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Not the reaction the club would have been looking for when they released a lengthy statement late on Saturday saying that "throwing money" around is "not a sustainable route to success". The missive - the club's first public communique about recruitment since the window closed last Monday - was designed to quell supporter unrest. In it, Celtic insisted they take their ' views "extremely seriously", understand "the concerns and frustrations" and are "always willing to learn lessons".

Image source, SNS Celtic's business in this transfer window "reeks of incompetence". It's an "absolute embarrassment". Fans are "no longer surprised, just disappointed". The Scottish Premiership champions' board are "actively managing a decline", and the failure to significantly enhance the squad "feels like self sabotage". The Glasgow outfit have "proven again they are not a serious football club" and manager Brendan Rodgers "would be justified in leaving this time".

Image source, SNS Celtic are about to set off to Kazakhstan on the most important trip of their season. They do so on the back of three goals, three points and a decent-enough display, from a much-changed team against Livingston, which keeps up the Scottish champions' perfect domestic start. Amid all that at Celtic Park on Saturday, there was some of the stodginess that characterised the drab goalless first leg against the Kazakhs and more grumbling from the fans.

Having asserted themselves from the off, Celtic were well-contained by Kairat, who saw Edmilson's goal-bound header cleared by Kieran Tierney at the back post. Celtic then thought they had fallen behind in the 11th minute after Alyaksandr Martynovich had the ball in the back of the net, but the goal was rightly ruled out for offside. The Scottish champions struggled to break a resilient Kairat down, with the Bhoys dealt a blow after the half-hour mark when Alistair Johnston was stretchered off with an injury.

Fallon was the only Celtic substitute when Jock Stein's side beat Inter Milan 2-1 in the Portuguese capital to win the European Cup in 1967.

John Fallon, the 12th Lisbon Lion and former Celtic goalkeeper, passed away at the age of 84, having been part of the first British team to win the European Cup.

Celtic's new away kit for the 2025/26 season features a sleek black design interspersed with vibrant semi-solar green horizontal pinstripes, inspired by iconic '90s kits.

Celtic's signing of Swedish forward Benjamin Nygren has fans reminiscing about the iconic Henrik Larsson, as Nygren seeks to make a significant impact at the club.

"Sadly for us and for him, he'll be out for a period of time, probably six to nine months. Obviously it's the cruciate and it was worse than we'd hoped, but he's very philosophical in his life and he knows he's going to get all the support."

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers praised Greg Taylor's performance after a strong match against Kilmarnock, reinforcing the idea that he could be retained next season.