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‘The season has ended’ ‘forward planning we’ve come to expect’ ‘Risking Europe’ Celtic fans react to Lennon claims

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Celtic fans reacted with dismay to a report that the hoops board are prepared to leave Neil Lennon in charge until the end of the season.

The Daily Record picked up on a report that appeared in the print edition of the Daily Mail, a publication with a strong track record of anticipating the decisions of the Celtic board.

Lennon has been defiant about his position since the first signs of supporter unrest came to light in November. At that stage a case could be made for ‘Keeping The Faith’ but with the season descending into a shambles it seems obvious that urgent change is needed.

Over the last three seasons Celtic have failed to take advantage of a seeded route into the group stage of the Champions League, expecting a new boss to build a side capable of navigating through the tougher qualification route available to the SPFL runners-up is a far taller order.

A major rebuild has been anticipated for some time with Kris Ajer, Odsonne Edouard, Olivier Ntcham and Ryan Christie entering the final year of their contracts and Scott Brown turning 36 in June.

Two years ago Leicester brought in Brendan Rodgers to take charge of their last dozen matches, having assessed the squad he made the changes from the inside with a fifth placed finish last season and a team again in contention for a top four spot and automatic Champions League entry.

A similar task is required at Celtic but despite creating a number of unwanted records this season the club is in no rush to make changes with the manager’s job the obvious starting place.

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