Celtic in crisis? Not so, says Dermot Desmond

After spectacularly blowing their quest to win ten Scottish league titles in a row, managerless Celtic stand at a crossroads. But the club’s biggest shareholder, billionaire financier Dermot Desmond, is brooking no criticism in the wake of their worst season in decades

Dermot Desmond has denied that he is on the verge of selling his shares in Celtic FC. Picture: Getty

Dermot Desmond is a deeply private man who has a wariness of the press. He doesn’t give many interviews. So when one appeared on the website of Celtic FC, where he’s a major shareholder, it caught many people’s attention.

Not least because it was published in late March, at the tail-end of a turbulent campaign in which Celtic had failed miserably to win their tenth Scottish league title in a row, during a season marred ...