John Guidetti has left Celtic with a ludicrous parting shot at Scotland, and at the standard of our football.
The striker, who showed only sporadic form in his time at Parkhead, has said he had to leave because he would not have been selected for Sweden as “goals in Scotland don’t count” as much as they do elsewhere.
Oddly enough, playing in Scotland hasn’t hindered the careers of other players.
Fraser Forster was capped for England playing right here, and the Swedish team contains Mikael Lustig, who plays for our club.
The enivornment in which he plays every week has in no way stopped his national coach from selecting him.
Because Lustig is unquestionably a class act, and he proves it week on week.
Guidetti didn’t. Not even close. He blew hot and cold. He seemed moody and prone to huge lapses in confidence, which is death to any striker.
I liked him when he signed. Of course I did. I was excited about his pedigree, his goals in Holland, the quality everyone said he had.
He scored some fantastic goals in the Hoops. The one against Inter will live long in all our memories.
But he didn’t do it enough, and the situation with his contract and whether he’d stay or not became ridiculous.
He says in the article Deila benched him because of that. He didn’t do enough to start at times, so perhaps he’s simply making excuses for not getting picked … but I like the idea that our manager wanted only players in the jersey who appreciated it and were committed to wearing it.
Guidetti’s attitude problem was exemplified best during the League Cup Final, when he went straight up the tunnell at the end of the game instead of celebrating with the rest of the players, a couple of whom had to go and get him to come out.
Every players spits the dummy from time to time. But during the celebrations for the first cup win of a new era at a club … that’s one dreadful time to go in the huff.
It was things like that, things that there were just no excuses for, that soured the relationship early.
Today’s story comes as a splurge of media tales link him to clubs across Europe.
It bears all the hallmarks of an agent-led PR campaign.
Guidetti will find a club who’ll pay him a fine salary. Oh it won’t the one he thinks he’s worth, but it’ll be a fortune.
He might well see European football at some point.
He might well become a top player.
But the adulation that we heaped on his fellow Swede, Henrik Larsson … that he’ll never have.
Guidetti could have been a legend in the Hoops … if he’d applied himself right, and brought the correct attitude to the club.
He departs what he was when he left. A player with potential … but nobody’s hero.
Guy was very average player and was only capable of becoming a legend in his own mind, of the 10 or eleven goals ge scored at the start only 4 were scored from open play…..glad to see the back of him
I remember Eddie Toner being the first to say it. At Tynecastle in November in the cup. “He’s no great shakes” or words to that effect. Certainly he was never the player he was in his own head. Fits and starts huffing and puffing. I’m delighted he’s on his way. Comparing him to Henrik. Not in the same stratosphere. More of a turnip than a Swede!
I write as a very long standing City supporter and can assure you that John Guidetti’s attitude on leaving Celtic was entirely predictable, and no you are wrong in one thing, John would never have become a legend in the Hoops. The only place that John will ever be a legend is in his mind!
He has always been an enormous big head with an ego to match the ability he believes that he possesses but regrettably doesn’t have. He is a fairly good player at a level below the very best; he could probably do well in the Championship level of English football for instance but never in a million years will he ever compare favorably with Henrik Larsson.
I believe that you have signed a very good player in Dedrick Bhoyata 🙂
That lad is a very genuine character, a model professional, he will be a credit to the shirt. He didn’t quite make it at City, the competition there is very fierce these days, but he would have had his contract extended had he not wanted to go somewhere where he could play regularly and will succeed of that I am certain. He is a very different style of player to Jason Denayer, so don’t expect more of the same; he is much more of a typical CH, he is a defender by nature..
I agree. This player has an inflated opinion of his talent. He has potential but needs to work harder. He has a big ego and needs to be reminded he is a team player. He was making noises about what he was going to do against Sevco and ran about like a diddy. Also, he was throwing his considerable weight about in that game giving the impression he was looking for trouble. A class player is one who keeps the head down and gets on with the job in hand. There was a personality cult with Neil Lennon and it was more about the man rather than the team. Ronny Deila is the way to go with this team. Look at his fabulous signings of Armstrong and Mackay-Steven in January. hail hail
I thought that Guidetti was going to be a great asset to Celtic
I was wrong .
He has no class, the skills are there but not the drive.
He will always be a frustrating arrogant team mate and a manager’s nightmare, wherever he goes.
I believe he may have personal issues which affect his performance.
glad he is gone if Scottish football was that bad why did he not get a regular start,prob because he is not celtic class. aways trying to get fans on side by coming out with stupid and imiture comments about serco . he is a championship player at best never a prem player.
He played some great games and kept Griff out of the team – Griff put the head down and trained and never complained and it paid off, for when Guidetti’s lost his form – along came Liam bang goals in for fun.
His ego was too big. He thought he was a better player than he was. Will be no great loss to our team.
When Gudetti joined I also thought he was a class act, he showed at times that he was,but he was hot and cold. I don’t think he realises what he will be leaving behind,when he gets his move to whatever club that takes him and he ends up on the bench he’ll regret leaving a club where he could have been a Legend if he had applied himself and live up to his potential.
well he isn’t the first and certainly don’t think he will be the last to leave with the hump.