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Brendan Rodgers has just learned the golden rule of Celtic - never cross Dermot Desmond . ‌

Just ask Sir Alex Ferguson . He learned that lesson the hard way more than 20 years ago. ‌

Because when you take on the Hoops powerbroker, there’s usually only one outcome. The Irish tycoon doesn’t lose. ‌

Rodgers is the latest to find that out the painful way - shown the door at Celtic with his reputation in tatters after a savage character assassination.

And no one inside Parkhead should be shocked at the brutal way Desmond has gone about it.

Celtic’s principal shareholder doesn’t suffer fools and doesn’t play games. When he decides to act, it’s decisive. ‌

Those who know Desmond best will remember the early 2000s, when he found himself caught in the middle of a

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