Michael Nicholson comes under fresh pressure this week as the Celtic Fans Collective release a blistering seven-point statement on the CEO.
The Collective have been actively piling pressure on the Celtic board for a number of months now as the club lurched from the disastrous summer transfer window to the crisis they are in now.
Nicholson has been the one under the most pressure as Celtic’s recruitment, coupled with the lack of activity in the summer and January, potentially threatens to derail the whole season.
What question would you ask Michael Nicholson and the Celtic board that would require a yes/no answer?
And as the January window nears its end, the Collective launched another brutal attack on Nicholson, calling for the Celtic CEO to leave his position.
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Michael Nicholson told to leave his position as Celtic CEO
We told how 10 blunders Nicholson oversaw at Celtic make his position at the club untenable.
The Collective listed seven as they called for the Celtic CEO’s head.
- Overseen a disastrous summer window where we were desperately unprepared for European qualification.
- Defended Paul Tisdale despite the summer window and a poor January 2025 window.
- Took six weeks to appoint a permanent replacement for Brendan Rodgers, which was incredibly poorly timed ahead of a top of the table clash, a major European tie, and a cup final.
- Ultimately responsible for the failed decision to appoint Wilfried Nancy. That decision cost a League Cup final, dropped crucial league points, and damaged player confidence.
- Removed Tisdale and Nancy which was necessary, but left no coherent plan for January due to continued poor planning.
- Turned to Martin O’Neill to salvage the season, then failed to back him with required recruitment.
- We are now almost 4 weeks into the January window, and the only business done so far has been two loan deals, as the team sit third in the table.
“Under no circumstances can Michael Nicholson be the Celtic Chief Executive Officer when the summer transfer window opens when he has demonstrated beyond all doubt that he is not capable of doing this job effectively.”
The five biggest Celtic blunders 67 Hail Hail listed as Nicholson failures
As we said previously, 67 Hail Hail had listed 10 blunders that make Nicholson’s role at Celtic under threat.
Here are the biggest five:
- 1. Celtic’s transfer business. It’s almost a calendar year since Kyogo left Celtic and the club took seven months to get a replacement. An injury prone one at that. Nicolas Kuhn was also sold and not replaced and Adam Idah was binned from under Brendan Rodgers’ feet after he publicly said he couldn’t allow the striker to leave without a suitable replacement. We could be here all day discussing the transfer policy. To sum it up, it’s a continual shambles.
- 2. Celtic’s £40m Champions League gamble. The exit to Kairat Almaty was down to the club being complacent and failing to strengthen properly for the richest game of the season.
- 3. The hiring of Wilfried Nancy. Fairly self-explanatory as he lasted just 33 days after being publicly backed twice by Nicholson.
- 4. Two major cup final defeats to Aberdeen and St Mirren.
- 5. Banning the Green Brigade during the most crucial fixture schedule of Celtic’s season. The complete blanket ban of the Celtic Ultras has harmed the reputation of the club and found hundreds of fans guilty of a crime that hasn’t even been fully investigated by the authorities yet.
There are at least two here that are sackable offences alone, how Nicholson got away with five of them, ten in total is just baffling.
Material change is required at Celtic and as the CEO, Nicholson is the man who should be looked at first and relieved of his duties.
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