Scottish Premier League - Caldwell shrugs off Stoke interest

Eurosport - Fri, 12 Dec 11:43:00 2008

Gary Caldwell has shrugged off reported interest from Stoke by pledging his future to Celtic.

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Scotland defender Caldwell is rumoured to be a January transfer target for the Premier League club but he insisted his only concern is finalising contract negotiations with the Scottish champions.

He said in Glasgow's Evening Times: "I don't pay any attention to stuff like the reports about Stoke.

"I love playing for Celtic and I want to stay here for a long time. There is no news about my contract, but I'm not concerned at all.

"I want to stay and the club have shown they want to keep me, so we'll get it sorted."

Caldwell helped Celtic salvage some pride for Scottish football on Wednesday night with the country's first win in Europe this season, a 2-0 Champions League victory over Villarreal.

The 26-year-old was at the centre of the game's most controversial moment when Guille Franco was adjudged to have elbowed him in the first half.

Caldwell said: "He swung a couple of arms and didn't look like he wanted to be there.

"The assistant referee was very vigilant in spotting what he did, and if you do that you are going to get sent off. He deserved to go."

Celtic had already been eliminated from Europe before last night's match and Caldwell added: "We showed against a top side we can be very good, and we could have scored more on the night.

"So we definitely want to be back in the competition next season and hopefully we will do a lot better than this time."

Sporting Life / Eurosport

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  1. Malcolm, well said...........

    From Paul G CHAMPIONS, on Fri 12 Dec 9:26PM

  2. every other club in britain is bigger than manc @@@@­ utd and septic, even droylsdon and stafford rangers­ because i completly hate both teams with a passion.­ cmon the mighty potters and the mighty gers.

    From malcolm c, on Fri 12 Dec 9:10PM

  3. 4 in a row on the way so away up yhe road n batter your­ wives dum huns

    From terv1, on Fri 12 Dec 8:23PM

  4. alan r, fenian @#$%

    From bri.10000, on Fri 12 Dec 5:28PM

  5. Is that right, does'nt say much about the rest of­ the team then does it?

    From Paul G CHAMPIONS, on Fri 12 Dec 5:14PM

  6. your at it you muppets caldwell has been celtics best­ player this season so far

    From tony, on Fri 12 Dec 4:54PM

  7. Is this the same caldwell who costs smellic games with­ own goals and bad positioning. ie not defending

    From Paul G CHAMPIONS, on Fri 12 Dec 4:26PM

  8. hey malcolm what does the c stand for is it­ c,,,,,u,,,,,n,,,,t,,,

    From simonk, on Fri 12 Dec 12:20PM

  9. Caldwell has been great this season. massive­ improvement. He is the rock for celtic at the back.

    From Tom, on Fri 12 Dec 11:52AM

  10. Regarding my last moan about having posts invalidated,­ this is open to Rangers fans (and indeed supporters of­ any other clubs) who feel that they are being ignored­ by yahoo. Yes, even you Bri.10000 and Paul G!!

    From Alan R, on Fri 12 Dec 11:09AM

  11. I'LL CHANGE THE SUBJECT IF I CAN - SOME OF MY POSTS­ ARE NOT ALLOWED BY YAHOO AS THEY ARE CLASSED AS INVALID­ EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT HAVING A GO AT ANYONE AND JUST­ GIVING MY TWO-PENETHWORTH AND NOT EVEN USING BAD­ LANGUAGE!! I HAVE E-MAILED YAHOO 3 TIMES NOW ASKING­ THEM WHY THIS HAPPENS AND ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS SEND ME­ THE STANDARD RESPONSE IN THAT THEY EVALUATED THINGS AND­ HAVE COME TO THEIR OWN CONCLUSION, WHICH AS WE KNOW IS­ A LOAD OF @#$%. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH­ THESE EEJITS??

    From Alan R, on Fri 12 Dec 11:07AM

  12. cadwell y u stay with the best club if all u do is f@@@­ up every week so pack ur bags & f@@@ off 2 stoke

    From peter k, on Fri 12 Dec 10:43AM

  13. paul g for a job at th daily ranger..

    From zzgus f, on Fri 12 Dec 1:11AM

  14. Hey Malcolm, how many games in Europe have your team­ played and how many cups have you team won in the past­ Ten Years??

    Away and go back to sleep ya­ muppet

    Kemmy, Greenock/ Mon the Hoops

    From Kenny, on Thu 11 Dec 11:44PM

  15. why would caldwell want to play in the championship­ next year anyway .
    instead he will be playing champions­ league football for the 4 in a row champions of­ scotland .
    something the minnows from stoke will never­ know about .

    From simonk, on Thu 11 Dec 10:14PM

  16. Paul G, where were your lot this season in Europe? You­ know, I'm getting bored telling you this all the­ time and how you lost to heart 2nd XI.....and another­ fact, where are you lot in the SPL...oh aye, 2nd behind­ us - FACT. Final fact - Rangers are @#$%.

    From Alan R, on Thu 11 Dec 9:17PM

  17. Best defender at the club right now. Better staying put­ imo.

    "Barca ball right to Henry".... how­ much crystal meth did you have that night?

    From GEORGE, on Thu 11 Dec 5:54PM

  18. get shot of caldwell if someone is daft enough to pay­ good money for him he is liability three times in the­ champion league hesold it remember barca ball right to­ henry and another twice cost celts a lot of money get­ him out now

    From John, on Thu 11 Dec 4:06PM

  19. Point 2, celtic are no longer one of the so called­ best. The gers are ranked higher. Fact

    From Paul G CHAMPIONS, on Thu 11 Dec 3:37PM

  20. Caldwell is slow and often out of position. Anyone­ remember the pass last year against barca? Lovens­ should start. Take the $$ and let him go.

    From yaryar, on Thu 11 Dec 2:21PM
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