Celtic Trust slam Peter Lawwell with ‘important’ message sent to Dermot Desmond

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Celtic supporters have simply had enough of the current Parkhead board.

A new Celtic fan action group has been set up this week and the first course of action will be taken against the board in this afternoon’s Premier Sports Cup tie against Partick Thistle.

Celtic’s new set of accounts only further angered fans after the club reported having over £77m cash reserves and a payment of £12m to HMRC that was made instead of investing that money in the Hoops first-team.

And now, the Celtic Trust has hit out at Peter Lawwell and sent a message to the largest shareholder Dermot Desmond about the Hoops support.

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Peter Lawwell accused of ‘gaslighting’ Celtic supporters

Lawwell issued his statement alongside the release of Celtic’s 2025 annual results where the chairman talked up the cash reserves while claiming the board ‘shares the ambition’ of the fans when it comes to investing in the team.

Those comments went down like a lead balloon as The Celtic Trust hit back, “Peter Lawwell’s gaslighting of fans in relation to Celtic’s 24/25 financial accounts indicates the level of contempt for fans and how out of touch the board and current custodians are with the source of their revenues.

“It is important that the custodians of Celtic Football Club (including Dermot Desmond, the executives and the non-executives on the board of directors) understand Celtic fans have more than the single objective of maximising short-term profits.”

What Peter Lawwell told Celtic fans about the financial results and the first team

Lawwell, along with others on the Parkhead board, is clearly not the flavour of the month for the Celtic supporters right now.

And after what he actually said on the statement, it’s not hard to see why. Lawwell said, “The Board shares the ambition of our supporters to see the strongest possible team on the pitch and will continue to balance short-term performance with long-term financial stability, and we must factor in the long-term implications of all decisions made today.

“This strategy is vital to Celtic and has been pivotal to our success over the last 20 years.”

What the Celtic chairman is clearly missing is that whilst Celtic have been successful domestically over the last 20 years, their stature and progress in Europe has severely regressed.

How Lawwell and the rest of the Executives do not comprehend this proves just how out of touch they all are with the Celtic fan base.