Peter Lawwell

Need to make sure it’s a heated statue of course

 

Thank * it's the first of April.


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200m tall dominating the Glasgow skyline and made from solid gold. Show me the gofundme now!!

 

Celtic chief Peter Lawwell has been accused of trying to “bury Rangers” as the Ibrox outfit lurched towards collapse.


The former Parkhead chief exec – now chairman – has long been accused of holding huge influence in Scottish football’s corridors of power.


Now Sir David Murray has accused him of working to make the Light Blues suffer.



He writes: “Peter Lawwell was someone I knew previously.




One of my companies GM Mining did business with Scottish Coal where Peter worked and I once invited him and his wife to Ibrox for a game.

“He was delighted to accept and back then was good company, but by the time he rose to become chief executive of Celtic he was on a completely different trajectory.

For nearly two decades he tried to build up a seat of power and I honestly believe that by the end of his time at the club he was wielding far too much influence in Scottish football. At one point, after I sold Rangers, it seemed he was positively revelling in the demise of the club.

“He held sway on committees through friends and always used the strength of his power base when he thought it was necessary.


Of course he had a job to do for his club – and no one could argue he did it well for much of his tenure – but with very few influential or credible figures working to Rangers’ benefit, he became a pivotal figure in trying to grind them down and make them suffer.

“To me, it seemed the mantra was always, ‘Let’s bury Rangers’.

 

murray didnt need any help burying rangers

 

theyll lap it up aswel. Let's not blame the guy who got us in 150m debt, it was lawells fault!

Lawells master plan was to bankrupt rangers just so he could keep celtics net spend down

 

Strange article. At first I thought the scum media are targeting Lawwell for some bizarre reason. Then the article attempts to taint Celtics progress as if we have some backend power derailing Rangers but I think there’s a particular line that does the most work here.

“At one point, after I sold Rangers, it seemed he was positively revelling in the demise of the club”

Seems like a positive spin for Pete. Fans will be happy to hear this. It perhaps attempts to correct a couple of things said over the years.

1) Fans hate the guy for a plethora of reason.

2) There was a long running belief Pete was in bed with Rangers to maintain some sort of Old Firm equilibrium. A strong rival equals better revenue etc.

Otherwise, this article is simply in there for click bait, fill space and sell rags.

 

Take some responsibility tooth pick pins