Our man looks ahead to a big week with the Scottish Cup final - and what the future holds for the Hoops on the back of their title win. Get the latest Celtic news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest Celtic news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters I presume Brendan Rodgers will simply bypass Celtic’s board and speak directly to Dermot Desmond about his summer transfer budget. Desmond, the effective owner of the club, was the man who ignored all others in positions of authority to make Rodgers the highest-paid manager in the history of Scottish football following Ange Postecoglou’s departure for Spurs a year ago.
Organ grinders and monkeys and all that kind of stuff. The howls of protest from those who were outraged by that decision to welcome Rodgers back never at any point registered with Desmond. And never will influence him in any way.
Now Rodgers has arrived at a re-run of that time in 2000 when Desmond bankrolled Martin O’Neill to cover the arrival of such as Chris Sutton , John Hartson and Alan Thompson at Celtic Park. Winning the league title, and the Champions League windfall that comes with it, means Rodgers has access to more money than ever before. Fans have always been told expensive players come with the complication of demanding a lot of money in wages.
Are Celtic, with well over £100million at their disposal, not in a financial position now where they can .