As Celtic’s reckless trip to Dubai captures the headlines, you can bet Rangers are watching the developments very closely indeed.
The Parkhead club had Heaven & Earth moved for them to accommodate this mid-pandemic jolly to the Middle East and after pictures of the team drinking emerged on social media, it’s blown up in their face.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has got involved with Neil Lennon seemingly incapable of making up his mind over the justification and motives behind the trip.
Calling for the situation to be “looked at”, the microscope is now on Celtic to prove that travelling across the planet was justifiable in the circumstances [BBC Sport].
But there is one incident coming out of the English game whilst all this is going on which highlights the stupidity and selfishness of Celtic’s actions.
The Manchester City Women’s team have announced four positive tests in their squad after members of their team travelled to Dubai – with the club’s permission – and returned with the virus.
This means the club will be without the quartet as they self-isolate and highlights the dangers of international travel in this period [BBC Sport].
Whilst it isn’t exactly the same – the Man City women appear to have taken a personal trip rather than a club one – the situation with the four players highlight the risks Celtic have taken to go to the UAE.
All it will take now is a Celtic player to test positive and with images of the team huddled together in close quarters it could send them into a real Covid-19 nightmare.
But more than that the Man City case highlights just how irresponsible Celtic’s actions are to other teams in the division who could yet be affected by more disruption, or worse, positive test results.
With Scottish football on a yellow card and the government now involved, should the powers that be throw the book at Celtic for potentially putting the league season in jeopardy?
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