Rae's recent move for just £250,000, though paltry, brought some precious cash flow to a club that is £20m in debt and explained why the Scotland international received a courteous reception from his former fans while Khizanishvili was jeered.The next one to go could be Nacho Novo. Zurab Khizanishvili left Dens Park in a contract dispute last summer which saw Dundee fail to get even a penny from a tribunal. Last May, these sides faced each other in the Scottish Cup final but since then Dundee have been overtaken by administration and that came back to haunt them as their former hero, Gavin Rae, heaped futher pain by choosing this occasion to score his first goal for his new club. Rae was not the only player to switch sides. Alex McLeish saw his ulimatum answered by the Rangers players he said were playing for their futures with an emphatic victory at Ibrox, but for Dundee the future looks bleak. The former Nottingham Forest idol believes Eriksson has made a mistake "Alan's left foot is like a wand," he said "His delivery is like David Beckham. It's not for me to tell anyone their job, but Thommo deserved a chance.
People in England say it's easy up here, but he has delivered on the European stage so often.". I know I'm not going to Portugal, I've already got the holiday brochures out."Celtic's assistant manager, John Robertson, knows a thing or two about left-wingers. "My best chance has gone and I am not going to let it spoil things any more It affected my game I felt like I was a kid going for a trial, but I'm 30. "They came here and went away with a 1-0 defeat or a 1-1 draw, thinking, 'That's it, the job is done'. But it wasn't."What should gnaw at Bar?s subconscious is that Thompson is playing without inhibition now that he has given up trying to impress Sven Goran Eriksson.
The England manager ignored the advice of O'Neill to select him, and when he did finally come to Glasgow, Thompson deliv-ered his worst performance in years against FK Teplice."I have pushed England to one side now," Thompson said. Not many teams come to Parkhead and create four clear chances the way they did. They have players who hurt you with one piece of magic, it's not just about Ronaldinho, though it does help us that Javier Saviola is suspended [sent off for kicking Thompson]."Barcelona may have finished with only nine men in Glasgow, but instead of licking their wounds, they tried to portray Celtic as relying solely on brute force "A few teams did that last season," said Thompson wryly. Better than any of the sides we faced on the way to last season's final. "I played at Wembley with Bolton but there will be more than 90,000 there on Thursday, which will make it the biggest crowd I have seen."Barcelona were magnificent in the first game. Is the Nou Camp next? "It is one of those places that you dream about playing in as a kid, along with Wembley and the Bernabeu," said Thompson. He scored at Stuttgart and Anfield in last season's run, and at Bayern Munich's Olympic Stadium in this season's Champions' League campaign.