Celtic must loosen purse strings if they want to keep Rodgers at club
Peter Lawwell, left, and Dermot Desmond are hardly going the extra mile to ensure they retain Brendan Rodgers Fast-forward 11 years and Celtic’s rainy day fund could insulate them from a tsunami 14 Jul 2025 - Glasgow Times Stephen McGowan CELTIC are spending like a club going through a bout of buyer’s remorse . The irritation and regret of the shopper who feels like they’ve paid too much for slightly faulty goods. Last summer, Scotland’s champions came under pressure to smash the piggy bank with a hammer . Criticised for a lack of signings in the January window, chairman Peter Lawwell acknowledged the ‘inherent inefficiencies’ of hoarding £ 67.3million in savings. It made more sense to spend the money on players than it did to hand a chunk over to HMRC in corporation tax. To that end the Parkhead board started throwing money at players. They broke their transfer record once to sign Adam Idah from Norwich for a fee close to £ 9m. They repeated the trick when they took an £ 1...