Aiden McGeady is one Celt who is always likely to attract attention from other clubs. Blessed with immense talent in all aspects of his game the 23 year old winger is one of those players that doesn’t even need to be scouted.
Despite his obvious talents however McGeady does still have a lot to learn in the game and it may well be that Aiden does have to leave to take his career forward to the next level to a manager who can coach the bad habits out of his game. This task however requires a lot more than just football nous as Aiden does seem to be a bit moody and hard to handle at times, and rumours of a diva-like personality may see his offers reduced somewhat.
This story however is not a come and get me plea to all the Clubs who may be interested in his talents, Aiden is more than happy at Celtic under Tony Mowbray and still has four years on his contract.
“I'm still fairly young," he said. "I'm 23 and every player has aspirations to play at the top level and I won't deny that I feel that way too but things are starting to go a bit better here than they were before.
"I'm happy at Celtic. There was a point a few months back when I probably wasn't but I'm starting to get back to enjoying it the way I did before and that's down to the change of style in the football we're being asked to play.
"Of course, it's down to the club. If a team comes in with a bid then I'm still under contract until 2013. Like I say, though, everyone wants to play in England or abroad and I won't deny I have those ambitions.
"However, it's not up to me whether or not I go. Of course, I'm aware of the transfer talk and I'm very flattered by it but I don't take too much notice. If a bid comes in and the club accepts it then that's not down to me."
The very fact that Aiden is under contract till 2013 would mean that his price tag would be beyond all but the biggest Clubs and of course those from the cash cow that is the English Premier league. I get the impression from young Aiden that he would only entertain a move to a bigger club and probably wouldn’t accept a stepping stone move via a lesser club.
Aiden was in sparkling form on Wednesday night against Happoel and this performance may see him on the radar of many a scout. That being said Aiden is concentrating on the positive energy that such a performance provides for the team and not for his own personal form.
“It's disappointing but we knew before the kick-off that we'd be underdogs to go through because Hamburg losing two on the bounce was unlikely to happen no matter what we did," he said.
"However, we can take a lot of heart from how we played against Hapoel, I think. The real frustration is that it was out of our hands before that game – it's been a disappointing campaign.
"It all started to go wrong when we lost that 1-0 lead with 15 minutes left in our opening game in Israel.
"Hapoel had been a team everyone had written off beforehand and we were cruising against them. Then things fell apart for us in that game and in the Europa League in general.
"We've missed chances and that's not just down to the strikers because we've also lost cheap goals and plotted our own downfall."
I don't know why we played so well on Wednesday night: maybe it was because the pressure was off, although we still intended to show our fans that we could still perform at this level and go out with a bang instead of a whimper," he said.
"At least we've given the crowd an entertaining game and played well. I was disappointed not to finish the match but the gaffer said he was looking ahead to Saturday when he took me off. We've played well in the last few games and, hopefully, this can be a springboard for the rest of the season."
Yours in Celtic
Clydebuilt