GIE'S PEACE BHOYS

Dispute has escalated way out of control & it's high time both sides took step back for sake of the club

- MICHAEL GANNON

IT'S a time of year when any lingering family tensions can get ramped up a notch or two.

A few too many sherries and the truth juice gets spilled, with any hope of peace and goodwill to all going right out of the window.

It already looks way beyond that at Celtic right now, with not much chance anyone is going to play nice any time soon.

But how is this Parkhead civil war going to be sorted? Goodness knows.

Kofi Annan would struggle to get the Hoops board and support seeing eye to eye right now.

Yet there has to be some kind of realisation this situation is not doing any of them any good - and it's hardly the best backdrop to usher in a new manager.

Wilfried Nancy has already been briefed on what's been going on in and around the club - and not just from the people who are about to employ him.

He's not walking in blind - but he still might get a shock when he sees just how toxic the relationship has become. Both sides don't seem in any mood to budge an inch. They might have to though.

This dispute has escalated way out of control and both sides have been guilty of taking things too far.

Celtic fans are right to be angry about the direction the club has been going despite ramping up costs.

The board can point to the domestic domination and the fact that money has been spent.