An interview with Michael Nicholson would be far more worthwhile but by throwing a few crumbs towards desperate publishers Celtic can avoid proper scrutiny.
O’Neill has walked into a system shaped by Mark Lawwell and Paul Tisdale. Both recruited by Nicholson.
There are many red faces around following Celtic’s Nancy nightmare. Michael Gannon of the Daily Record has more reason than most to regret going all in on the French flop.Gannon of course got the WORLD EXCLUSIVE on November 14 that Celtic were in advanced talks to appoint the Columbus Crew…
Strangely, or maybe not the Daily Record, Sun and STV have yet to highlight the attack on a young fan who was man-handled by three stewards after James Forrest scored against Aberdeen.
Getting the Police media team to issue that farcical statement explains exactly why Celtic recruited Mark Hargreaves and his contact book.
With the blade terror story taken apart Gaddi wasn’t deterred. On Saturday the Record carried it as a page lead, any excuse to put the boot into Celtic fans goes down well with their ageing Army of Readers.
Columbus Crew are no small town outfit. The 48-year-old has an extensive coaching staff, analysts, fitness and conditioning experts, he was backed by a superb recruitment set up. He had all the bells and whistles.
There are strong reasons for concern but no Celtic fan is fooled by the tag team of Ryan Stevenson and Keith Jackson in the Daily Record.
The story in the Record is copper bottomed. It isn’t a tabloid flying a kite. The Record put the by-lines of their Editor and News Editor against the story.
Nancy held positive talks with Hoops chiefs over the weekend and the push is now on to tie up the deal ahead of the weekend.