James McCarthy

He’s on £14,000 a week ( he was on £50,000 a week at Crystal Palace ). That works out at £728,000 a year or a total of £2,912,000 over the four years of his contract. Doesn’t beat Harry Arter’s £38,000 a week or around £2 million a year contract with Nottingham Forest, three years with one to run. Harry might also have got a slice of the £5 million transfer fee and a PL promotion bonus despite having played only 14 games for them and none under the current and previous managers. James has started only 6 games for Celtic and clearly isn’t in Ange’s plans. The fact that he came on for the end of Celtic’s last league game along with departees such as Bitton and Rogic suggests he will be moved on. A return to Wigan might be a good option for him. I don’t begrudge our fellow Gaels these lucrative deals in the twilight of their careers, they obviously have excellent agents, but you’d have to wonder at the judgement of those who sanctioned them.

J89 wrote: Is he gonna walk away from a contract that gets him 14k a week for the next three years. Any other club will surely offer him less money and probably offer a one year contract with an option for a second year if he can stay fit.

You Tell Me wrote: has been offered on loan to Hibs and Hearts this week.

Complete and utter scheidt at the time

Ange simply doesn't fancy him, he didn't bring him in so I can't seem him play much, if at all, and when he has played he hasn't been great.

Heimatklange wrote: https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1553746050523045888 not in the matchday squad. is he injured or merely surplus to requirements?

His agent is probably still laughing that they gave him a four year contract.

Hotlips_Hoolahan wrote: Heimatklange wrote: https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1553746050523045888 not in the matchday squad. is he injured or merely surplus to requirements? What do you think? He's been stockpiling Japanese and Australian players the moment he got the job. Bazunu and Collins probably wouldn't get a game there. He should go to the Championship. He's still good enough to play at that level.

I don’t see how he benefits with a move back down south a year after moving with family I assume home to Scotland.

You Tell Me wrote: James should just put his feet up and take the cash for the remaining three years on his contract. £15k a week is it he's reportedly on? His agent is a legend for getting him that deal with his injury record.  Why should he bother moving away again and dropping down the divisions when his body is no longer up to professional football? Celtic offered him the deal, they can play him or not play him but they'll have to pay him his wages either way. Serves them right for stockpiling players once again. From an Ireland point of view if he had been able for it he'd have been a handy backup for Cullen for another year or two until others come through. But his isn't physically able for club football, never mind traveling on international duty as well. So probably best to just retire him from international duty, even if he hasn't formally retired from us.

Yes that has definitely happened down the years. Scott Allan was a recent enough example of it. He started two league games for them in four years at the club.