“There may be high-profile managers who would look how vicious that attack was on Brendan Rodgers, and think twice about maybe coming to Celtic.”
The shock resignation of Brendan Rodgers on Monday and subsequent fallout compounded what has been an more and more turbulent marketing campaign for Celtic.
Simply minutes after his departure was introduced, one other membership assertion noticed main shareholder Dermot Desmond accuse the previous boss of contributing to a “toxic atmosphere”.
Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney are in interim cost, giving the followers some pleasure with a 4-0 win towards Falkirk to chop Hearts’ lead on the high of the Scottish Premiership.
The 73-year-old former Hoops boss insists he’s solely there for the short-term with Maloney, who’s already a part of the backroom set-up on the membership, ruling himself out.
Kieran McKenna, Ange Postecoglou and Craig Bellamy are among the many candidates to exchange Rodgers however can the membership appeal to the calibre of supervisor the supporters will demand following the Hoops’ dominance of Scottish soccer during the last decade?
Sky Sports activities’ Chris Sutton has questioned Desmond’s choice to launch such a blistering assault, believing it might hamper the recruitment course of.
“You very rarely hear from Dermot Desmond, but he didn’t miss on that occasion. He absolutely butchered Brendan. He filleted him,” the previous Celtic striker mentioned.
“Some people may like that. My view on that is, you think further down the line, there may be high-profile managers who would look at the treatment of Rogers and how vicious that attack was on Brendan Rodgers, and think twice about maybe coming to Celtic and their reputations being damaged if there’s a fallout.”
Whereas Sutton fears repercussions from the assertion, Sky Sports activities’ Kris Boyd believes they should appoint a powerful chief to get the perfect from the gamers.
“When you look at the whole like in terms of Brendan Rodgers being an elite manager, and let’s get that, yes, he has shown for a period of time the trophies he’s won and what he’s able to do get a short period of time, but he’s an elite manager,” he mentioned.
“But you need to galvanise a group, and you need to get your leader to lead by example and Brendan Rodgers is more or less saying, my players are rubbish.
“To compare Honda Civics to Ferraris, that’s what he’s saying.
“There isn’t a doubt that the whole lot after that recreation, and that may’t assist however assume, why did they not sack him?
“Time will tell, but I wouldn’t be surprised myself that they’ve got somebody ready for the weekend.
“They may not take cost towards Rangers this weekend [in the League Cup semi-final], however I would not be stunned if there’s a title there that has been recognized that can be their new supervisor, as a result of they would not need the identical situation as Rangers.”
