James McFadden
Jesus, this one is annoying because he was linked with us three or four times and we allegedly gave him more than one chance to sign. Maybe it’s just me who thinks that signing for Celtic should be a once in a lifetime opportunity with no takebacks.
McFadden was linked with us when he was at Motherwell the first time. He allegedly had a chance to join us then, but it was Everton he moved to, and for a fee that was well within Celtic’s grasp. He failed to set the heather on fire at that club, and when they announced his availability we were linked with him yet again. When he moved to Birmingham thought it was for £6 million … a ridiculous sum of money … and he failed yet again.
In spite of this he was actually alleged to be in contract talks with our club when Everton came in for him and he opted to go back there. Insulting, or what? When he failed at Everton for the second time and went on trial with Motherwell we were linked with him yet again … but not a Celtic fan would have been happy had we decided to sign him. More moves followed, and he seemed to be linked with us every single time he left a club.
Thankfully none of them ever came to pass.