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.
All they had to do in the renewal campaign was hint that at least some work was being done to rebuild the club infrastructure, find the new manager, implement the structure he will need, recruit the players.
When a man who has served in a Tony Blair government and Dermot Desmond’s sham Celtic board has to stress he acts in good faith, the warning signs are clear.