Anyway, getting back to the point of this thread before it goes off into a pointless "he said, she said" debate, it really was no surprise that Loovens chose Celtic when their interest became concrete.

 

At the moment, any player who doesn't already have an allegiance to either club will choose Celtic over Rangers, purely because they are champions, they are in the Champions League, and they are a more attractive proposition at the moment. Liewell knows that, and what he is doing is not rocket science. And the only people to blame are David Murray, Martin Bain and Walter Smith.