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James Forrest has turned down a four-year contract offer in favour of seeing what other options are available.
Ronny Deila revealed that Celtic made a very reasonable offer for Forrest and was very disappointed to see him turn the offer down.
As quoted by the Glasgow Evening Times, he said:
We made him a very good offer. We offered him a contract and he has turned it down. I am disappointed on a personal level because we want to keep all of our good players at the club.
But it has been made clear that he does not want to sign it. It was a good deal, a very good deal, that the club offered him and I don’t think that there could be any complaints on his part about it. It was a solid offer from the club.
He has told us that he wishes to see what his other options are. He wants to know what else there is. It is disappointing but I think that will be it from us.
James is a great player and he is a player that we feel can get better. It is disappointing that he does not see his future with Celtic.
The 24-year-old winger has spent the entirety of his professional career at Celtic, scoring 30 goals and assisting on 27 occasions in 187 appearances.
Forrest has continually struggled with injury since breaking into the Celtic side in 2010, however, this is the first season he hasn’t been out through injury or spent time on the treatment table.
He impressed in his first season so much so that he was awarded with the PFA Young Player of the Year Award, but hasn’t followed that up with a consistent run of form.
The competition for places in Deila’s side has limited him to just 18 starts in 32 appearances this season.
With Celtic unlikely to offer Forrest another deal before his contract expires at the end of the year, the club will look to cash in during the summer.
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Kick him out the door he”s always injured and I can”t believe tht Celtic did”nt get rid of him probably coz no-one would buy the lil git please don”t up the offer plain tae see he”s in it for the MONEY
Yeh ur right in for money wee prick they all think grass is greener but works out its not get him to fuck another money grabbing cunt
Can’t believe we are gonna let Jamesy leave. One of the few players that actually goes forward with the ball in our team instead of sideways or backwards. Ronny sticking up for the board on this offer as he doesn’t want to rock the boat and get the boot.
Yes out the door the best place for the little non trier.
He’s over rated and to me shite at passing the ball unless it’s to a player two foot in front of him like others before over rated and over rate themselves and move and do nowt good luck you greedy wee shite
Enjoy fighting the relegation battle down in the championship or league one wee man.
If you were making 4000 pounds a week at your job and along came an English guy and he says I’ll give you 140000 pounds to do the exact job. I think you would be foolish not to take the job.
Spends more time on his hair and boots than he does on the ball.
He hasn’t got the Finnish in his play, hits a ball past a player and just runs, always over hits his crosses and shots, there are better and brainier players at Celtic right now, I personally don’t think he will be missed, just a pity we won’t make money from a sale,
Off ye go wee man… Close the gate behind you… We only want players who are passionate about playing for the hoops and really know what it means to pull on that very famous shirt.
He got paid good money while injured most of the time.Hardly had a good game.Good riddance.
Ronnies gona destroy our club first he screws up the footbal now he makes sure our best players leave cant blame him a great servent for the club now leaves because were playing bad whos next ?
It’s a long way down wee man.
Good luck….you will need it !
Goodbye and good riddance get real injury prone and overrated enjoy the championship
Dont blame you James we all know what goes on in those changing rooms lol
Probably wants to try his luck in a higher standard of football .like league two or vanarama .Scottish football is dire .
Take Delia with yi..
Certainly not any great loss if he walks away! Cash in, move on and forget!
6 years 116 games god were gonna miss such an injured player pace no brains bye bye wee guy