Anthony Joseph has delivered an incredible attack on the Celtic board and their failed Player Trading Model.
Nothing was spared as he took every aspect apart with a variety of cases cited that goes against the Mainstream grain.
Joseph even ventured back to the heady days of summer 2021 when Dom McKay got deals done, laying the groundwork for five title successes and three Champions League appearances.
Joseph has appeared to be inside the Celtic media circle, the co-ordinated release of transfer news allowing a variety of reporters to be known as trusted sources.
The other members of that circle are all based in Scotland, staying in the loop is essential to their employment prospects.
Privately they may question decisions, they may despair at the missed opportunities but certainly not on the record.
Joseph has been based in London for more than a decade inside Sky Sports News, he has no dependency on being kept in the loop for Celtic news.
Championship stories are more of his bread and butter. He knows his stuff about Watford, Sheffield United, Blackburn and Middlesbrough.
TRANSFER INSIGHT FROM ITK CELTIC FAN
As a Celtic fan Joseph takes a keen interest in how Celtic operate. Clearly he has some good contacts.
Following his no holds barred interview with Celtic Fans TV Joseph will have blown all of his Celtic contacts. Unless there is a malcontent or rebel inside the camp, leaking out details of what is going on.
One name bound to upset the Celtic board is Dom McKay.
His 72 days as Chief Executive Officer threatened to modernise Celtic. The club stepped in, Michael Nicholson was installed as Interim CEO, at Celtic the term interim means pending.
Switching from McKay to Nicholson is like going from Kyogo Furuhashi to Shim Yamada. Or from Jota and Liel Abada to Michel-Ange Balikwisha and Sebastian Tounekti. Tellingly Kyogo, Jota and Abada were signed during McKay’s dynamic summer 2021 concluding deals.
D FOR DOM, DOM MCKAY…
With McKay ousted Celtic returned to type. Nicholson had been groomed by Peter Lawwell, to underline that the hopeless Mark Lawwell headed up recruitment for three horrific transfer windows.
An opportunity was lost under CEO McKay. Modernisation.
Joseph admitted:
It’s the type of thing Dom McKay was wanting to do. He was wanting a sporting director. Fergal Harkin was one of the guys they were looking at quite strongly.
I guess with Dom McKay, it was probably a case of he was trying to do too much too soon for a board that don’t like much change.
But that’s the kind of thing Dom McKay was looking at, because that is how modern football clubs operate.
Joseph went on to say that Celtic should have a Sporting Director AND an assistant Sporting Director.
Martin O’Neill sees things differently. He thinks that Celtic fans should be grateful not to have a Director of Football, he emphasised that last week in Greenock.
During 2026 O’Neill has overseen some horrific signings.
Against Kilmarnock he was unable to find a place in his 20 man matchday squad for 10 of his 2026 signings, almost a full team. Step forward Ben Arthur, Jordan Latomobo, Landon Emenalo, Joel van den Berg, Oliver Sorenson, Shim Mheuka, Joel Mveuka, Haissem Hassan, Junior Adamu and Tomas Cvancara.
Think of the waste, the signing on fees, the wages and agent fees. Time lost and the competent players that could have been brought in.
O’Neill’s contact book is at least 20 years out of date. He can’t even phone up Sam Allardyce or Neil Warnock for the lowdown on players.
Shaun Maloney, Mark Fotheringham and Stephen McManus have the coaching qualification but nothing in terms of success or contacts. And so it goes on.
The January transfer window opens in seven weeks time.
Everyone involved in January 2026 and the summer window remains in place. Only a complete fool would expect any sort of different outcome.
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