Nicolas Kuhn sees unflattering Celtic takedown seized upon with transparent nonsense from the DPS – Hugh Keevins

A new signing made by any club during the January transfer window is supposed to stimulate the imagination of supporters.

Not become the cause of fans stifling the urge to laugh. Celtic’s only incomer so far this month Nicolas Kuhn, fell somewhere between those two stools when he touched down in Glasgow on Monday evening to complete his £3million move from Rapid Vienna on a five-and-a-half year contract.

It is to be hoped the German wasn’t listening to the car radio while the vehicle sent to pick him up from Glasgow Airport was
negotiating the tea-time traffic in the city. One of the oldest journalistic practices following the high-profile arrival of a player from abroad is for radio stations, newspapers and TV channels to unearth an expert from the country he has just left to inform the public about what their club’s new acquisition will bring to the party.

Almost invariably, the eyewitness called to the stand will deliver a glowing recommendation ... Except the one in Austria who didn’t stick to the script and went rogue on Kuhn. What’s the opposite of a glowing recommendation? An outright condemnation? The expert did a Viennese waltz through unflattering territory. Kuhn was alleged to be prone to injury and surprisingly high in price for someone whose scoring attempts were “rubbish.”

I believe Celtic were, understandably, less than thrilled by that assessment of their latest investment – but you can’t outlaw opinion. No matter how wide of the mark you believe that evaluation to be. If a radio caller swears live on air there are measures that can be taken to immediately end that person’s dubious contribution to the programme. A man voicing a less than positive opinion on a player comes under the heading of free