This latest Bacanin link seems to me like nothing more than ‘fake news’ and the remarkable story of a Rangers chap running a top Celtic site…
Celtic were last linked with a move for Andrej Bacanin, a 19 year old Serbian youth international who plays for Serbian Superliga side Cukaricki.
Andrej Bacanin transfer bombshell as Celtic and Rangers ‘on the phone’ with prodigy’s exit timeline sethttps://t.co/tFo0WJQAqq pic.twitter.com/BHbKPvBb9P
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) July 21, 2025
Bacanin a holding midfielder is highly rated in his homeland and is tipped to be a star at full international level and according to Cukaricki chief Vladimir Matijasevic Celtic along with a host of other clubs such as Ajax and Udinese have expressed an interest in signing his sides prized asset who already boasts a ton of first team experience at such a young age.
One of the other clubs expressing an interest according to Matijasevic is none other than our Glasgow rivals, quelle surprise. It seems to me that when clubs and/or agents are keen on driving up the price of their assets they name check our club alongside our rivals thrown in for good measure.
Andrej Bacanin makes Celtic transfer intentions clear amid Rangers claim as direct link with Lennon Miller emerges🔜https://t.co/llgdXM34dk pic.twitter.com/JYZY3sGTYi
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) July 21, 2025
If anything it gives the SMSM a good headline. With the likes of the Daily Record and the Scottish Sun already running with the story, meaning it’s most likely nothing more than fake news. That though is probably an improvement on that AI guff that the Record and also some so called Celtic sites are publishing.
💥 Celtic Set on Signing Serbian Prospect 💎✍️:
18 year old Serbian, Andrej Bačanin is set to leave FK Cukaricki, with Celtic being favourites to get his signature. Bačanin is primarily a Defensive Midfielder, who has already featured 17 times for the senior team.
💥 My… https://t.co/emcJWvElLm pic.twitter.com/F7umSg7ghL
— Hit The Byline – Analysis (@HitTheByline) July 20, 2025
There was an interesting article by James Forrest over on The Celtic Blog over the weekend pointing out that there’s a fan of theRangers now running one of the biggest Celtic ‘fan’ media sites. To be fair the Rangers chap involved doesn’t try to hide it, maybe assuming what the hell do we care? Have a read at this, it’s quite astonishing…
FRIENDS LIKE THESE...https://thecelticblog.com/2025/07/articles-and-features/friends-like-these/
You may also have noticed that James Forrest commented on The Celtic Star in that article saying this:]
“There are sites out there that provide truly excellent coverage of this club. The Celtic Star, for example, is consistently sharp. It has a team of top-quality writers who love the club and hold it to a high standard. We don’t always agree, but I respect the work they do. Tremendously. It’s honest work. It comes from the heart.”
Thank for that James and also for the heads up on the infiltrators within the Celtic fan media. Certainly one for the watching, hiding in plain sight.
“…a professional sports journalist with more than seven years of experience in the journalism industry. Since graduating from the University of the West of Scotland with a BA (Hons) Sports Journalism first-class honours degree in 2019, Gary has written for a number of national and regional publications including Football Scotland, the Daily Record, and the Kilmarnock Standard. Gary’s expertise is in Scottish football with extensive knowledge of Rangers.”
That same site also opted out of the Celtic fan media relationship with Celtic. No idea why.
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I read James’ article and did kind of chortle. It’s hardly a Cold War spy tactical success is it. One of the reasons I read the Celtic Star first, and usually read James’ blog, is that you know everything written is there because of a genuine passion and support of the club. The follow up fan comments are the same, even if there’s a disagreement at play. Mon the Hoops.
Hi JAOB,
Just a heads up, it was Joe Mchugh, on Video Celts that first broke this news three days before James.
https://videocelts.com/2025/07/blogs/latest-news/the-cuckoo-in-the-nest-of-celtic-fan-media/
I did like the HH67 site originaly, but now it just seems like some other sites and just a click bait site now, this is why I no longer read that site. I know there was some good writers on there Paddy Sinat for one, but as I don’t go on there anymore not sure if he still writes for them.
Anyway keep up the good work
Glasgow is green and white!
Yeah, i can endorse those very sentiments, my main 2 Celtic blogs are The Celtic Star and The Celtic blog. I’m not interested in lazy happy-clappy unquestioning insulting churnalism. Nor am i interested in bogus transfer stories picked up from the BritNat media then linked back to those same sources. That, in my view, is taking the Celtic support for mugs. Those bloggers prioritise clicks over truth. I have recently started taking a no-nonsense approach to those so-called Celtic blogs and avoid them like the plague. The truth is paramount, whether we like what we’re reading or not, and everyone is entitled to an opinion. I will never accept lazy churnalism, wishful thinking or opinion as fact. Keep up the good work guys.
BTW, just a wee suggestion, any plans to add a female to the blog? With a brief to focus on Celtic Women’s Football?
OOooops! Me bad! Just seen an article on Celtic Women’s Football written by a woman, Jessica Elliott. Going to put my head back down in the bunker. 🙂
Tam, after Hamish Carton left for Australia he kicked off his next (paywall) fan site, HH67 started sliding downhill. I used to like it as well. Paddy is still about I’m sure but the general content in a very saturated market can be slim pickings and click baity. I think we all generally read the same sources!