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Celtic supreme Dermot Desmond has chosen not to fire Neil Lennon because he was so upset by the crowd screaming for the manager’s head after Sunday’s loss to Ross County.
Record sport understands that the club’s majority shareholder is ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with Lennon for now and offer him one last chance to change the club’s season, beginning Thursday night at the San Siro.
Sources close to the Irish mogul revealed that Desmond was outraged by the violent protest in which fans clashed with police following the collapse of the Betfred Cup.
Lennon and his players needed to be escorted by the police to leave the stadium safely and will give his compatriot one last chance to save his job at San Siro because angry fans had gathered in the parking lot, ignoring Covid’s restrictions on level 4 from Glasgow. to hurl insults at the nine champions in a row.
And those embarrassing scenes helped convince Desmond to double down on his decision not to end Lennon’s second term in office.
Our source said: “Dermot Desmond is simply not the type of man who will be dictated by a mob of hate; if anything, what happened after Sunday’s game has strengthened his determination to give Neil another chance to turn things around.
“It has obviously been a terrible run of results for the coach, but last Friday, despite the Europa League loss to Sparta Prague, Dermot was absolutely unequivocal in his support for Neil. Yes, the loss to Ross County was bad, but the backlash was even more unacceptable when it came to Dermot.
“Neil knows that he cannot keep losing games indefinitely, but neither will he be thrown to the wolves just because of the demands of a group of fans with a huge sense of entitlement.”
Lennon returned to Lennoxtown on Monday to train as his team prepares for a Europa League clash with AC Milan in Italy.
If he can avoid another humiliating result Thursday night, then the Northern Irishman could still be holding on to the job by the time Celtic take on St Johnstone in the league on Sunday.
Record sport He also understands that rumors that the club reached out to Martin O’Neill, with Roy Keane as number 2, about a possible comeback is a long way off the mark.
A document that was circulating online last night suggesting a prepared announcement of the former coach’s return has been dismissed by the club as completely false.
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