If he chooses to crack jokes about his age while praising the brilliance of ‘the owner’ he’ll discover that he isn’t immune from the anger of the Celtic support.
There has been extensive trading of Celtic shares during the month of June.While the lazy outside perception is that Dermot Desmond is the owner more and more fans are gaining an understanding of how the club functions at a corporate level.Desmond is the biggest individual shareholder. He is a Non…
With pre-season starting on Friday there is very little time for Celtic to act. Nicholson has never been known for being decisive.
After the shambles of last season the club is heading for a repeat. Now it appears that some shareholders are concerned by the running of the club, asking questions and pushing for change.
On all known form Celtic will spend some of the money raised from the sale of players. The £70-90m in the bank won’t be touched.
Dermot Desmond, Peter Lawwell and Michael Nicholson see things very differently. A transfer window is the chance to sell off performing players, bank a profit and hope for the best with some project signings from trusted sources.
Celtic have just written off £1m by releasing Stephen Welsh from his contract. There would be change out of £1m if that figure was used to pay Fotheringham and Maloney for one season.
This weekend Celtic could be back to square one if O’Neill and Keane decide that it’s not in their best interests to manage such a dysfunctional club.
Celtic fans are bracing themselves for the dreaded appointment of Robbie Keane as manager.
The idea has been floated for much of the season. His name was regularly mentioned in the autumn before it became clear that Paul Tisdale was insisting on Wilfried Nancy.
In January while managing…
Stephen McGowan is the go-to guy for this sort of news. A positive spin can always be applied to the most depressing of news.