Celtic Quick News has accused the First Minister of Scotland of imposing a 3 metre social distancing rule on Celtic but not on any other club.
It is a very serious accusation to make from a site that has previously been given access to Celtic media conferences and is reckoned by some fans to be very close to the leadership of the club.
Why this claim about 3 metre social distancing has come out via a haphazard media conference and a fan blog is unclear, if the claims are correct it should surely have come directly from the club Chief Executive last Monday when 13 players were forced to self isolate.
The issue of who is deemed a close contact of Chris Jullien remains something of a mystery. The defender is out of action for three or four months, travelled to Dubai for treatment yet none of Celtic’s medical staff have been deemed as close contacts.
Celtic travelled to five UEFA matches by plane between September and December without any issues but it seems that the same protocols have resulted in a whole team being wiped out for two vital matches.
Today Celtic Quick News claimed:
On 5 January, Nicola Sturgeon used her daily PR conference to reference photographs of Celtic players in Dubai poolside, and while admitting she had no actual information to backup what she was saying, questioned if Celtic were following her rules. Celtic were following the rules, but that is irrelevant to the Show Trail the First Minister launched.
As Neil Lennon explained, the Scottish Government turned on Celtic, creating a brand new 3m rule for them, while every other club in Scotland with a positive case has been asked to observe a 2m rule.
This is the reason our number of excluded players was as high for the Hibs and Livi games. It is the reason we were subsequently forced to keep players 3m apart when travelling, or 3 players to a 52 seater bus. The rule change was not announced by the First Minister at her PR conferences and has not been forced on any other club, it was delivered below the radar on a vulnerable club with a baying mob (including former players who care nothing for us) ready to lap it up.
There has been no comment from the Scottish Government on Lennon’s comments, unusually Celtic have refused to upload the full video conference onto their You Tube channel.
