The once-famous biscuit tin at Celtic Park has now surely been buried with full military honours and a 21-gun salute to send it on its way.
The derogatory term was originally coined to illustrate the parsimony of bygone board members at the club. It was used by Celtic supporters whenever they believed their ambitions regarding the team were not being matched by the directors for whom, it was alleged, every penny was a prisoner. Rangers supporters would also gleefully use the “biscuit tin mentality” as an insult to belittle their rivals whenever the jibe was met by an occasion to have it serve the purpose of causing maximum embarrassment.
But you can’t look at the multi-million pound signing of Alexandro Bernabei and the re-signing of Jota on a permanent deal, along with rest of Celtic’s dealings so far in this transfer window and fail to concede the biscuit tin is no more. The biggest indication of that being the case might be the story of Christopher Jullien’s loan move to Schalke having collapsed because the defender couldn’t agree personal terms. Just how much are Celtic shelling out on wages every week if Jullien can’t afford to drop money to play in the Bundesliga?
Celtic’s status in Europe has definitely diminished in recent years on the back of undeniably poor results in a variety of competitions. But they must be punching well above their weight on the continent in terms of salaries if Jullien had second thoughts about leaving a place where he’s become surplus to requirements so far as Ange Postecoglou is concerned. It could yet turn out to be one of those twists of fate that ultimately works in Celtic’s favour. We could all be sitting here in January with Jullien in the first team on a regular basis and
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