The Celtic AGM has been and gone in the blink of an eye and as the dust settles of the fiery encounter, many fans, journalists and pundits are still picking over the bones of every last, little detail.
One little detail that didn’t go unnoticed was principal shareholder, Dermott Desmond’s absence from the meeting.
Although not surprising, this is Desmond’s FIFTEENTH year in a row he has not attended the Hoops annual since 2006 and that has not gone down well with the fans.
Only the last 15 years he’s missed now. . #ticAGM https://t.co/ilbwprRGGr
— Celtic Trust (@TheCelticTrust) November 17, 2021
One man who was in attendance in place of Dermott, was his son Ross.
Ross Desmond has never really had a role clarified at Paradise but when daddy’s toy needs looked after, you don’t really need clarification do you?
Ross first attended a Celtic AGM two years ago so he clearly must have had some say in the running of Celtic in some capacity and journalist, Stuart Hodge, reckons that Ross’ role is only going to get more prominent as Dermott looks to hand over the power.
Speaking to Give Me Sport, Hodge reckons this will benefit Celtic in the transfer market as young Desmond will hand over funds to the manager to spend in the transfer market, “I think, overall, from what I hear, Dermot Desmond’s looking to hand more and more responsibilities over to his son.
“And even thought the wealth comes from him, I think the dissemination of that wealth, in a Celtic context, will come more from his son.”
Whether or not that happens, I think, is of little concern to the Celtic fans as, right at this moment, they see material change at the top of Celtic as a main priority.
If Desmond Snr hands over power to Desmond jr, they will be in for a long, long wait it seems.
The sarcasm on this report shines through like a beacon. It makes it worse coming from one of our so called “own.”
Hi Pat. Thanks for reading. Please explain what you mean? The fact that that Desmond hasn’t been anywhere near an AGM in almost two decades? The fact that the boardroom is a shambles? The fact that Celtic don’t spend anywhere near what they rake in on transfer fees? Or what? What SPECIFICALLY do you not agree with or are you just happy to bury your head in the sand?
The headline says “massive transfer kitty boost” but the quote is “I think the dissemination of that wealth, in a Celtic context, will come more from his son”. Is there another part to this, which states that there will be a massive kitty boost? Unless I read that wrong, the quote seems to imply that Desmond’s son Ross will be the person to whom the manager will need to convince to release funds in future. But nothing about a massive boost to the transfer kitty
Hi Paul. Thanks for reading, The headline says “hints at” not guarantees as that is what the journalist is implying.
Thanks for replying Paddy. Ah cool; there’s probably often subtle hints and messaging in a lot of the official correspondence that comes out eh? I’m not sure the format of an AGM but are any members allowed to speak? If so, I would’ve hoped that at least 1 person might have questioned for example, the failure to even acknowledge the brief sojourn of Dom McKay, even if that allowed them to control the narrative on what happened. Or maybe it was just voting on points of order only….
No problem Paul. Yeah there were a lot of questions not asked at the AGM. The airbrushing of Dom McKay the most strangest one. I would have hoped the fans would have asked about that and held the board to account for the shambolic handling of the Eddie Howe affair as well. HH