Nicolas Kühn – Offer over £35m and we’ll talk should be Celtic’s message

Money talks in football

It was reported over the weekend that Nicolas Kühn is attracting attention down south , notably from the likes of Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Brentford. Teams that are in no way bigger than Celtic, but as we know clubs in England are laden with cash due to their lucrative broadcasting deals, and at the end of the day money talks.

Nicolas Kühn is a player we desperately want to keep

It’s just the way football is in the modern era as we’ve found out recently with Matt O’Riley leaving us for Brighton in a record £28 million deal. Players like Matt and now Nicolas are going to attract the attention of other clubs due to their ability, especially when they are performing well in the UEFA Champions League.

Nicolas is a player we desperately want to keep, especially if we want to build on our success and stay competitive in Europe. We need our best players to stick around if we have any ambition of making strides at the top level and also retaining our elite manager, who signed is now past the half-way point in his three year contract.

Board won’t turn down mouthwatering offers

Realistically however our Board won’t turn down mouthwatering offers for our players due to the financial restraints we operate under, our trading model after all is to bring in talent at a relevant low fee and sell on for a profit. As a support we have come to accept this strategy works well for Celtic when implemented properly.

But we must hold out and not contemplate selling until we receive what we believe to be a worthy offer. Too often in the past we’ve sold players for less than their worth due to what we think is an offer to big to turn down.

For example Matt O’Riley going for a record fee of £28 million looks good on the accounts, but in England that is a seen as a relatively ‘low’ fee when you consider the average players who ply their trade in that league and command much bigger price tags.

Price for Nicolas should be set at offers over £35m

If these clubs are serious about signing Nicolas then they must be prepared to offer us a record fee for his services. We hold all the cards after all as his contract runs until 2029. We mustn’t think about selling, but if we do it must be for an offer we simply can’t refuse.

If Celtic’s price was set at offers over £35m then that is not outwith the reach of any of the three clubs quoted above and they’d still be getting great value for money.