Giorgos Giakoumakis hasn’t opened any door to a sensational return to Celtic, and he explained why quite clearly in his recent interview

You have to love the way some people jump on a story and sensationalise it.

Just as some have done today when it comes to Giorgos Giakoumakis.

The Record have two pieces on the former Celtic striker today.

In them Giakoumakis opens up on why he and Celtic parted ways.

He does say that he’d love to return to Celtic, but what he says before that confirms that he won’t.

It’s unlikely it would ever happen.

Giakoumakis was very clear on his relationship with both Ange Postecoglou and Michael Nicholson.

To say that both relationships were strained would be an understatement.

He said he knocked on Ange Postecoglou’s door once during his time at Celtic, and that that was the only time he ever engaged in a conversation with him.

Giakoumakis then went on to say that Michael Nicholson “insulted” him with the new contract he offered him in early 2023.

Now, when you take that into consideration, do you imagine that he, or Michael Nicholson for that matter, would see eye to eye and be capable of negotiating a return to the club for him?

Add to that Giakoumakis is 30 years of age, and this is a highly unlikely scenario.

Our board is more about grabbing £10 million when it’s on offer for a 30 year old striker.

Not bringing one with no resale value back into the club.

We discussed on the Trinity Tims podcast last week how much the fans adored Giakoumakis.

And there’s no doubting that they did, but the main reason for that was he came in at a bargain price of £2.5 million after scoring 29 goals in the Eredivisie for VVV Venlo.

On top of that, his work-rate was immense off the ball.

But as we discussed, he didn’t score as many goals as Adam Idah has at the club during the short time he was here.

I believe fans would have had a very different perception of him if he’d cost us £9 million, like Adam Idah.

And there’s no doubting he’d have got as hard a time as Adam Idah if his price tag was that hefty.

At the end of the day, it’s all about perception.

But the chances of him returning to the club?

Non-existent I would say.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see him back at Celtic.

He was a player I admired massively too, and I thought the club was extremely foolish to let him go rather than pay Giakoumakis what he felt he was worth.

To be fair to him, he was the joint top scorer the previous season in the Scottish Premiership.

He stated that his initial contract with the club was pretty poor.

But that he was promised the club would re-negotiate his contract if he delivered as a player.

He did deliver.

I don’t think you can deliver much more than being the joint top scorer in your first season.

But to then offer him a paltry extra £1k per week in return?

Well, I could understand why he’d be aggrieved.

He was also aggrieved that Ange Postecoglou would always favour Kyogo Furuhashi over him.

All in all, there are too many things that were the cause of bad blood between him and the hierarchy of the club.

As a result, it’s highly unlikely you’ll ever see him back at Celtic.

Because you can be sure Silent Mike doesn’t look at him in a positive light.

Especially because Giakoumakis had the audacity to tell Silent Mike he was insulted by his improved contract offer.

That would certainly be frowned upon.

And there’s no doubt a grudge would be held there.

So, while everybody else is salivating about a return for the big Greek striker, I’m going to be a realist and tell you it ain’t going to happen.

And if it does, I’ll quite happily eat humble pie on the Trinity Tims podcast.

I’ll admit I was wrong.

But I’d also be just as happy as everyone else if he did return.

I don’t think either scenarios will be happening, though.

Too much bad feeling on both sides.