Mark Hendry: Celtic Risk Undermining O'Neill Before the Season Even Starts

Offering reduced terms to key members of a Double-winning backroom team sends the wrong message.

Dermot Desmond made it clear he planned to back Martin O’Neill to the hilt this summer.

The billionaire won’t like to make the same mistake twice after last term and money will be spent before the new season begins and the Champions League qualifiers gets underway.

But what must be considered is the timing of Desmond’s promise when O’Neill was appointed. …