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Published Date: 26 June 2009
OUTGOING Celtic defender Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe has lambasted former manager Gordon Strachan, blaming him for a difficult final season in Glasgow, writes Angus Wright.
Perrier-Doumbe will leave Celtic after coming to the end of his contract and he admits it has been an unhappy time.

The former Rennes player was a regular during his loan spell at the club in the first half of 2007, and his displays persuaded Celt
ic to sign him on a permanent basis that summer. Perrier-Doumbe found himself sidelined soon after coming back from five months out with an Achilles injury and the 30-year-old has lashed out at Strachan, who resigned last month.

"I have mixed feelings about my time at Celtic," Perrier-Doumbe told France Football. "At the beginning, I was a regular starter in the league, in the Champions League, I scored the goal in the Scottish Cup final.

"Everything was going well. Then I got injured against AC Milan in October, I came back fine before the manager gave me a really hard time.

"Last summer, I asked to leave when the club signed Andreas Hinkel. The manager categorically refused. He never played me again.

"Did I annoy him when I asked to leave? I don't know.

"I tried my luck again in January, because I had interest from Norwich and Coventry for loan spells, also in Hungary, at Ujpest.

"Again the manager refused. Outcome – I spent my season on the bench."

Perrier-Doumbe claims Greek club Larissa, German side Freiburg and two Ligue 2 clubs in France have enquired about his services.





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  • Last Updated: 25 June 2009 9:43 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Celtic FC
 
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sonofcosmos,

glasgow 26/06/2009 00:08:47
the continued tabloidisation of the scotsman continues..."slates ???" "lambasted ???"
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26/06/2009 01:15:50
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Shape to Shoot,

26/06/2009 01:17:41
well put sonofc.

In fact the article might have made mention of the facts that caddis went out on loan in the january window leaving only the in jury prone mark wilson as a regular RB for cover.Had Hinkel become injured, then unless wilson was fit doumbe would have got the jersey.

So in actual fact, the decision to retain Doumbe was pretty much a no brainer....if he had raised his game he could have taken wilson's place, or even hinkel's.
He wasn't game enough to do that and found himself in the reserves....he isn't the first and won't be the last pro to wail about being stuck in the reserves.

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sonofcosmos,

26/06/2009 01:35:32
#2 ""I hope he stays as long as possible.

"I am enjoying it now and that's why I came here - to enjoy the football and be with a good manager."

The 23-year-old says he wouldn't have won this latest accolade without Strachan and can't speak highly enough of the way his boss helped him last year.

Brown said: "He has had a huge bearing on my progress.

"I didn't manage to have the best season last year but he knew the stuff that was going on and helped me through that. He has been great with me ever since."
scott brown
"Caldwell praises faith healer Strachan"

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Shantaram,

26/06/2009 02:01:11
#2 - "Nakamura slates WGS on Japanese TV".

I see you are still punting that lie.

Do you expect us to believe that Naka slated Strachan on Japanese TV all those months ago and not one member of the Scottish media reported it? Too unbelievable for words.

Boruc was photographed in a Danish newspaper brushing a female friend's hair and it was front page headlines in Scotland.

Poor effort BTO.
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26/06/2009 03:03:10
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26/06/2009 05:00:07
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dano lennon,

26/06/2009 05:14:37
I'm contacting the Irish consulate, this is not on
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Jaws Forsyth,

26/06/2009 08:42:40
#8,

Typical dhim. What part of Ireland is Glasgow in?
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26/06/2009 09:10:01
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Rouleur,

26/06/2009 10:56:06
Typical moaning of a player who couldn't get a game...WGS's record speaks for itself.
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Rouleur,

on ma bike 26/06/2009 12:30:11
#12 Yeah I would say that, always thought he was a decent manager but like Big Eck would never be fully accepted by a proportion of the support.

Anyway..still waiting for something newsworthy to pass through your keys..
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Daillyman,

26/06/2009 13:06:19
So Dounbe slates WGS in the press. lol

Its probably because he didn't have the stones to do it face to face with the wee man.
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We love fitba,

26/06/2009 13:29:52
#7 "Which player will be next to slate Strachan?"

Really, who cares? Gordon Strachan is no longer manager of Celtic, and his record is there for everyone to debate as they wish. Idle gossip is surely irrelevant.

Celtic have a new team in charge now, are refreshing their squad, and will be a different prospect come the new season.

People criticise the Scotsman for dropping standards, but some of the comments on here are moronic. We get the media we deserve, so let's have some intelligent debate please!
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26/06/2009 13:40:53
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Rouleur,

on ma bike 26/06/2009 17:31:28
#17...that's fighting talk...!

 

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