Cardiff chairman Peter Ridsdale has defended the sale of Glen Loovens to Celtic saying he would have been worth nothing in 16 days. He told the Western Mail: "We have agreed a fee with Celtic for Glenn. "We are not prepared to comment on the fee involved. Let's just say they have met our asking price.
"We regard this as a good deal for a player who could have left on a free transfer in 16 days' time.
"The transfer window closes on August 31 and no-one would have paid any money for Glenn after that. In January, he could have signed a pre-contract agreement to join another club in the summer, which would have meant we would have lost him for nothing.
"In those circumstances, we didn't have a choice really."
