Dermot Desmond may relax a little while he searches for Celtic’s new manager.
Celtic’s League Cup semi-final victory against Rangers on Sunday, thanks to Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney, has only aided the process.
Several names have been floated, suggested, and rumored as potential possibilities for the next permanent Celtic manager role throughout that time.
However, few of you anticipated Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool’s renowned coach, to be included, just as Kris Boyd and Steven Naismith certainly did not.
Jurgen Klopp is set to take over as Celtic’s manager.
Following Celtic’s League Cup upset against Rangers, Charlie Mulgrew, Boyd, and Naismith discussed what was next for Scotland’s champions.
Mulgrew, both joking and serious, suggested that Desmond knock on Klopp’s door and implore him to wear the traditional green and white colors.
Boyd and Naismith were astonished by what they heard on the Warm Up podcast, and the latter inquired, ‘Are you playing Football Manager?’
Mulgrew told me, “I would go all out and get Jurgen Klopp through the door.”
Boyd responds, “Oh my days.”
Naismith laughs. “Are you playing Football Manager here?”
Mulgrew smiles and inquires, “Why can’t we?”
Naismith responded, “You can’t say that with a straight face.”
Mulgrew chuckles and asks, “Why not?” Every year, they spend £7 million. Give him that. Jurgen Klopp passed through the door. “Why are you looking at your watch?”
Boyd, tell me: “It’s quarter to eleven.” Did you continue after the semi-finals? “Or are you up early this morning?”
Mulgrew: “What is your argument against it?” “I understand it is unrealistic.”
Naismith: “Yes, that is the argument.”
Mulgrew: “Could Dermot Desmond ask, ‘Do you know. We are going to recover once Rodgers arrives, and then we will leave.”
Naismith: “Imagine you were Jurgen Klopp. Are you thinking, “I’ll go Celtic if I can go to an elite top five in the world?”
Mulgrew: “There aren’t many European clubs the size of Celtic. The scenario is different for Rangers. He would never go near that (laughs). You are furious because you do not want it to be Klopp. You are hoping to shoot it down before it gains any momentum.
“And Klopp goes, ‘Oh, I fancy that.'”
Obviously, this will never occur.
Celtic, or possibly Rangers, will no longer be able to compete in the top European leagues owing to financial limitations.
Primarily, the players; if you go back to when O’Neill first took control, or before the turn of the century, Glasgow could attract a better player.
Unless anything changes in the financial sector, Scottish football will continue to shop at the bottom of the food chain.
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