And just about enough games left on the fixture list for O’Neill to put any new arrivals to good use. Of course, they can claim that they have been active and sincere only to be frustrated by the usual roadblocks. Desmond’s response to the manager airing his dissatisfaction was to bullet him for insubordination and publicly assassinate his character. ‌Given that United’s chairman Paraag Marathe also sits on the board at Ibrox, this one sounds too ridiculous to be true. Then again, Celtic did botch an attempt to replace Kyogo with Kyogo just a couple of weeks ago so in this thickening fog of confusion it’s becoming harder to decipher what’s even real any more.

Source: Express January 20, 2026 13:35 UTC