Brendan Rodgers in thinly veiled “bank balance” dig

Next up to pay their “homage” to outgoing Celtic Chief Executive is ex boss, Brendan Rodgers.

It was by no means a secret that the two men had a “difficult” relationship as the club signing policy irked the Northern Irishman during his time at Paradise, but Rodgers still had time to reflect and congratulate Lawwell on his achievements at Celtic Park, but not before he had a small, but apparent, dig at the balance sheet.

Speaking to The Glasgow Times, Rodgers said, “I was obviously aware when I was there what the long-term plan would be and that at some point over the next few years this would be the case,”

“You only have to look at how Celtic is run as a business and the figures behind that to see how well he has done there.

“He has brought great stability to the club and you only have to look at the bank balance to see he has run the club extremely well

“He loves the club and has a real passion for Celtic and it will be a sad day when he does retire, but he will always be a Celtic supporter.

“He’s done a fantastic job and he will step aside and someone else will come on in and take on the mantle.”