With some fans starting to get restless and fearing a fifth successive wasted transfer window it seems that the club is feeling under pressure with a warning sent out by the ever reliable McGowan of the Daily Mail.
The Board’s commitment is to strengthen and improve the playing squad in every transfer window and although resources were available, we were unable to further add to the squad due to the unavailability of identified targets.
There is very little sign of transfer activity in this transfer window, in two weeks time Celtic fly to the USA where they have a demanding schedule of matches against DC United, Manchester City and Chelsea over seven days.
Peter Lawwell has been praising Sporting CP for the hospitality on offer at the latest jolly on the European Club Association circuit.Every few months a talking shop is staged, club executives congratulate each other while UEFA charges on with plans to exclude clubs from outside the top five leagues from…
Beaton has a long track record for strange decisions made in Celtic matches with the Morelos incidents in December 2018 the other stand out in his career.
After a ridiculous 15 year reign turnover had nudged up to £83m, the CEO took home over £3.5m in salary and bonus while AEK Athens ended Celtic’s Champions League hopes in the third qualifying round. Adding icing to that cake Youssouf Mulumbu was signed up after Lawwell refused to sign…
With no reference, no backing or support for Rodgers the comment about ‘less than anticipated activity’ is left hanging in the air.
How does finishing bottom of a gentle group serve a squad well? Am I missing something? This season’s Champions League was a wasted opportunity and would have done more harm than good, I suspect.
If they really are holding back cash for a rainy day, then Lawwell, Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay run the risk of making the rainy day a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Rodgers bought into it fully, in June he drooled over the fantastic work of Mark Lawwell in recruitment ahead of seven signings that have contributed even less than some of Daddy’s biggest duds like Vakoun Bayo, Youssuf Mulumo, Boli Bolingoli, Ismaila Soro, Patryk Klimala, Albian Ajeti and Vasilis Barkas.