Former Celtic CEO Dom McKay was hoping to install a modern operational structure at Parkhead, according to journalist Anthony Joseph.
McKay had an all too short spell as CEO back in 2021, lasting just 71 days before walking away for what was explained as personal reasons. But it's suspected he didn't see eye-to-eye with the club's top brass, and that may have been because his idea for how to modernise the club wasn't well received.
Joseph told Celtic Fans TV: "In terms of the board, who knows? I mean, you could have the same board that are there if they were willing to give up the same structure.
“I’m talking about Chris McKay, Michael Nicholson and Brian Wilson in those positions. If they are happy, and Dermot Desmond is happy, to say: ‘Look, we need a modern structure. We need the experts to come in, people who actually do these roles, football people to run the football operations.
“‘We’ve got to trust them, and we’ll do the business side. They’ll come to us if something is going to be a major dent in our finances for this year’s budget.’ That’s how they could operate. Those people could still be at Celtic and do that role if they give up this structure.
“It’s the type of thing Dom McKay was wanting to do. He was wanting a sporting director. Fergal Harkin was one of the guys they were looking at quite strongly.
“I guess with Dom McKay, it was probably a case of he was trying to do too much too soon for a board that don’t like much change. But that’s the kind of thing Dom McKay was looking at, because that is how modern football clubs operate.”
Ongoing frustrations with Celtic
Fans remain at odds with the club over how the board are operating the club. The Bhoys still have an interim chairman after more than 10 months, and when it comes to footballing decisions, they are coming up all too short.
The Bhoys put together an inept summer transfer window despite going into the summer knowing they needed mass recruitment and that they would lose two or three of their top players.
The club came out and said they were having a hard time with agent fees and issues any football person would expect to come up against. It's clear that they need football experts to run the recruitment and team management side of the game, but the higher-ups don't want to concede their power.
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