Nicholson and the recruitment team have had plenty of notice that Kuhn was leaving, just as they had in January when Kyogo left for Rennes without any genuine attempt at signing a replacement.
Fortunately for Nicholson his bosses think that he is doing a fantastic job, the people that appointed a low profile Sports Lawyer as CEO, a job requiring a very different skillset.
Being diplomatic some of the SFA types would happily pick anyone other than a Celtic player, that attitude survived through until at least the turn of the century as the cap totals of the Lions highlights.
Celtic’s path to the group stage is fairly straightforward, all will become clear on August 4 with one round to be negotiated with five potential opponents.
All of the data is out there, agents are buzzing around drumming up business with players surely attracted to a club that impressed in the 2024/25 Champions League and is one Play Off tie away from the 25/26 competition and the real prospect of 10 very meaningful, high profile matches.
Murray has been claiming that there was nothing wrong with his use of EBT’s, the Supreme Court ruling from 2017 nails that lie completely.
Rangers fans created The Banter Years as they switched their backing to the Tribute Act created by Charles Green. While SPL clubs went to the wall, denied the precious blue pound that they had fed off for decades.
There is no way that Murray sat on that blockbuster story for over 30 years, out dining on succulent lamb with his closest friends he is bound to have slipped ‘Did I ever tell you about that phone call from Robert Maxwell’ into the conversation.
And that’s about it unless you add in wishful thinking and the Morelos template when the Ibrox Tribute Act held out for Dembele Dollars then lost the chunky striker as a free agent.
Having him back inside the club with his coaching and management experiences is clearly worthwhile but it can’t be denied that the role he is taking up isn’t the best match for his skills.