Ledley plays down Cardiff City return -AGAIN

Joe Ledley admits the prospect of another Champions League run will be at the forefront of his mind when it comes to contract extension talks with Celtic in the summer.



• Welsh international, Joe Ledley, has been linked with a move back to Cardiff City

• Ledley keen to replicate this season’s European exploits with Celtic.


The 26-year-old Hoops midfielder, signed from hometown club Cardiff in 2010, has another year left on his deal but has been linked with a move back to the Bluebirds, who will be playing in the Barclays Premier League next season.

However, Ledley is keen to replicate this season’s Champions League exploits which saw Neil Lennon’s side reach the last-16 of the competition before exiting to Italian giants Juventus.

The Wales international, speaking in a Glasgow hotel where he was promoting Sunday’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at Ross County which will be shown live on ESPN, said: “I don’t know anything (about Cardiff). I haven’t spoken to my agent, all I can do is concentrate on my football and hopefully stay at Celtic.

“In pre-season I can sit down with my agent and with the people at Celtic and hopefully come to an agreement.

“The majority of players would want to play in the Premier League but you have the opportunity to play in the Champions League at Celtic, the best competition in the world, and the majority of players would want that.

“Champions League games at Celtic Park - it is the best atmosphere I have ever witnessed.

“We had a taste of it this season so hopefully we can do exactly the same next season and prove to everyone again how good a team we are.

“It is going to be a long season, we are back in early for pre-season for the qualifiers again and it is going to be as difficult as last season.

“But hopefully we can do what we did this season and make the Champions League, it would be a fantastic achievement if we could do that.”

Ledley also believes the winning mentality he has developed in his time with the SPL champions, who are looking for the domestic double when they take on Hibernian in the William Hill Scottish Cup final at Hampden later in the month, would make leaving Parkhead difficult.

“When you sign for Celtic you have got to win,” he said. “It would be difficult now to go somewhere else and say ‘we’ll take a point here’ or ‘make sure we don’t lose by two’. It is totally different. You have this winning mentality and that’s what you want to do as a player, you want to win every game.”

Ledley is back in Glasgow after a week’s rest in Dubai, refreshed and ready to get Celtic back on track following last week’s 3-1 defeat at Motherwell.

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Hope he's not suggesting that Cardiff will be happy playing for "a point here" or "make sure we don't lose by Two!"

He'll probably be with us next in his late days of football like Bellamy. But we might be too good for him then.

GOOD!!

We have enough of his type, we need different and better players.

move on mate, enjoy your time in scotland as we don't want or need you

Kimbo makes ledley look like jorn schwinkendorf how times have changed

We have enough of his type, we need different and better players.

Agree I rate Joe but we need more quality in this side if we are to stay up

Joe Ledley admits the prospect of another Champions League run will be at the forefront of his mind when it comes to contract extension talks with Celtic in the summer.



• Welsh international, Joe Ledley, has been linked with a move back to Cardiff City

• Ledley keen to replicate this season’s European exploits with Celtic.


The 26-year-old Hoops midfielder, signed from hometown club Cardiff in 2010, has another year left on his deal but has been linked with a move back to the Bluebirds, who will be playing in the Barclays Premier League next season.

However, Ledley is keen to replicate this season’s Champions League exploits which saw Neil Lennon’s side reach the last-16 of the competition before exiting to Italian giants Juventus.

The Wales international, speaking in a Glasgow hotel where he was promoting Sunday’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at Ross County which will be shown live on ESPN, said: “I don’t know anything (about Cardiff). I haven’t spoken to my agent, all I can do is concentrate on my football and hopefully stay at Celtic.

“In pre-season I can sit down with my agent and with the people at Celtic and hopefully come to an agreement.

“The majority of players would want to play in the Premier League but you have the opportunity to play in the Champions League at Celtic, the best competition in the world, and the majority of players would want that.

“Champions League games at Celtic Park - it is the best atmosphere I have ever witnessed.

“We had a taste of it this season so hopefully we can do exactly the same next season and prove to everyone again how good a team we are.

“It is going to be a long season, we are back in early for pre-season for the qualifiers again and it is going to be as difficult as last season.

“But hopefully we can do what we did this season and make the Champions League, it would be a fantastic achievement if we could do that.”

Ledley also believes the winning mentality he has developed in his time with the SPL champions, who are looking for the domestic double when they take on Hibernian in the William Hill Scottish Cup final at Hampden later in the month, would make leaving Parkhead difficult.

“When you sign for Celtic you have got to win,” he said. “It would be difficult now to go somewhere else and say ‘we’ll take a point here’ or ‘make sure we don’t lose by two’. It is totally different. You have this winning mentality and that’s what you want to do as a player, you want to win every game.”

Ledley is back in Glasgow after a week’s rest in Dubai, refreshed and ready to get Celtic back on track following last week’s 3-1 defeat at Motherwell.

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Hope he's not suggesting that Cardiff will be happy playing for "a point here" or "make sure we don't lose by Two!"

Don't want him, no ambition, he may as play in Welsh league, Celtic would make a good championship side, not good enough for our Premier league. Newport or Wrexham may take him when one of them comes up

We have enough of his type, we need different and better players.

this

Like to see him back one day

hes retired up in scotland. never be good enough for the city

He'll probably be with us next in his late days of football like Bellamy. But we might be too good for him then.

We're too good for the thoughtless (about what he claimed was HIS club), money-grabbing mercenary

Hopefully, he's read the comments on this MB and realised he's (in the main) not wanted here

As for him returning in his 'twilight? Thankfully, Bellamy's drive and ambition apart, I think those 'freeloading' days are pretty much over

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Never rated him the first time round.. Not good enough for the premiership and we have moved in with better quality players.. As for coming back in his twilight .. Nowhere near good enough to do something like Bellamy has done in terms of leading and motivating players... He could run a master class on pointing though!!