With those memories painfully fresh, even with bridges rebuilt since his February 2019 departure, it is hard to see Rodgers agreeing to selling Kyogo without the firmest of assurances that a replacement striker was about to be signed.
There’s always that great level of intelligence on our board and expertise and experience. We try to use it to the best of our advantage. So it’s always about planning, looking forwards. Obviously the key people talking about it is important.
There is no question they have made progress in Europe this season — although, given the club’s previous reputation as a punchbag for the continent’s flotsam and jetsam, the only way was up, to be perfectly frank.
Perhaps Sutherland had better things to do that get the first questions in to the home manager for the biggest football match in Scotland this year. Maybe he was just miffed about getting the short straw while Kenny Macintyre and Alasdair Lamont and a cast of dozens prepare for a…
From talking to an agent and someone involved in recruitment at EPL level Nicholson has to put in calls to Peter to steer him through negotiations, sometimes the call has to go to an even higher authority before the current Celtic CEO can sign it off.
Ashley viewed all that and was chased out of town. Militant fans and the media demonised him, campaigns against shop staff on Minimum Wage deals were fawningly covered, if big bad Mike could be ousted and ownership returned to Real Rinjurz men all would be well again in the world.
Almost a fortnight on not a word has been said by the SPFL, SFA, or either club. It seems that their joint commitment to the toxic O** F*** brand comes ahead of everything, even a duty of care to employees.
In over 20 years as Celtic’s Communications Manager there has never been a suggestion of an English club swooping to take his skillset into the EPL. What he actually brings to the club is hard to define as Celtic’s detractors enjoy open season to attack the club with their special…
In his anger at the personal criticism directed at him since Thursday Rodgers pulled in a couple of smaller issues to criticise the backbone of the Celtic support, the fans that cheered the team onto the park on a bleak January afternoon.
Scotland probably wasn’t the location that both players envisaged their career’s developing at but in different ways, despite not being regular picks Bernardo and Engels are progressing their careers in the best possible environment.