Peter Lawwell 'KNEW' flop Rangers boss Paul Le Guen was destined to fail at Ibrox - after Celtic fan letter

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Peter Lawwell was convinced Paul Le Guen was destined to fail at Rangers after receiving insight from a French-based Celtic FAN, it has been claimed.Lawwell, now chairman at Parkhead, was appointed chief executive of the Hoops three years prior to their rivals hiring Le Guen in 2006.

The Frenchman was seen as a major coup at the time after winning a hat-trick of successive French Ligue 1 titles with Lyon. But he had a disastrously short spell at the Light Blues helm with just 31 games and seven months before the axe fell and the late Walter Smith brought in to clean up the mess left behind by Alex McLeish’s successor.And now veteran broadcaster Graham Spiers has shared a conversation he had with Lawwell at the time on his Press Box podcast.

He said: “I’ll never forget a conversation I had back then with Peter Lawwell, not long in the door as Celtic CEO, who had a vivid story to tell me and, as it turned out, a prophetic one, about Paul Le Guen.

It was revealing. Peter Lawwell told me how anxious Celtic felt about Rangers landing Paul Le Guen. Lawwell believed this was the real deal - a top European coach and maybe indeed the next Arsene Wenger.“Peter explained to me how it was discussed at Celtic boardroom level and how they would have to stiffen their resolve to face this new challenge at Rangers under Le Guen.