Celtic Trust Chairman, David Low has explained the motivation behind the protests today which are aimed at the board and not the team.
Low and the Celtic Trust have been enjoying a bounce from Celtic fans who have joined the cause due to the inaction of the current Celtic board to make change and take fans concerns seriously.
Speaking to ACSOM, Low explained the Celtic Trust’s position and what they want to see going forward.
“I think it’s a concern that the ownership control of Celtic vests on two people; Dermot Desmond and a guy called Nick Train who runs an investment firm in the city.
“Now, it’s nothing personal against Dermot Desmond. Having a billionaire in your corner during a global pandemic is a good thing on balance.
“It’s just a matter of fact thing. It is not a healthy thing to have the control of the football club vested in two people.
“Particularly when one is a financial investor with no emotional investment in Celtic. If the shares double or treble, that guy sells his shares and he’s gone.
“He has no interest in the ongoing future of the football club once he’s cashed his chips in.
“Again, that’s his business. It’s not an indictment or anything bad, his motivations are different.
“Basically, there is a possibility, if the price was right, we could wake up one morning and find out control of the club has changed and we would have nothing to do to stop that.
“So that’s not a good thing and that’s why I got involved in the Trust.”
The protest on the Celtic Way has been well attended even though the weather in Glasgow has been horrendous.
People are socially distancing and the Celtic song has been sung as the Celtic trust members address the crowd in front of a ‘back the team, sack the board’ banner.
Celtic take on Kilmarnock in a game they must win to make sure they don’t fall even further behind in the title race. The league looks like a really long shot at this point in time. By the time January comes, it could be well beyond us.
No matter what this season brings, Celtic are heading for a hard reset but if it’s the same board in place with fans having the same concerns, it could be much more difficult for the club to move forward.
