http://m.stv.tv/sport/football/193206-d ... -football/Celtic's majority shareholder Dermot Desmond has spoken for the first time about recent events in Scottish football and says that Rangersâ situation did not affect thinking at Parkhead.
Desmond has presided over a period of financial stability at Celtic Park at a time when Rangers have been troubled by off-field events. However, he does not expect a long wait before the Glasgow rivals are competing against each other in the top flight.
âOur attitude has always been that we can only control our own affairs and concentrate on our own affairs,â he explained.
âAnyone elseâs affairs are for their own doing and their own making. Celtic is what I get up in the morning thinking about and what I go to bed thinking about.â
However, he said that the size of the Ibrox fanbase was a factor in what he believed would be the rise of Rangers in the next few years.
âRangers is a fantastic club with a great history,â he said. âWith the support that they have, they will come back.
âThey will, in not too long a time, be back in the SPL. I have no doubt about that.
âTheyâre needed for Scottish football because of their following and the size of the club and especially their history.â
Desmond said that Celtic were benefiting from financial stability but that he would not change a prudent approach in the transfer market.
âI think thatâs [down to] the executive and the prudence and direction of the board,â he said. âThatâs been our plan, what I call âMr Micawber economicsâ, that weâre just balancing revenues and expenditure.
âWeâll continue to do that and we wonât be bullied into overspending.â
