{"id":18380,"date":"2023-06-13T09:51:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=18380"},"modified":"2023-06-13T09:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:51:55","slug":"celtic-diary-tuesday-june-13-the-final-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=18380","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Tuesday June 13: The Final Meltdown ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last couple of days, our own intrepid but pish soaked investigative team have had their ears to the ground. Which is completely pointless, especially if they’re trying to hear anything.<\/p>\n

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But the rumblings they have picked up seem to suggest that not only are the support split over the possible, indeed probably impending, return of Brendan Rodgers, but the board and the club itself are at loggerheads.<\/p>\n

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And that’s not Loggerheads, the quaint English village near Market Drayton.<\/p>\n

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As it stands, at least we believe, Rodgers is having a meeting with Dermot Desmond, who will be 73 in August, and is behaving exactly like any other septagenarian\u00a0 with little else to get him excited.<\/p>\n

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Almost to the point of obsession, he wants Rodgers to be the next manager.<\/p>\n

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Michael Nicholson ants his pal in as well, and you’d think those two, the CEO and the largest shareholder would get their way, and they probably will.<\/p>\n

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But Peter Lawwell has put a fair chunk of his life into the club, whether you like it or not, and is largely responsible for the current financial status of the club.<\/p>\n

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Whether you like it or not.<\/p>\n

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And frankly, he doesn’t want to see the bank balance crashed by someone who isn;t very good when it comes to picking players.<\/p>\n

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In context, the board would have been happy to trust Postecoglou when it comes to buying players, but they’re not so keen on Rodgers having the same leeway.<\/p>\n

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Which is why Lawwell wants Maresco, but won’t get his way.<\/p>\n

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Unless he manages to raise enough collateral to buy Desmond out.<\/p>\n

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There is little or no evidence to support this theory that Lawwell is out and about, or was out and about,\u00a0 trying to raise, say middle eastern investment….<\/p>\n

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That was in 2016 during a visit to Saudi club Al Wasl.<\/p>\n

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After the Dubai training camp debacle, contact seemed to have been lost with the middle east, but with Celtic, via Lawwell and son, pretty much hitched to the city group horse and it’s own financial backers, this story hasn’t gone away.<\/p>\n

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So, if any of this is true, which would be a notable first for this particular site, then whilst Rodgers and Desmond may not be everyone’s first choice, certainly not mine, it’s a far better choice than selling our souls for Arab gold.<\/p>\n

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Mind you, we can;t help wondering if the bit we heard about Rodgers being interviewed at Leeds for their managerial post is true.<\/p>\n

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Most fans accept he’ll be away at some point during his next tenure, should that happen, but for fucks sake at least get the job before you jump ship.<\/p>\n

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The uncertainty is making us all a bit miserable, I’ve even returned to my addiction to soft cheese, which my wife finds hilarious, the laughing cow.<\/p>\n

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So let’s try to cheer ourselves up.<\/p>\n

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We’ll start with this, from Kyogo Fuhruhashi…<\/p>\n

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It’s perhaps a blessing that three of our Japanese stars are with their national squad, away from all the tittle tattle.<\/p>\n

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Although there may be a concern that the loan to permanent deal for Tokami Iwata hasn;t been announced yet. His loan expired on June 9 and there has been no news on him staying.<\/p>\n

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And Ange Postecoglou is finding out that being Tottenham manager just means you get to talk to the press. Already it appears he hasn’t quite got the say in football matters that he maybe expected.<\/p>\n

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Man Utd told to ‘honour’ Harry Maguire agreement amid Tottenham transfer interest<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

Harry Maguire has been tipped to join Tottenham in the summer transfer window, with Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag understood to be open to selling the Red Devils captain<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ange “We Never Stop ” Postecoglou is going to spend \u00a340m on Harry Maguire ?<\/p>\n

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Boy , did we dodge a bullet .<\/p>\n

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And we are led to believe that this story has legs, as Maguire’s agent was spotted taking the player to a meeting with Spurs supremo Daniel Levy.<\/p>\n

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Remember , if things don’t look so rosy at home, pop out for a bit and have a hearty chuckle at those less fortunate than ourselves.<\/p>\n

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Such as our wonderful and impartial sports media, who are running a selection of articles where ex Celts and “rangers ” players are warning us against hiring Rodgers, which in itself suggests they either know something or think they know something.<\/p>\n

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And whilst we should be aiming a little higher than hiring someone purely to annoy those basket cases, it is quite amusing.<\/p>\n

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Charlie Nicholas, who “writes ” for the Express, said;<\/p>\n

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“I wouldn’t take Brendan Rodgers back as Celtic manager.<\/em><\/p>\n

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“You just have to look at the bridges that were broken when he quit Parkhead mid-season for Leicester City in 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

“And with Peter Lawwell being back in the building too, I don’t think it fits. In terms of style, Rodgers would be a clever appointment but I just don’t see how that relationship can ever be mended.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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You can see he’s given it some thought, and one can only wonder what is going through his mind.<\/p>\n

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Chunky funster Ally McCoist praised Rodgers, but then added, almost in a way that mirrored Mark Antony’s speech in Julius Caesar\u00a0 \u00a0(Shakespeare, for any barbarians from over the river who have stumbled onto this page by mistake ) by concluding that some fans won’t like it.\u00a0 a sort of Brendan is an honourable man, but the fans know he’s a lady’s front bottom.<\/p>\n

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“He’d be brilliant. I think Brendan is a great coach. The only thing I would say is there is a good section of the\u00a0Celtic<\/a> support who weren’t happy when he left and they think the manner he left in wasn’t acceptable.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Still, at least his team might get that fellow from Bordeaux they want, as him club didn’t get promoted so he’s available for free.<\/p>\n

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Seeing as how they won’t get Marek Tillman from Bayern because those pesky Germans want the \u00a35m they agreed on when they agreed on it, there will be more spin about the endless line of diddies they are bringing in to replace the likes of Ryan Kent and Alfredo Morelos, and the money they have to spend is almost exactly what they reigned in for the two, there will be a lot of creative writing about their new “stars “.<\/p>\n

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By the way, the story about Bayern demanding more for Tillman because of his performances in a “rangers ” shirt are, of cause, completely men’s dangly bits.\u00a0 the fee was agreed before he pulled on that shirt, and the simple fact is he’s out of their price range.<\/p>\n

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Largely because there is a price.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, back to our impending civil war, and Scott Brown is ready to enter the fray.<\/p>\n

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He’ll be the new manager and the first thing on his list is to bang together the heads of the protagonists , tell them to behave themselves and then lead the players down London Road with a few cans and a few choruses of “On The One Road”<\/p>\n

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And I have the audacity to say Charlie Nicholas has a head full of bunny rabbits.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, we had this…..<\/p>\n

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A McGregor meets wee wifie who advertised for a coal keeper\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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