{"id":110170,"date":"2025-09-02T22:56:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/110170\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T22:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:56:19","slug":"what-michael-nicholson-peter-lawwell-once-said-about-investing-in-celtics-first-team-looks-laughable-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/110170\/","title":{"rendered":"What Michael Nicholson & Peter Lawwell once said about investing in Celtic\u2019s first team looks laughable now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Celtic fans are probably more angry at this point in time than they have ever been in recent memory.<\/p>\n

Transfer deadline day promised so much, but delivered so little as Celtic suffered humiliating<\/a> rejection after rejection as they tried to scramble about for new additions.<\/p>\n

Kasper Dolberg said no to Celtic<\/a> as Ajax came in at the 11th hour to scupper a deal that looked high on the Parkhead club\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n

David Fofana also rejected Celtic<\/a> as he decided to opt for Charlton and, as fate would have it, that move broke down and he is now stuck at Chelsea.<\/p>\n

With millions and millions of pounds available to Celtic manager<\/a> Brendan Rodgers, the board have had plenty of funds to invest in the first-team.<\/p>\n

And after what Peter Lawwell and Michael Nicholson previously said about investing in the Celtic first-team<\/a>, both now look like they have egg on their faces after a shocking end to a summer transfer window on deadline day.<\/p>\n

\"St.Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesCeltic chairman Peter Lawwell\u2019s past comments on maintaining \u2018domestic dominance\u2019<\/p>\n

Peter Lawwell<\/a> is a non-executive chairman at Celtic<\/a>, however he once did say that the club were committed to maintaining domestic dominance by \u2018continuous improvement\u2019 in the Hoops first-team.<\/p>\n

Lawwell said at Celtic\u2019s 2024 AGM<\/a>, \u201cThe challenge is to keep maintaining our domestic dominance and improve in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opportunities all centre around European competition. We need to make sure it goes the way we want it to go, maybe expansion, and potentially make more money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to everyone for their support over the years. It\u2019s been vital to the success of this club and rest assured this board will be doing all they can to bring more success.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Celtic chairman then said<\/a> when he announced the 2025 accounts back in February, \u201cOur commitment as always is to invest in continuous improvement in all areas of the club and, most importantly, in the first team squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe success of our model has ensured that funding is available to acquire players who will contribute to ongoing success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Nicholson\u2019s 2023 \u2018world-class\u2019 Celtic statement looks foolish now<\/p>\n

Michael Nicholson<\/a> is Celtic\u2019s current CEO and largely anonymous when it comes to talking to the Parkhead support.<\/p>\n

However when Celtic unveiled Brendan Rodgers<\/a>, Nicholson said in 2023, \u201cI think from our perspective, the strategy has always been clear, and that\u2019s to be a world class football club in whatever we do.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Brendan mentioned, we want to dominate in Scotland and compete in the Champions League, and that has been clearly stated for many, many years. So there\u2019s no change in that regard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have done over many years is to continuously improve as a football club, to invest. We\u2019ve got a sustainable model, a self-financing model, so we invest when we can for today, tomorrow and the long-term.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo there\u2019s no significant change there. And we all want the same thing, which is to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both men now need to come out and explain to the Celtic supporters exactly why the investment they said that would be put into the team, has not this summer.<\/p>\n

Because with Europa League football ahead and Rangers looking like they are closer to getting their act together, this could turn out to be a long season ahead for the Celtic supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic fans are probably more angry at this point in time than they have ever been in recent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,43738,43737,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-110170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-michael-nicholson","tag-peter-lawwell","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}