The players that watched Kyogo and Kuhn get sold realised that they could be next, that they were more valued on the Balance Sheet than on the team sheet, that Nicholson would rather sell players than build a team.
Over the next three weeks Celtic will publish their accounts for the year to 30 June 2025 with turnover in or around £150m on the back of five Champions League matches bolstered by selling Matt O’Riley and Kyogo Furuhashi, the fee for Nicolas Kuhn is on the 25/26 ledger.
No Champions League, a depleted squad, an elite manager working his notice and a board and CEO with nothing to say about anything – fans have reached breaking point.
Arrogance and complacency were at the centre of Celtic’s Champions League exit to Kairat Almaty.He takes no pleasure in donning the ‘I told You So’ t-shirt but Chris Suttpn echoed the concerns of supporters all through the summer as he warned of the dangers of Celtic’s so called strategy.While others…
After the late, late show of summer 2024 it seems that Nicholson is wanting to repeat that white knuckle ride with the added jeopardy of Celtic being involved in a Champions League Play Off.
Absolutely no chance. We’ve done that one before. It didn’t go down well. I said from the first day and there’s no hidden messages and there’s no this and that. I said I’ll be here for three years, I’m here for three years.
Often in situations like that a club would be sparked into some token action, leaking news of transfer activity to a favoured source knowing that it will quickly go viral.
I think that we need to improve the squad. There’s clarity around that for a long time and we see that, you know, I think supporters see that. We certainly do in football. We need to improve.