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There are no trophies handed out in pre-season but Celtic fans feel confident they have had the better build up to this week’s big kick-off.
There was plenty of Old Firm chat as per on the Hotline but the £259m offer from Saudi for Kylian Mbappe didn't go unnoticed, so let's start with a couple of fears on the direction in which the game we love is flowing as expressed by our callers.
Celtic fans aren't buying the optimism of the Rangers support as the Ibrox summer spending spree continues. But some of the Parkhead faithful are getting a bit twitchy about the lack of signings heading towards the East End of the city. Kenny Wilson, Moffat, said: "In response to Robert Livingstone’s comments I’m not ready to agree Rangers will be stronger this season yet as the season hasn’t started yet and no one has played a meaningful game. Buying players does not automatically make you better, only time will tell but hopefully you will be stronger. It's become very boring with the season finished in February every season. One thing I will say is it’s about time Celtic spent some money - even with all the money they have they still seem to be penny pinching." Neil Renton, Leith, said: "There’s about as much chance of Parkhead blasting out ‘Simply The Best’ before a game than there is of Celtic paying £30 million to get Kieran Tierney back from Arsenal. Brendan Rodgers says ‘never say never’ when it comes to football. I can confidently say the club will never spend that much money on one player." Arrin Geddes, Irvine, said: "I bet Alan Flett wishes his club could do a fraction of Celtic’s ‘bargain basement’ business because if they don’t get the Champions League money the begging letters will surely be sent out. Most of the season ticket money has been spent on unknown quantities, not superstars. Two friendlies in and he’s ready to take on Liverpool again!!"
The Old Firm returned to winning ways in their respective pre-season preparations at the weekend. And suddenly Hotline callers are back in the land of optimism. Most of them anyway. Rangers comfortably dealt with Bundesliga 2 side Hamburg 2-1 at Ibrox while earlier on Saturday a late Alexandro Bernabei goal gave Celtic a 1-0 win over Gamba Osaka in Japan.
Allan McGregor signed off at Rangers with a glamour testimonial against Newcastle and some Ibrox fans believe a new dawn is about to break at their club.
Saudi Arabia's moneybags bid to take over football has struck Scotland with Al-Ittihad’s move for Celtic ace Jota. A £20m-plus offer could be as tempting for the Hoops as the personal windfall thrown at the player himself if he decides to join the likes of Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante in the Saudi Pro League.
Rangers are in the market for another striker this summer with Alfredo Morelos’ six-year stint in Govan set to end. And according to one Hotline caller the answer might just lie at Celtic Park - at leat on Saturday he reckons it did.
It seems that not everyone is happy with the names being linked with Rangers even before the transfer window opens.