Leggo - EURO BOSSES WANT LAWWELL TO ACT TOUGH

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UEFA bosses are believed to be bewildered by Celticâ??s lack of action after their fans attacked those Euro chiefs and shamed the club in Italy.

 

Now those Euro bosses will decide just how hard they should come down on Celtic when they meet to determine Celticâ??s fate on February 24.

 

And right now the feeling inside the UEFA corridors of power is that they should hammer Celtic.

 

Sources, both inside the UEFA headquarters and with strong connections to the European governing body, claim they cannot understand why Celtic have not taken tough action against the thugs who have landed Celtic in the Euro dock for the second time this season..

 

They are especially perplexed at the Celtic inaction, after hearing Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell talk tough following the F*** UEFA banner hoisted by Celtic supporters during the game against Udinese in December, plus the letting off of flares, which led to the club being charged yet again by UEFA.

 

For there are those within UEFA who know that there were angry scenes at the airport the morning after the game, witnessed by the Scottish press pack, when a clearly angry Lawwell and furious fans confronted each other in a heated exchange of views.

 

It was then that Lawwell gave an interview to the Scottish journalists who saw what had happened. In it he claimed that he would hunt down the troublemakers and ensure that they were banned from Parkhead.

 

That led to banner headlines saying the Lawwell was ready to hunt down the Celtic thugs.

 

Yet since then only it has been reported that only one of the Celtic hooligans has been banned from the clubâ??s ground, despite the fact there were a gang of them involved in the trouble, which also saw violence erupt when a Celtic steward was given a battering by travelling supporters.

 

There has also been a disturbing silence in the media about what â?? if any â?? follow up action Lawwell has taken, leading many to once again point to the iron grip Celtic chief executive and Scottish Football Association director, Peter Lawwell has on Scotlandâ??s media and, in particular BBC Scotland, who have shied away from this explosive story.

 

This lack of real tough action by Celtic against the thugs has now led to at least one senior UEFA man telling others within the UEFA headquarters about Celticâ??s history regarding dealing with violence.

 

It has been pointed out to UEFA bosses that nobody was banned after referee Hugh Dallas â?? a Celtic hate figure â?? was felled and left bleeding after being hit by a missile hurled from the Parkhead stands.

 

The attack on a visiting captain, which left him needing stitching after another thug launched a weapon at him, has also been mentioned, plus another night of Celtic shame when a club doctor, attending to an stricken player, had his hand injured when yet another Celtic supporter fired a missile which hit him.

 

None of the thugs who support Celtic and who were behind these shameful attacks, were ever indentified by Celtic and banned from Parkhead.

 

One attack on a player UEFA does know about is when a Celtic supporter invaded the pitch during a Champions League match with AC Milan and attacked the visiting goalkeeper.

 

Now these sins from the past could be set to start catching up with Celtic, particularly as the lack of a tough stance against the thugs who shamed Celtic and Scotland in Italy, has left some UEFA insiders perplexed at why chief executive Peter Lawwell has not taken the action he promised.

 

UEFA bosses are well aware of how hard it is for any club to have complete control over all of their followers, particularly the wilder elements. But any suspicion any of the Eurocrats may harbour that Lawwell is not doing enough to weed out the Parkhead thugs could see Celtic hammered when UEFA bosses meet to decide the clubâ??s fate next month.

 

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