There were two highly unusual aspects to Celtic's annual meeting

Red cards shown and boos heard amid shareholder anger Dermot Desmond’s son Ross hits out at ‘shameful’ fans The scale of background unrest at Celtic has been made more plain than ever after the club’s annual general meeting was abandoned after only 25 minutes following heckling from supporters towards board members. Celtic shareholders, who are unhappy with the way the club is being managed, held up red cards, booed and chanted “sack the board” as directors arrived for the meeting. A half-hour adjournment was called, after which pre-recorded interviews were shown. Continue reading...

Chairman Peter Lawwell adjourns Celtic's annual meeting inside five minutes following chants of "sack the board" by some shareholders.

A man is to appear in court following a "disturbance" at Celtic Park.

Former defender on his challenge as sporting director at Ligue 1 club and using Arsène Wenger as an inspiration Returning to Brittany was the obvious choice for Laurent Koscielny. Having left Lorient for Arsenal in 2010, the former defender is back at the Ligue 1 side as the sporting director. “My wife and I were keen to come back, it’s a beautiful region, and the people are welcoming and kind,” the Frenchman says of the seaside town, known for its annual Celtic music festival and military naval base. Continue reading...

Celtic rock band Skerryvore celebrated Scotland's qualification for the World Cup mid-show, pausing a gig in Bury

Club hope to have Frenchman in charge next weekend Any compensation not regarded as problematic Celtic are to accelerate talks with Wilfried Nancy over the weekend as the Columbus Crew manager edges closer to replacing Brendan Rodgers in Glasgow. Celtic are understood to have informed the Major League Soccer side on Friday of their plans, with any compensation required to coax the Frenchman not regarded as problematic. Nancy is believed to be keen on the switch. Celtic hope to have Nancy in place by the time they visit St Mirren next weekend, which would bring an end to Martin O’Neill’s caretaker spell. O’Neill was due to meet Celtic’s main shareholder, Dermot Desmond, in London on Friday. The second tenure of Rodgers in Glasgow ended in acrimony in late October, with Desmond taking public aim at the former Liverpool manager. Continue reading...

A decision not to show a red card to Celtic's Auston Trusty in their Premier Sports Cup semi-final win over Rangers is backed by Scottish FA head of referees Willie Collum.

Kheredine Idessane speaks to an MLS expert about Columbus Crew head coach Wilfried Nancy, who has been linked with Celtic.

Joe Ledley believes fellow Welshman Craig Bellamy is "a perfect fit" to be Celtic manager and would be "very interested" in doing so.

Bodo/Glimt head coach Kjetil Knutsen responds to reports of interest from Celtic as the Scottish champions are linked with Morocco's under-20s captain.

Interim Celtic manager cut an exasperated figure in Denmark as he watched a magnificent Midtjylland teach the Scottish champions a lesson.

Footballers born in the Channel Islands are now only available to play for England despite representing other nations at youth level.

Once labelled ‘the biggest talent in the world’, the former Borussia Dortmund forward has endured form fluctuations, controversy and criticism When Tottenham fans look at the attacking lineup of their opponents, FC Copenhagen, before Tuesday’s Champions League tie, a few familiar names may spring out. Mohamed Elyounoussi, formerly of Southampton and Celtic, has probably been the Danish club’s most dangerous player this season, topping their scoring and assists charts. Jordan Larsson, son of Henrik Larsson, is hugely improved this year and recently earned a recall to the Sweden squad. But perhaps the biggest surprise will be the name of Youssoufa Moukoko, the former Borussia Dortmund wonderkid who was rated as perhaps the biggest prospect in world football a few years ago. The hype around Moukoko in 2020 was astonishing, even before he made his Dortmund debut. As a 14-year-old in 2018-19, the Cameroon-born forward scored a record 50 league goals for the German side’s under-17s, and at 13 had declared to Bild his intention to win the Ballon d’Or. Promoted to the under-19s the following season, he scored 34 goals in 20 games, also providing nine assists. A day after his 16th birthday in November 2020, Moukoko came off the bench for Erling Haaland – the teammate and neighbour who used to drive him to training and once called him “the biggest talent in the world” – to become the youngest Bundesliga player of all time. Before Christmas he became the youngest player to appear in the Champions League and score in the Bundesliga. Moukoko’s rise was unprecedented, records seemingly falling every week, and it appeared like the birth of the next global superstar. Continue reading...