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Gravesen finally leaves Celtic
by Brian Etherson, 18 August 2008

Gravesen finally leaves Celtic

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Celtic have announced this afternoon that they have parted company with Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen.

The announcement made via the club’s official website brings to an end the association with the former Everton midfielder and The SPL champions after signing for them in 2006.

Gravesen will move on with immediate effect and will release substantial funds for Gordon Strachan to improve the squad.

Gravesen returned from his loan spell with The Toffees last season and failed to impress Strachan, who said recently: “We tried our best to get a system which suited Thomas and it hasn't worked.

"It was the system to blame, not the player or the club."

A statement on the club’s official website said quite simply: “Celtic, Thomas Gravesen and Thomas's representatives have agreed that he will part company with the club.

"Thomas wishes Celtic every success and, likewise, the club wishes Thomas all the very best for the future."

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haha - 25 August 2008 17:34: here here phil ! stupid people!!; Report this to a moderator

Phil, Morpeth - 25 August 2008 17:14: Aye because we have harder competition in our league hence the reason why havent won owt. You have to beat teams like falkirk and st mirren whereas we have harder teams like the top 4, everton, blackburn, man city and portsmouth; Report this to a moderator

Ian paterson - 21 August 2008 22:06: Listen to you's jordies man gibbering s**t as usual i suppose your talking about playing top teams like stoke and west brom etc try playing ac milan and barca and benifica every year when was the last time you won anything in fact give it up lads you are making your team look red faced by trying to big them up. Oh and craig bellamy thought we were bigger and better he said he wanted to play for a team that won things and he did that by coming to us!; Report this to a moderator

Ian paterson - 21 August 2008 20:40: Listen to you's jordies man gibbering s**t as usual i suppose your talking about playing top teams like stoke and west brom etc try playing ac milan and barca and benifica every year when was the last time you won anything in fact give it up lads you are making your team look red faced by trying to big them up. Oh and craig bellamy thought we were bigger and better he said he wanted to play for a team that won things and he did that by coming to us!; Report this to a moderator

nufc.com! - 21 August 2008 13:16: ryan, you not remember pre-season 4-1 mate? thought not. supergeordie only speaks the truth, dont let your jelousy and frustration get the better of you. but nice draw with dundee united haha; Report this to a moderator

Super Geordies - 21 August 2008 12:49: U sent that twice mate ..... Kinda proving my scottish point haha.; Report this to a moderator

ryan_bhoy - 21 August 2008 00:00: To super geordies the only reason the premiership is the biggest league in the world is due to the success of the top four team Newcastle have done nothing to contribute apart from drag down the leagues reputation with poor displays of football; Report this to a moderator

anthony - 20 August 2008 23:12: Man u is the best team in England; Report this to a moderator

ryan_bhoy - 20 August 2008 20:52: To super geordies the only reason the premiership is the biggest league in the world is because of the top 4 teams. newcastle have done nothing to contribute to the reputation apart from drag it down with their poor displays of football.; Report this to a moderator

Common Gypsy - 20 August 2008 15:31: Britney Spears Rocks my socks!; Report this to a moderator

Phil, Morpeth to celtic and rangers fans - 20 August 2008 15:16: You can't compare newcastle to scottish football teams like celtic and rangers. end of the day the premiership is much tougher, higher quality teams and more teams. Celtic and Rangers have easy time of it up there cos no other team can get close to you mainly down to money. I agree most of newcastles team could walk into ur team. p.s. rangers dont come close to celtic; Report this to a moderator

Super Geordies - 20 August 2008 15:04: Oh nd to be perfectly honest ..... the championship is probably a higher standard than the SPL, thats where yous scottish teams would belong, Premiership = best league in the world ..... or havent u heard?; Report this to a moderator

Super Geordies - 20 August 2008 15:01: I cant actually believe these silly scottish people can even comment ..... ur teams are crap man, SPL teams include hibs? hearts? st mirren? what on earth. try playing top teams week in week out. yous have nothing going for yous except good stadiums. silly people. one of our players was bought for more than ur whole team. good luck with ur mickey mouse league boys.; Report this to a moderator

Passifier - 20 August 2008 14:51: ahahahahahaah Britney Spears Rocks1 XD; Report this to a moderator

John - 20 August 2008 12:51: You really know Newcastle fans are in trouble when they start looking north of the border to try a bita banter. It's not celtic or rangers fault that NUFC has become the retirement village for the premierships 'almost nearly's'. You mugs got close to the title once!!! Get over it no-one remembers 2nd best. FFS even blackburn managed to win it once!!! Sunderland will finsh above you this year and that must be an awful kick in the nads!!!!!; Report this to a moderator

Russell - 19 August 2008 20:21: Aiden McGeady would own newcastle on his own!!! Not to forget Vennegoor en Hesselink and Nakamura Celtic play in Europe every single season and have a good manager as for newcastle, who´s defence is worse than derby´s, and cant even finish in top ten so i can´t understand what newcastle fans have to brag about... maybe number of tatoo´s . or beers drunk in one night, but you won´t get fat with football; Report this to a moderator

Ian paterson - 19 August 2008 20:07: What is this newcastle fan talking about? Mate your in no position to be talking about leagues and teams your so called multi million pound team can not even finnish in the top ten in your own league and can not even make the uefa cup so get a grip nufc fan!; Report this to a moderator

To: shazza 1988 - 19 August 2008 18:44: As a supporter of none of the teams mentioned I can truly say you're talking shite. Do you honestly believe none of the newcastle team would get on ur bench. So Michael Owen, Martins, Viduka, Given, Steven Taylor etc would not get on ur bench. I could quite honestly say with the exception of n'zogbia everyone of the newcastle team who played on saturday are better than any of the players you have playing in the first team in that position.; Report this to a moderator

shazza 1888 - 19 August 2008 10:24: to all u newcastle fans both celtic n rangers would pump yous cause yous r pants.yous think yer club is big but really its just a wee trash can .yous will be lucky to avoid relegation ya bam pots.get yer arse up to parkhead and we will show yous what we're all about.not 1 of your players would get on our bench nevermind in our team.hail hail; Report this to a moderator

joe bhoy - 19 August 2008 00:37: uve got to laugh, imagine a newcastle fan slagging off anyone they,ll be lucky to avoid relegation AGAIN this season get real mate you are following an english premier pub team sunderland will finish well above you so will boro you have the poorest team in the north east never mind the premier league ha ha; Report this to a moderator

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