STEPHEN McGOWAN: If Ibrox trouncing proves anything, it's that Brendan Rodgers needs MORE money to fix glaring weaknesses
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The football lobby group Fair Game Index have issued their annual report listing Britain’s most sustainably-run football clubs in 2024. After collating details on club finances, governance, fan-community engagement, and equality-ethical standards, Celtic came top of the table ahead of Tottenham, Hearts, Manchester United and Aberdeen.
![[Celtic's record signing Arne Engels has hardly been pulling up stumps since his arrival]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/15/93687521-0-image-m-3_1735916440417.jpg)
Scotland’s champions didn’t earn a reputation for fiscal prudence by spending tens of millions of pounds on players who can’t nail down a place in the starting 11. And you’d have paid decent money to be a fly on the wall of the Parkhead boardroom after that bin fire of a performance against Rangers.
![[Adam Idah was another big signing who went missing amid the hurly burly at Ibrox]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/15/93711843-0-image-a-4_1735916506083.jpg)
Last summer the men in grey suits were harangued into flashing the cash. They came under serious pressure from all corners - this one included - to show a bit of ambition. As Danilo slotted home the third Rangers goal on a day of staggering ineptitude, they must have been grappling around their trouser pockets in search of the receipts.
![[If Auston Trusty can't be trusted to play ahead of Scales, then Celtic have problems]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/15/93712153-0-image-m-6_1735916561800.jpg)
They didn’t pay £9million to watch Adam Idah flailing around like a bin bag on the M8 for the last 20 minutes of games. They didn’t shatter their transfer record for a second time to watch their under-the-weather £11m signing Arne Engels blow his nose on the substitutes’ bench.
![[Defender Liam Scales (left) was given a torrid time by Rangers during Ibrox side's 3-0 win]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/15/93711925-0-image-a-7_1735916591256.jpg)
Ibrox defeat could actually be a blessing in disguise for Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers. Celtic's record signing Arne Engels has hardly been pulling up stumps since his arrival. Adam Idah was another big signing who went missing amid the hurly burly at Ibrox.
![[If Atlanta come back in for Kyogo Furuhashi, Celtic might now be seriously tempted to sell]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/15/93711827-0-If_Atlanta_come_back_in_for_Furuhashi_Celtic_might_now_be_seriou-m-9_1735916695218.jpg)
