your an embarrassment to Celtic you clown.
How dare you claim someone isn’t a Celtic just because they don’t agree with your outlook on Celtic or anything else for that matter. however unpalatable anyone’s views are on ANYTHING,it doesn’t mean they are not or forever cannot be a Celtic fan. I happen to believe this lad owed Celtic,due to the circumstances surrounding his staying in this country. in my opinion you can’t compare his scenario with Liam Miller,Paul Slane etc. Celtic moved mountains to help this lad and his family. The least he could have one I stay on until he was 24 so Celtic could ave been properly compensated for all they done for him…..just my opinion
There you have it then…..good luck to the boy!
Might be another Rooney but might also be another Freddie Adu…hopefully the latter, to be honest.
Often a player develops ahead of his age group and appears a wonderkid only for the others to catch him up and overtake him later. Can’t help hoping others come to the fore, two or three are mentioned as real prospects without the supposed attitude.
Just heard that Chic Young has talked to CP and its totally unfounded rumour, I hope wee faff man is right for a change.
What a scumbag absolutely no sense of loyalty
Men like Tommy Burns didnt/dont give in order to receive. It would be disappointing of course but the truth is the kid owes us nothing.
Well said JIMBHOY.
For a supposed Celtic fan the editor of this site has been putting up 95% bullsh1te about Celtic since the sites inception. What’s the mantra? any attention better than no attention…..
this is scotcelt,,,,,,,,,,,bellamy never wanted to come or s,given,,,,the daily celt is celtics propaganda machine
sorry daily record
scotcelt,,,,u all want to be irish
Paul Slane picked up a really bad injury about a month after joining Celtic. That partly explains why he hasnt been heard of. However, totally agree with you, Slane should have stayed at Motherwell and played firts team football….he isnt even close to they guys who are all fighting it out for a wide berth at Celtic.
Hasn’t left. Impeccable source. Oh wait no I have no source. But I will pretend I do by saying I can’t name the source. Please someone read my article. I have a source, honest I really do!!!!
Sean your very quick to dismiss the article. The ONLY person to state anything in relation to Feruz was Chick Young who claimed that Chelsea had not made contact with Celtic over Feruz. Funny must be the only time that those Celtic fans who are attacking me believe Young. Any other time they dont believe a word he says – I wonder why. And the source is impeccable and the reason why most reporters/journos/bloggers do not reveal their sources is because if they did they could get the sack for leaking inside information.
And I dont need to make up anything to get folk to read my articles – didn’t need to do it when I first started the site and still don’t. But hey think what you want, the odd few critics
so whit’s the deal is this story true or NOT????
Its true mate. Others have confirmed that he has left. Chick Young is the ONLY journo to state that there has been no contact between clubs. I have got a couple of interviews lined up for today where I will be putting questions to Celtic myself and we shall see – however my source in regards to Celtic Youth setup has NEVER been wrong.
Well Andy got to agree with you Celtic fans believeing any dodgy Scottish hack.
Good scoop mate.
Im a celtic season ticket holder and although disappointed by the news that Islam Feruz may join chelsea, fair play to the lad. Why cant anyone give the lad credit where its due? Ive not seen overly much of him, but when I have seen him play, the boy looks a class above most youngsters in scotland. If he can go to Chelsea and progress his career, then so be it. As said above TB wasnt looking for anything in return, just tried to help a promising footballer. Our youth policy stopped McGeady playing for scotland, and hopefully we could see this young lad banging them in for Scotland one day. Go on yersel Islam!
andy it now over 24 hours since this story has been written and still nothing offical. If it turns out to be lies will you do the decent thing and admit you are full of shit and will do anything to get to get a bit of attention. If true i will be the bigger man and say i was wrong will you do the same. YNWA
James, a further source has came forward linked to the Under-19s and has corroborated that Feruz has left. However I am awaiting Celtic to get back to me on a number of things including this. However it is also significant that it was only ONE journalist that being Chick Young who stated that there was no contact. No other news source/journalist has stated this only him. Likewise Celtic have not came out officially as yet for obvious reasons.
On top of the Under-19 source, other bloggers/journos who have close ties with the youth setup have also backed up what I reported – check out Harry at Celtic Underground’s timeline as well as @videocelts who has a significant link to the youth setup.
Btw do you think that Celtic reply to EVERY news story within 24 hours?
Andy I have trolled through hundreds of internet sites and you seem to be the only person with this scoop?? Its on every website but each and every single person is quoting you.
Im not doubting you or your source for a second but surely another journo other than yourself would have got wind of this. The lad is still registered as a Celtic player and as far as I am aware was training with the under 19s this morning ahead of their league opener away at Hibs this coming weekend. Whats happening with it?
Chris – I do not know if he trained this morning. I am awaiting a call back from Celtic. However two other people tied closely with the youth setup, who report on them all the time – one being videocelts have stated that Feruz has gone. On top of that an Under 19 player has also confirmed him to someone else – however that was off the record and we cannot name him as it would result in him being censured by the club.
Only ONE journalist has came out and denied this – Chick Young. He said the club told him that there was no talks between Celtic and Chelsea – yet my source stated that Feruz refused to play in the Glasgow Cup Final, he then later on when in picked up his gear and told his team mates that he was away to Chelsea. There were reports also that he was talking to Chelsea and Man City when down in London.
Chelsea have released a statement which is published at the bottom of the article. It could be seen a few ways, but if the article was untrue – why not issue a stonewall denial? Likewise with Celtic why not issue a denial that Feruz is going anywhere? But we only have Chick Young to believe – a man who recently said that Craig Whyte would not take over Rangers Football Club.
As I said over the weekend, this is not a story that will be announced in 24 hours, it may be a few days, a few weeks etc. But as I have said also my source has never been wrong and he has informed me of numerous events within the Youth setup all of which have been reported later on. Sadly Chris too many people think that all transfer news, all news stories are over and done with, within 24 hours.
Cheers for the info mate. I know these things take time but I just assumed this is the sort of story that the Scottish red tops would jump all over.
Unfortunately I do believe you and can see the wee guy going, really disappointing if im honest.
Chris I have been contacted by a couple already – but can’t take it forward with them just yet though as it needs official confirmation or a named source.
Andy all you have really been able to ‘exclusively reveal’ is that Feruz MIGHT be signing for Chelsea. But the again, might not.
Woodward or Bernstein you ain’t son!
John there is no might about it – Feruz himself has been boasting about it and did so to his team mates at Celtic when picking up all his gear over the summer. Boasting about his move AND his weekly wage.
Andy If this is the case, why the denials from Celtic? There is nothing to be gained from denying this story if it were the truth. It doesn’t make sense. If he is off for definite, then he’s off….If he isnt off for definite then you end up with a situation like the one you have now – uncertainty!
Take it you havent seen Neil Lennons comments tonight then? Also – why hasnt Feruz been seen at the club since the summer? Given that both Under-17 and Under-19s have been playing for weeks now. Andwhy refuse to play for the club in the Glasgow Cup FInal? And btw currently he is still a Celtic player – a youth player. At the age of 16 – next month as I stated he can sign pro-terms for Celtic however at this point he will make move to Chelsea on youth terms until next year.
Forgot to say…..do you really think Neil Lennon would be talking about it in the papers like he was today if the kid had signed for Chelsea and it was all done and dusted? He be pretty pi$$ed off with whoever in the club was feeding him wrong information. Perhaps you better give him a ring and tell him how the land lies?
TB would have expected loyalty! If this it true let him take his 30 pieces of silver and disappear.
why the sour grapes about the lad? that’s just the nature of the game these days. celtic have been doing this kind of thing for years. the lad will undoubtedly become a far better player through playing & training with world class player’s every day. also if celtic play there cards right & don’t burn there bridges with the lad, they could have him back on loan at some point when he’s needing 1st team experience.
Macca there are no guarantees that he will become a better
player that is just bullshit.
whether he does or doesn’t is bye the bye! the fact is that he has a great opportunity to better his self & play at one of the best clubs in the world. the lad has a fantastic opportunity & should not be crucified for getting the chance to better himself!
nobody is crucifying him & if its bye the bye then stop telling lies in the1st place.