Dermot Desmond badly needs to pull another rabbit out of the hat in Celtic’s manager hunt if the sense of mutiny around the club is to be quelled

It’s just conceivable that the most dramatic episode which Celtic Park will witness before the turn of the year will come without a ball even being kicked.

The club’s annual general meeting rarely passes off without incident. When shareholders and directors file into Kerrydale Street on Friday week, daggers will be drawn.

Where once the men in suits answered questions about the functionality of the club by pointing to the silverware in the room, on this occasion their detractors can cite…