If they are being undermined they should highlight the problems or resign, if there is any truth in the claims that decision making rests on one NED the other Non Executive Directors are failing massively in their obligations.
There’s no need to spend £26m to roll over St Johnstone, Ross County and St Mirren. Celtic could do that for a fraction of the cash. The trouble is that Brendan Rodgers wanted to take things to a new level.
Nygren’s pace, power and technique was crucial to Celtic’s win against Aberdeen on Sunday as the Swede scored his first goal and set up Reo Hatate for the second.
Every area of the club is occupied by former players that haven’t achieved anything elsewhere, relatives of former managers or directors and associated hangers-on that wouldn’t get near an equivalent job elsewhere.
I think it’s wild wild decision and what it means to me is apart from the fact I think it’s a massive slap in the face to the fans, I think it’s so lacking in any sort of vision or courage, it is just lacking in backing of the manager.
Meanwhile turnover is up around £150m, the bank balance is stable around £100m while everything meaningful about a football club is in decline.
Whether it is Paul Tisdale or someone else Celtic have identified Breum as a first team player, a successor to Kuhn. Surely he is valued at more than £1.5m? The sort of fee wasted two years ago on the dubious talent of Marco Tilio from the A-League.
Taking players on loan from Manchester City was a feature of Celtic a decade ago when sections of the stadium would be closed, getting thrown a few projects to bolster a team that lacked purpose with little aspirations or ambitions to be competing in the Champions League.
Last season’s Champions League campaign should have put the club in a position of strength, one to kick on from and become an attractive place for players to go. Instead they look vulnerable, happy to cash in while the going is good, preparing for the inevitable rainy day.
Almost certainly the same source has come up with both stories, that source is Wishful Thinking, a close friend of Fletcher.