Profit and dross

At the time of going to press, the only thing to be nailed down is just how much money Celtic will make from a player they had on their books for just one year. I’ve been briefed by two very well-placed sources on the nuts and bolts of this deal. Rather annoyingly, they’ve shared some mutually exclusive nuggets on the negotiations. Whatever the final figure will be, it is undoubtedly multiples of what Mr Beale has to spend in toto. Just let that sink in...