Peter Grant has admitted he feared Celtic were heading down a dangerous path reminiscent of Rangers’ managerial chaos amid the bitter fallout between Brendan Rodgers and the club’s hierarchy.
Speaking on Go Radio, the former Celtic star and lifelong supporter gave a candid assessment of the breakdown in relations between Rodgers and the Parkhead board in the final weeks of his tenure, a feud that spilled into the public domain before the manager’s abrupt resignation earlier this week.
“That was a worry for me,” Grant confessed. “Brendan coming out with the wee comments. If you keep chipping away with that, especially after he came out and said a couple of times, ‘Let’s put that to bed until we can get back into the market,’ and then he’d come out and throw something else again. You have to be very careful. I thought it was the wrong time.”
Grant, who served as assistant to Tony Mowbray during his own turbulent spell in charge, believes Rodgers’ remarks and the club’s own silence created a toxic cycle of frustration that mirrored the dysfunction seen across the city.
“I thought we were turning into Rangers,” he admitted. “There was that much talking about infighting and change. You can’t constantly do that because it’s not a happy place. You saw what happened at Ibrox — how many managers have they had in a short period of time?”
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Grant went on to warn that no figure, however successful, is immune from scrutiny when results falter, adding: “I know what it’s like to be part of the management team. We had a few bad results and we were out the door. We had one horrendous result and you lose your job. So you have to be very, very careful because nobody is above that.”
His comments cut to the heart of what many supporters have been feeling, a sense that Celtic’s internal divisions have dragged the club away from its footballing focus. The ex-midfielder’s warning comes as Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney attempt to steady the ship following Rodgers’ departure and Dermot Desmond’s incendiary public statement that deepened the rift between board and fans.
Grant’s message is simple: Celtic cannot afford to descend into chaos. The club’s strength has always been its unity, and that’s precisely what’s now at stake.
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