Episode 3387: Brendan Departs In His Honda As Starlizard Take Control

It says something about yesterday at Celtic that Martin O’Neill’s return as interim manager was only the third-most-sensational news item of the evening.

The second-most-sensational news was Brendan Rodgers’ resignation, after Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to Hearts had left Celtic eight points off the SPL pace.

Club Statement.

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But the biggest bomba was the subsequent statement from major shareholder Dermot Desmond that tore into Rodgers’ allegedly dishonest and self-serving conduct during the closing months of his second stint as Celtic coach.

Stephen McGowan of the Herald in Scotland joins us to talk about where it all went wrong for Brendan, why Dermot Desmond gave him both barrels, where the truth lies as the recriminations fly, and whether Hearts are leading Scottish football into the future while Celtic and Rangers wallow in the past.

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